The 2012 hurricane season

Every storm track on one map · Atlantic & Pacific · 36 systems

Atlantic storms
19
10 hurricanes · 2 major
Atlantic ACE
133
1991–2020 avg ≈ 123
Strongest
115 mph
Sandy
Landfalling
7
Atlantic storms
Pacific storms
17
10 hurricanes · 5 major
Pacific strongest
138 mph
Emilia

TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · hover a track to highlight it, click to open the storm’s own page with an animated replay.

01 · Summary

How the 2012 season went

The 2012 Atlantic season produced 19 tropical storms, 10 hurricanes and 2 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 133. The strongest was Hurricane Sandy at 115 mph / 940 mb. 7 storms made landfall.

The 2012 Eastern Pacific season (Eastern and Central Pacific) produced 17 tropical storms, 10 hurricanes and 5 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 98. The strongest was Hurricane Emilia at 138 mph / 945 mb. 2 storms made landfall.

02 · Timeline

Storm by storm, month by month

MAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVTropical Storm Aletta — May 13–20, 2012Aletta TSTropical Storm Alberto — May 19–23, 2012Alberto TSHurricane Bud — May 20–26, 2012Bud Cat 3Tropical Storm Beryl — May 25 – June 2, 2012Beryl TSHurricane Carlotta — June 13–17, 2012Carlotta Cat 2Hurricane Chris — June 17–24, 2012Chris Cat 1Tropical Storm Debby — June 23–27, 2012Debby TSHurricane Daniel — July 4–14, 2012Daniel Cat 3Hurricane Emilia — July 7–18, 2012Emilia Cat 4Hurricane Fabio — July 10–20, 2012Fabio Cat 2Hurricane Ernesto — August 1–10, 2012Ernesto Cat 2Tropical Storm Florence — August 3–8, 2012Florence TSHurricane Gilma — August 6–14, 2012Gilma Cat 1Tropical Storm Helene — August 9–19, 2012Helene TSTropical Storm Hector — August 11–20, 2012Hector TSHurricane Gordon — August 15–21, 2012Gordon Cat 2Hurricane Isaac — August 20 – September 1, 2012Isaac Cat 1Tropical Storm Joyce — August 21–24, 2012Joyce TSHurricane Ileana — August 25 – September 6, 2012Ileana Cat 1Hurricane Leslie — August 28 – September 12, 2012Leslie Cat 1Hurricane Kirk — August 28 – September 3, 2012Kirk Cat 2Hurricane Michael — September 2–12, 2012Michael Cat 3Tropical Storm John — September 2–7, 2012John TSHurricane Nadine — September 10 – October 4, 2012Nadine Cat 1Tropical Storm Kristy — September 11–19, 2012Kristy TSHurricane Lane — September 15–20, 2012Lane Cat 1Hurricane Miriam — September 22 – October 2, 2012Miriam Cat 3Tropical Storm Norman — September 28–30, 2012Norman TSTropical Storm Oscar — October 2–5, 2012Oscar TSTropical Storm Olivia — October 6–10, 2012Olivia TSTropical Storm Patty — October 10–13, 2012Patty TSHurricane Rafael — October 12–26, 2012Rafael Cat 1Hurricane Paul — October 13–18, 2012Paul Cat 3Hurricane Sandy — October 21–31, 2012Sandy Cat 3Tropical Storm Tony — October 21–26, 2012Tony TSTropical Storm Rosa — October 29 – November 5, 2012Rosa TS

Each bar is one storm’s life, colored by its strength at that moment (faded = post-tropical). Click a bar to open the storm.

03 · Atlantic

Atlantic storms of 2012

StormDatesPeakPressureLandfallACE
Tropical Storm AlbertoMay 19 – May 23TS 58 mph995 mb—1.9
Tropical Storm BerylMay 25 – Jun 2TS 69 mph992 mbFlorida2.5
Hurricane ChrisJun 17 – Jun 24Cat 1 86 mph974 mb—4.1
Tropical Storm DebbyJun 23 – Jun 27TS 63 mph990 mbFlorida2.8
Hurricane Ernesto · 12 deathsAug 1 – Aug 10Cat 2 98 mph973 mbQuintana Roo, Mexico, Veracruz, Mexico8.5
Tropical Storm FlorenceAug 3 – Aug 8TS 58 mph1002 mb—1.5
Tropical Storm HeleneAug 9 – Aug 19TS 46 mph1004 mbTamaulipas, Mexico0.3
Hurricane GordonAug 15 – Aug 21Cat 2 109 mph965 mbPortugal9.1
Hurricane IsaacAug 20 – Sep 1Cat 1 81 mph965 mbLouisiana, Haiti, Guantánamo Province, Cuba10.4
Tropical Storm JoyceAug 21 – Aug 24TS 40 mph1006 mb—0.2
Hurricane LeslieAug 28 – Sep 12Cat 1 81 mph968 mb—16.3
Hurricane KirkAug 28 – Sep 3Cat 2 104 mph970 mb—7.7
Hurricane MichaelSep 2 – Sep 12Cat 3 115 mph964 mb—16.7
Hurricane NadineSep 10 – Oct 4Cat 1 92 mph978 mb—26.3
Tropical Storm OscarOct 2 – Oct 5TS 52 mph994 mb—1.5
Tropical Storm PattyOct 10 – Oct 13TS 46 mph1005 mb—1.1
Hurricane RafaelOct 12 – Oct 26Cat 1 92 mph966 mb—7.4
Hurricane Sandy · 254 deathsOct 21 – Oct 31Cat 3 115 mph940 mbSantiago de Cuba Province, Cuba, Jamaica, New Jersey13.7
Tropical Storm TonyOct 21 – Oct 26TS 52 mph1000 mb—1.2

04 · Pacific

Eastern & Central Pacific storms of 2012

StormDatesPeakPressureLandfallACE
Tropical Storm AlettaMay 13 – May 20TS 52 mph1000 mb—1.5
Hurricane BudMay 20 – May 26Cat 3 115 mph961 mb—7.9
Hurricane CarlottaJun 13 – Jun 17Cat 2 109 mph973 mbOaxaca, Mexico3.6
Hurricane DanielJul 4 – Jul 14Cat 3 115 mph961 mb—11.6
Hurricane EmiliaJul 7 – Jul 18Cat 4 138 mph945 mb—18.6
Hurricane FabioJul 10 – Jul 20Cat 2 109 mph966 mb—10.7
Hurricane GilmaAug 6 – Aug 14Cat 1 81 mph984 mb—4.8
Tropical Storm HectorAug 11 – Aug 20TS 52 mph995 mb—2.2
Hurricane IleanaAug 25 – Sep 6Cat 1 86 mph978 mb—7.0
Tropical Storm JohnSep 2 – Sep 7TS 46 mph1000 mb—0.8
Tropical Storm KristySep 11 – Sep 19TS 58 mph998 mb—3.1
Hurricane LaneSep 15 – Sep 20Cat 1 86 mph985 mb—4.4
Hurricane MiriamSep 22 – Oct 2Cat 3 121 mph959 mb—9.8
Tropical Storm NormanSep 28 – Sep 30TS 52 mph997 mbSinaloa, Mexico0.7
Tropical Storm OliviaOct 6 – Oct 10TS 58 mph997 mb—1.9
Hurricane PaulOct 13 – Oct 18Cat 3 121 mph959 mb—7.1
Tropical Storm RosaOct 29 – Nov 5TS 52 mph1001 mb—2.7
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