The 2013 hurricane season

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

Atlantic storms
14
2 hurricanes · 0 major
Atlantic ACE
36
1991–2020 avg ≈ 123
Strongest
92 mph
Humberto
Landfalling
5
Atlantic storms
Pacific storms
20
10 hurricanes · 1 major
Pacific strongest
127 mph
Raymond

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 2013 season went

The 2013 Atlantic season produced 14 tropical storms, 2 hurricanes and 0 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 36. The strongest was Hurricane Humberto at 92 mph / 979 mb. 5 storms made landfall.

The 2013 Eastern Pacific season (Eastern and Central Pacific) produced 20 tropical storms, 10 hurricanes and 1 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 78. The strongest was Hurricane Raymond at 127 mph / 951 mb. 5 storms made landfall.

02 · Timeline

Storm by storm, month by month

MAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDECTropical Storm Alvin — May 13–17, 2013Alvin TSHurricane Barbara — May 28–30, 2013Barbara Cat 1Tropical Storm Andrea — June 5–8, 2013Andrea TSTropical Storm Barry — June 16–21, 2013Barry TSHurricane Cosme — June 23–30, 2013Cosme Cat 1Hurricane Dalila — June 28 – July 8, 2013Dalila Cat 1Hurricane Erick — July 4–9, 2013Erick Cat 1Tropical Storm Chantal — July 7–10, 2013Chantal TSTropical Storm Dorian — July 22 – August 4, 2013Dorian TSTropical Storm Flossie — July 25–30, 2013Flossie TSHurricane Gil — July 30 – August 6, 2013Gil Cat 1Hurricane Henriette — August 2–12, 2013Henriette Cat 2Tropical Depression Three — August 9–21, 2013Three TDTropical Storm Unala — August 12–19, 2013Unala TSTropical Storm Erin — August 15–19, 2013Erin TSHurricane Pewa — August 15–25, 2013Pewa Cat 1Tropical Storm Ivo — August 20–27, 2013Ivo TSTropical Storm Fernand — August 25–26, 2013Fernand TSTropical Storm Juliette — August 28–30, 2013Juliette TSHurricane Kiko — August 29 – September 4, 2013Kiko Cat 1Tropical Storm Lorena — September 4–9, 2013Lorena TSTropical Storm Gabrielle — September 4–13, 2013Gabrielle TSTropical Depression Eight — September 6–7, 2013Eight TDHurricane Humberto — September 8–19, 2013Humberto Cat 1Hurricane Ingrid — September 12–17, 2013Ingrid Cat 1Hurricane Manuel — September 13–19, 2013Manuel Cat 1Tropical Storm Jerry — September 28 – October 6, 2013Jerry TSTropical Storm Karen — October 3–6, 2013Karen TSTropical Storm Narda — October 6–12, 2013Narda TSTropical Storm Octave — October 12–16, 2013Octave TSTropical Storm Priscilla — October 13–18, 2013Priscilla TSHurricane Raymond — October 19 – November 1, 2013Raymond Cat 3Tropical Storm Lorenzo — October 21–26, 2013Lorenzo TSTropical Storm Sonia — November 1–4, 2013Sonia TSTropical Storm Melissa — November 17–23, 2013Melissa TSUnnamed storm #15 — December 3–7, 2013Unnamed storm #15 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 2013

StormDatesPeakPressureLandfallACE
Tropical Storm Andrea · 4 deathsJun 5 – Jun 8TS 63 mph992 mbFlorida1.6
Tropical Storm Barry · 5 deathsJun 16 – Jun 21TS 46 mph1003 mbVeracruz, Mexico, Belize0.8
Tropical Storm ChantalJul 7 – Jul 10TS 63 mph1003 mb—2.5
Tropical Storm DorianJul 22 – Aug 4TS 58 mph1002 mb—2.6
Tropical Storm ErinAug 15 – Aug 19TS 46 mph1006 mb—1.5
Tropical Storm FernandAug 25 – Aug 26TS 58 mph1001 mbVeracruz, Mexico0.7
Tropical Storm GabrielleSep 4 – Sep 13TS 63 mph1003 mb—1.8
Tropical Depression EightSep 6 – Sep 7TD 35 mph1008 mbTamaulipas, Mexico0.0
Hurricane HumbertoSep 8 – Sep 19Cat 1 92 mph979 mb—8.9
Hurricane IngridSep 12 – Sep 17Cat 1 86 mph983 mbTamaulipas, Mexico4.9
Tropical Storm JerrySep 28 – Oct 6TS 52 mph1005 mb—1.9
Tropical Storm KarenOct 3 – Oct 6TS 63 mph998 mb—2.3
Tropical Storm LorenzoOct 21 – Oct 26TS 52 mph1000 mb—1.6
Tropical Storm MelissaNov 17 – Nov 23TS 63 mph980 mb—3.5
Unnamed storm #15Dec 3 – Dec 7TS 63 mph995 mb—1.5

04 · Pacific

Eastern & Central Pacific storms of 2013

StormDatesPeakPressureLandfallACE
Tropical Storm AlvinMay 13 – May 17TS 58 mph1000 mb—1.0
Hurricane BarbaraMay 28 – May 30Cat 1 81 mph983 mbChiapas, Mexico1.5
Hurricane CosmeJun 23 – Jun 30Cat 1 86 mph980 mb—4.6
Hurricane DalilaJun 28 – Jul 8Cat 1 81 mph984 mb—5.3
Hurricane ErickJul 4 – Jul 9Cat 1 81 mph983 mb—5.2
Tropical Storm FlossieJul 25 – Jul 30TS 69 mph994 mb—4.2
Hurricane GilJul 30 – Aug 6Cat 1 86 mph985 mb—6.7
Hurricane HenrietteAug 2 – Aug 12Cat 2 104 mph976 mb—11.9
Tropical Depression ThreeAug 9 – Aug 21TD 35 mph1007 mb—0.0
Tropical Storm UnalaAug 12 – Aug 19TS 40 mph1005 mb—0.1
Hurricane PewaAug 15 – Aug 25Cat 1 75 mph987 mb—5.3
Tropical Storm IvoAug 20 – Aug 27TS 46 mph997 mb—1.1
Tropical Storm JulietteAug 28 – Aug 30TS 63 mph997 mbBaja California Sur, Mexico1.2
Hurricane KikoAug 29 – Sep 4Cat 1 75 mph989 mb—2.1
Tropical Storm LorenaSep 4 – Sep 9TS 52 mph1002 mb—1.2
Hurricane ManuelSep 13 – Sep 19Cat 1 75 mph983 mbSinaloa, Mexico, Michoacán, Mexico4.2
Tropical Storm NardaOct 6 – Oct 12TS 63 mph997 mb—1.7
Tropical Storm OctaveOct 12 – Oct 16TS 63 mph994 mbBaja California Sur, Mexico2.2
Tropical Storm PriscillaOct 13 – Oct 18TS 46 mph1001 mb—0.8
Hurricane RaymondOct 19 – Nov 1Cat 3 127 mph951 mb—17.4
Tropical Storm SoniaNov 1 – Nov 4TS 46 mph1002 mbSinaloa, Mexico0.7
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