Historical Data

The NHC's data archive has historical advisory data, Tropical Cyclone Reports, best track data, past track seasonal maps, forecast verification, reconnaissance data and more.

Lots of great graphical climatological data. Also check out the Tropical Cyclone Return Periods on that page and the graphics here.

This site allows you to view any past hurricane track using a viewer. You can zoom in on any storm track. A unique feature of this tool is the ability to enter your zip code to see what storms have passed near you. One very interesting feature is the ability to add all storm tracks on a single image, which of course makes things extremely crowded. If you use an ad blocker, you may have to turn it off for the site to work.

"The Atlantic Hurricane Database Re-analysis Project is an effort to extend and revise the National Hurricane Center's North Atlantic hurricane database (or HURDAT). Going back to 1851 and revisiting storms in more recent years, information on tropical cyclones is revised using an enhanced collection of historical meteorological data in the context of today's scientific understanding of hurricanes and analysis techniques."

This site lists what years tropical storms and hurricanes have affected various cities in its database. It lists how often a city is impacted on average and gives details about some of the more notable storms to hit the city.

"The Satellite Data Services (SDS) Inventory provides access to over a petabyte of data from one of the world's largest archives of geostationary weather satellite data. This inventory contains a diverse set of data, spanning back to the 1970s. It contains data from all GOES and numerous international satellites." "The SDS currently archives research-quality data from many different geostationary satellites around the world."

An incredible resource for viewing historical data that doesn't exist anywhere else. View historical CIMSS data for previous time periods.

"The Interactive Radar Map Tool shows supplemental data in support of NCEI's Weather Radar Archive. The tool includes several unique features that will allow the user to select data from 1995 to present for individual or multiple stations at varying altitudes. The map tool utilizes the Reflectivity Mosaics products and web services provided by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet. Reflectivity is available from 1995 to near-real time in five-minute increments."

This radar loop from the Bahamas is a historical radar loop of Hurricane Dorian, which in 2019 became the strongest landfalling hurricane on record in the northwestern Bahamas. (according to the NHC's public advisory #33 on Dorian) This radar loop shows Dorian crossing over the Abaco Islands and Grand Bahama Island. The radar loop is about 35 megabytes. It was recorded from the Bahamas Department of Meteorology. It starts on August 31st, 2019 at 8:30Z and ends on September 4th, 2019 at 20:00Z.

This Managua, Nicaragua radar loop is a historical radar loop of Hurricane Otto, which in 2016 became the southernmost landfalling hurricane in Central America on record. (according to NHC best track data in the Atlantic since 1851) This radar loop shows Otto crossing Central America, through Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The radar loop is about 13 megabytes. It was recorded from the Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales (Ineter), Nicaragua's weather service. It starts on November 24th, 2016 at 5:12Z and ends on November 25th, 2016 at 15:18Z.

This Alvarado, Mexico radar loop is a historical radar loop of Hurricane Dean, which made landfall around 11:30 AM CDT as a category 2 hurricane near Tecolutla. The radar loop is a little over 1 megabyte. It was recorded from the Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, Mexico's weather service. It starts at 4:01 AM CDT and continues through 3:31 PM CDT on August 22nd, 2007.

This Cancun, Mexico radar loop is a historical radar loop of Hurricane Wilma, which in 2005 became the most powerful hurricane, in terms of pressure, ever recorded in the Atlantic basin, with a pressure recorded at 884 mb. (estimated at 882 mb) This radar loop shows the entire landfall of Wilma on the Yucatan peninsula. The radar loop is about 14 megabytes. It was recorded from the Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, Mexico's weather service. It starts on October 20th, 2005 at 3:12 PM CDT when the eye entered the radars range and ends on October 23rd, 2005 at 10:21 PM CDT when it left the radar.