The Start of Hurricane Season

Hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean officially begins on June 1 and ends on November 30 each year. The peak of hurricane activity typically occurs from mid-August to late October, with September 10 often cited as the statistical peak of the season. During this time, meteorologists and emergency planners closely monitor tropical systems and prepare for potential impacts to the U.S., Central America, the Caribbean, and parts of Canada.

To coincide with the start of the 2025 hurricane season, 157mph.com has released a new series of annual and decade-based hurricane maps. The Season Data maps allow users to view all hurricane tracks for each year since 2000, while the Decade maps provide historical context with storm data going back to the 1850s. For example, the animated GIF at the top of this post cycles through the hurricane tracks from each year in the 1990s.

On the yearly maps, users can explore all hurricane tracks for a specific year, with the ability to filter by storm type (hurricanes, tropical storms, or tropical depressions), landfall status, or individual storm name. Each track includes circular timestamps that can be clicked to reveal wind speed and atmospheric pressure at that specific point. These circles are color-coded to indicate the storm category at each timestamp.

You can discover how many hurricanes have passed near your home over the decades using StarNews’s Hurricanes that passed near me map. Simply enter your address to view the tracks of all hurricanes and tropical storms that have occurred near your location since the mid-19th century.

NOAA’s Historical Hurricane Tracks map also provides access to global hurricane data dating back as far as 1842. Using this interactive tool, you can search and visualize hurricane tracks by storm name, location, or date. For example, entering a storm like Hurricane Sandy (2012) displays its full track on the map. Data points along the track allow you to explore daily details such as wind speed and atmospheric pressure.

NOAA’s database includes records for more than 13,000 storms.