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IBTrACS Summary Statistics

  • These statistics were generated using version v01r01
  • Table 1 - Summary of data from each center
  • Table 2 - Comparison of storm counts between IBTrACS and NHC+JTWC
  • Table 3 - Comparison of numbers of severe storms using the minimum and maximum MSW from all centers
  • Table 4 - Annual storm counts by basin for 1958-2007


Table 1

Summary of storms from each data source
Center Period of record # of storms # of storms 1980-2005 Unique storms
NHC
(N. Atlantic)
1851-2007 1386 305 1381
NHC
(E. Pacific)
1949-2007 825 435 95
JTWC
(E. Pacific)
1949-2000 759 381 72
CPHC 1966-2003 166 121 23
JTWC
(C. Pacific)
1950-2002 47 28 1
JTWC
(W. Pacific)
1945-2007 1830 803 161
JMA 1951-2007 1515 686 6
STI 1949-2007 2048 812 304
HKO 1961-2007 1439 770 11
JTWC
(Indian O.)
1945-2007 635 129 552
IMD 1990-2007 140 125 59
JTWC
(S. Hemisphere)
1945-2007 1795 733 196
Neumann 1960-2007 1375 765 9
BoM 1907-2007 864 293 183
FMS 1992-2008 101 86 0
MSNZ 1968-2008 362 254 19
MFLR 1848-2008 1252 273 662

Table 2

Comparison of all tropical cyclones with intensity at or greater than tropical storm strength (MSW > 30 kt) between the combination of the data from NHC and JTWC versus IBTrACS. Differences are noted parenthetically
Basin # of named storms
1966-1986
# of named storms
1987-2007
NHC+JTWC IBTrACS NHC+JTWC IBTrACS
East Pacific Ocean 352 353(+1) 349 349 (0)
West Pacific Ocean 569 607(+38) 590 602(+12)
North Atlantic Ocean 203 203(0) 267 267(0)
Southwest Pacific Ocean 223 258(+35) 212 235(+23)
North Indian Ocean 62 62(0) 112 134(+22)
South Indian Ocean 333 376(+43) 345 370(+25)

Table 3

Comparison of tropical cyclones that are either category 4 or 5 storms (MSW > 100 kt) using the minimum and maximum wind speeds recorded in IBTrACS.
Basin # of cat. 4/5 storms
1966-1986
# of cat. 4/5 storms
1987-2007
IBTrACS Min IBTrACS Max IBTrACS Min IBTrACS Max
East Pacific Ocean 35 36 57 59
West Pacific Ocean 75 135 24 162
North Atlantic Ocean 16 16 37 37
Southwest Pacific Ocean 3 8 13 33
North Indian Ocean 1 1 6 16
South Indian Ocean 12 26 34 74

