NOAA NHC HURDAT2 Atlantic Hurricane Catalog

    NOAA/NHC/HURDAT2/atlantic
    Dataset Availability
    1851-06-25T00:00:00Z–2018-11-04T12:00:00Z
    Dataset Provider
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    FeatureCollection
    ee.FeatureCollection("NOAA/NHC/HURDAT2/atlantic")
    FeatureView
    ui.Map.FeatureViewLayer("NOAA/NHC/HURDAT2/atlantic_FeatureView")
    Tags
    climate hurricane nhc noaa table weather

    Description

    Hurricane best track database (HURDAT2).

    Atlantic basin 1851-2018.

    Table Schema

    Table Schema

    Name
    Type
    Description
    seq
    DOUBLE

    ATCF cyclone number for that year

    name
    STRING

    Hurricane name. e.g. "ALEX"

    datetime
    STRING

    Observation time in UTC. Format is YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.

    record_id
    STRING

    Single letter desinating a specific event in a hurricane track. An empty string if no code.

    • C - Closest approach to a coast not followed by a landfall
    • G - Genesis
    • I - An intensity peak in terms of both pressure and wind
    • L - Landfall (center of system crossing a coastline)
    • P - Minimum in central pressure
    • R - Provides additional detail on the intensity of the cyclone when rapid changes are underway
    • S - Change of status of the system
    • T - Provides additional detail on the track (position) of the cyclone
    • W - Maximum sustained wind speed
    status
    STRING

    Status of system:

    • DB - Disturbance (of any intensity)
    • ET - Unknown. The only occurrence is in HARVEY.
    • EX - Extratropical cyclone (of any intensity)
    • HU - Tropical cyclone of hurricane intensity (> 64 knots)
    • LO - A low that is neither a tropical cyclone, a subtropical cyclone, nor an extratropical cyclone (of any intensity)
    • SD - Subtropical cyclone of subtropical depression intensity (< 34 knots)
    • SS - Subtropical cyclone of subtropical storm intensity (> 34 knots)
    • TD - Tropical cyclone of tropical depression intensity (< 34 knots)
    • TS - Tropical cyclone of tropical storm intensity (34-63 knots)
    • WV - Tropical Wave (of any intensity)
    max_wind_kts
    DOUBLE

    Maximum wind speed

    min_pressure
    DOUBLE

    Minimum pressure

    numEntries
    DOUBLE

    Number of points for a particular hurricane

    radii_ne_34kt
    DOUBLE

    34 kt wind radii maximum extent in northeastern quadrant

    radii_se_34kt
    DOUBLE

    34 kt wind radii maximum extent in southeastern quadrant

    radii_sw_34kt
    DOUBLE

    34 kt wind radii maximum extent in southwestern quadrant

    radii_nw_34kt
    DOUBLE

    34 kt wind radii maximum extent in northwestern quadrant

    radii_ne_50kt
    DOUBLE

    50 kt wind radii maximum extent in northeastern quadrant

    radii_se_50kt
    DOUBLE

    50 kt wind radii maximum extent in southeastern quadrant

    radii_sw_50kt
    DOUBLE

    50 kt wind radii maximum extent in southwestern quadrant

    radii_nw_50kt
    DOUBLE

    50 kt wind radii maximum extent in northwestern quadrant

    radii_ne_64kt
    DOUBLE

    64 kt wind radii maximum extent in northeastern quadrant

    radii_se_64kt
    DOUBLE

    64 kt wind radii maximum extent in southeastern quadrant

    radii_sw_64kt
    DOUBLE

    64 kt wind radii maximum extent in southwestern quadrant

    radii_nw_64kt
    DOUBLE

    64 kt wind radii maximum extent in northwestern quadrant

    basin
    STRING

    Ocean basin. Always "AL" for Atlantic.

    id
    STRING

    Code for a particular hurricane. "AL" followed by a 2 digit cyclone number followed by a 4-digit year. e.g. "AL162018"

    year
    DOUBLE

    Year in which the hurricane occurred

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    Hurricane best track database (HURDAT2). Atlantic basin 1851-2018.
    NOAA/NHC/HURDAT2/atlantic, climate,hurricane,nhc,noaa,table,weather
    1851-06-25T00:00:00Z/2018-11-04T12:00:00Z
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