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174 years of U.S. landfalls…

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Damage figures

Compare historical losses either as reported or CPI-adjusted.

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Color palette

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High-contrast modeStrengthens text, borders, and focus outlines.

Reduce motionKeeps state changes clear with less animation.

Live storm aids

NHC forecast cone and trackAppears only when official active-storm geometry is available.

NHC tropical outlookShows current official disturbance areas and formation chances.

Marine wind-warning outlookShows NHC 0–24 hour offshore wind-warning risk zones.

GOES satellite backdropAdds live imagery behind active storms when tiles are reachable.

Optional data diagnostics

Live and on-demand source health. Failed refreshes retain labeled last-good data when available.

Offline storage

Core historical data is protected. Map tiles and opt-in radar packs can be cleared independently.

Offline diagnostics

Service worker, cache, storage, and source readiness for troubleshooting offline use.

Saved views

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Saved on this device. No account, tracking profile, or cloud sync.

Historical atlas U.S. landfalls 1851–2025 NOAA HURDAT2

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Saffir-Simpson at landfall

TS · 34-63 kt
1 · 64-82 kt
2 · 83-95 kt
3 · 96-112 kt
4 · 113-136 kt
5 · 137+ kt

Landfall Data Table

Hurricane preparedness

Evacuation zone lookup

Privacy: typed addresses are sent to Esri's World Geocoding Service. The map-point option sends latitude/longitude only to Florida's ArcGIS zone layer; HurricaneMap stores neither.

3D storm globe

Elevated tracks show wind intensity over time.

Wind cones

Timeline No timeline

3D globe inactive

Track gallery poster

A high-resolution density portrait of the storms in your current filters.

About HurricaneMap

Every dot is a recorded U.S. hurricane or tropical-storm landfall from NOAA HURDAT2.

How landfalls are detected

Explicit: HURDAT2 records flagged with the L identifier.
Inferred: Tropical tracks that cross U.S. land without an L marker.
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Known gaps in the source data

HURDAT2 has a 1971-1990 continental landfall-marker gap.
Early observing eras under-sample storms.
Wind radii are available only in recent years.

Current data build

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Archive coverage

Bundled sources have different time ranges, update cycles, and availability.

Archive coverage is unavailable.

Each storm card links to

Wikipedia article for the storm
YouTube search for footage and aftermath
NOAA Tropical Cyclone Reports archive
National Hurricane Center storm wallet

Archived NEXRAD radar (📡)

Storms from August 1995 onward include archived radar.

Direct: select 📡 beside a landfall.
Track animation: synchronize radar to the simulated clock.

Coverage:

Continental U.S. uses n0r reflectivity.
Hawaii and Puerto Rico use n0q reflectivity.
No radar archive is available before 1995.
Missing local frames fall back to live IEM URLs.

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2. Radar: Iowa State IEM. Maps: CartoDB / OpenStreetMap.

Charting 174 years of Atlantic and Pacific landfalls…

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