Table 4

Table - IBTrACS number of TCs for 1958-2007 with maximum 10-minute sustained winds > 30 kt (56 kt).
Southern Hemisphere seasons begin and end 6 months before that specified in column 1.
Last column is not sum of previous columns since some storms cross basin boundaries.
Only main storm tracks with no associated storms are counted.
shading is determined by difference from mean (light=1 s.d. and dark=2 s.d.)
NH Season NA EP WP NI SI SP SA All
1958 11 (8) 17 (9) 30 (22) 0 (0) 1 (0) 4 (2) 0 (0) 58 (36)
1959 11 (7) 19 (9) 25 (17) 0 (0) 1 (0) 1 (1) 0 (0) 52 (29)
1960 7 (4) 12 (9) 28 (22) 0 (0) 1 (0) 1 (0) 0 (0) 43 (31)
1961 13 (9) 12 (4) 28 (18) 0 (0) 7 (4) 9 (1) 0 (0) 65 (33)
1962 5 (3) 18 (11) 30 (23) 2 (1) 11 (4) 7 (1) 0 (0) 62 (33)
1963 9 (7) 19 (13) 24 (18) 0 (0) 17 (6) 17 (2) 0 (0) 74 (37)
1964 12 (6) 8 (3) 37 (24) 1 (1) 14 (7) 11 (4) 0 (0) 77 (41)
1965 6 (4) 21 (9) 30 (18) 2 (2) 19 (4) 10 (3) 0 (0) 72 (30)
1966 11 (7) 23 (16) 35 (25) 0 (0) 16 (6) 4 (1) 0 (0) 76 (46)
1967 8 (6) 25 (12) 38 (24) 0 (0) 10 (4) 7 (2) 0 (0) 78 (42)
1968 9 (6) 27 (12) 28 (24) 0 (0) 17 (9) 7 (3) 0 (0) 79 (47)
1969 18 (12) 15 (9) 22 (14) 1 (1) 11 (5) 10 (2) 0 (0) 70 (37)
1970 11 (5) 22 (6) 25 (10) 1 (0) 16 (11) 12 (3) 0 (0) 82 (34)
1971 13 (6) 24 (15) 33 (23) 2 (1) 17 (9) 9 (1) 0 (0) 87 (49)
1972 7 (3) 15 (10) 26 (20) 6 (6) 13 (6) 16 (9) 0 (0) 78 (50)
1973 8 (4) 13 (8) 23 (10) 6 (1) 18 (10) 13 (5) 0 (0) 75 (34)
1974 10 (3) 20 (12) 34 (15) 1 (1) 13 (7) 13 (2) 0 (0) 86 (38)
1975 9 (6) 19 (11) 19 (13) 6 (4) 19 (6) 10 (3) 0 (0) 78 (40)
1976 11 (6) 18 (12) 22 (15) 5 (0) 10 (6) 7 (2) 0 (0) 68 (38)
1977 6 (5) 12 (7) 19 (11) 6 (3) 11 (7) 13 (4) 0 (0) 62 (33)
1978 11 (4) 23 (17) 27 (16) 6 (2) 17 (9) 12 (5) 0 (0) 89 (49)
1979 9 (6) 11 (7) 22 (12) 6 (2) 10 (5) 12 (4) 0 (0) 67 (33)
1980 11 (9) 20 (11) 25 (16) 3 (0) 17 (10) 11 (3) 0 (0) 80 (45)
1981 12 (7) 17 (9) 26 (14) 4 (2) 20 (9) 13 (5) 0 (0) 87 (44)
1982 6 (2) 26 (14) 25 (19) 5 (2) 19 (6) 9 (5) 0 (0) 84 (46)
1983 4 (3) 26 (16) 23 (13) 5 (0) 11 (3) 13 (9) 0 (0) 75 (40)
1984 13 (5) 25 (16) 28 (16) 5 (2) 24 (11) 12 (4) 0 (0) 100 (50)
1985 11 (7) 24 (13) 27 (16) 8 (2) 22 (12) 17 (7) 0 (0) 103 (54)
1986 6 (4) 21 (13) 30 (19) 4 (1) 20 (10) 8 (5) 0 (0) 84 (47)
1987 7 (3) 22 (12) 25 (18) 10 (2) 13 (6) 12 (6) 0 (0) 83 (41)
1988 11 (5) 17 (10) 27 (13) 5 (1) 13 (6) 5 (2) 0 (0) 74 (33)
1989 13 (9) 23 (9) 33 (20) 3 (1) 15 (10) 14 (6) 0 (0) 92 (50)
1990 15 (8) 25 (20) 29 (21) 6 (1) 18 (9) 7 (3) 0 (0) 91 (57)
1991 8 (4) 22 (17) 28 (21) 5 (1) 13 (7) 5 (3) 0 (0) 71 (45)
1992 8 (5) 37 (24) 27 (21) 12 (3) 14 (7) 12 (8) 0 (0) 94 (55)
1993 8 (4) 20 (13) 31 (21) 3 (2) 17 (4) 12 (6) 0 (0) 81 (44)
1994 8 (4) 23 (12) 31 (18) 6 (2) 23 (15) 4 (3) 0 (0) 88 (49)
1995 19 (11) 18 (11) 23 (11) 8 (3) 16 (10) 6 (4) 0 (0) 78 (44)
1996 13 (9) 19 (13) 27 (16) 8 (4) 22 (14) 9 (4) 0 (0) 84 (49)
1997 9 (4) 29 (17) 28 (18) 8 (2) 19 (9) 16 (9) 0 (0) 94 (48)
1998 14 (10) 16 (10) 19 (10) 13 (5) 16 (5) 23 (12) 0 (0) 90 (46)
1999 12 (8) 10 (7) 23 (7) 6 (3) 22 (9) 14 (5) 0 (0) 83 (36)
2000 15 (8) 23 (8) 26 (15) 5 (2) 20 (11) 10 (5) 0 (0) 93 (46)
2001 15 (9) 19 (12) 27 (19) 5 (1) 18 (9) 11 (5) 0 (0) 85 (48)
2002 12 (4) 21 (11) 27 (17) 5 (0) 17 (10) 12 (2) 0 (0) 85 (39)
2003 16 (7) 22 (11) 23 (17) 5 (2) 20 (11) 14 (7) 0 (0) 90 (50)
2004 15 (9) 19 (12) 31 (20) 8 (3) 17 (12) 7 (4) 1 (1) 87 (52)
2005 28 (15) 19 (9) 25 (16) 10 (1) 20 (8) 13 (6) 0 (0) 107 (51)
2006 10 (5) 20 (12) 24 (15) 7 (2) 16 (7) 8 (6) 0 (0) 81 (43)
2007 15 (7) 17 (8) 25 (15) 6 (2) 15 (11) 11 (6) 0 (0) 82 (44)
Sum 549 (312) 993 (571) 1348 (856) 229 (77) 766 (376) 513 (210) 1 (1) 4004 (2136)
Average 11.0 (6.2) 19.9 (11.4) 27.0 (17.1) 4.6 (1.5) 15.3 (7.5) 10.3 (4.2) 0.0 (0.0) 80.1 (42.7)
Std Dev 4.1 (2.6) 5.2 (3.8) 4.2 (4.2) 3.2 (1.4) 5.2 (3.3) 4.2 (2.5) 0.1 (0.1) 12.1 (7.1)
Percent 13.7 (14.6) 24.8 (26.7) 33.7 (40.1) 5.7 (3.6) 19.1 (17.6) 12.8 (9.8) 0.0 (0.0) 100.0 (100.0)


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