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Key - Shading by Saffir Simpson Hurricane Scale

Tropical Depression or
Unknown or Missing
Tropical Storm Hurricane Cat 1 Cat 2 Cat 3 Cat 4 Cat 5

1940

Storms are listed in the basin where they reached their maximum intensity. Asterisks denote landfall on a major island or continent.

Northern Atlantic Western Pacific Northern Indian Southern Indian Southern Pacific
UNNAMED
May 19-27
UNNAMED *
Feb 1-1
AL05 *
May 18-24
UNNAMED
Dec 13-18
UNNAMED
Jan 1-7
AL05 *
Aug 3-10
UNNAMED
Apr 9-13
UNNAMED *
Jun 23-26
UNNAMED
Dec 28-31
UNNAMED *
Feb 4-20
UNNAMED *
Aug 5-14
UNNAMED *
Apr 23-28
UNNAMED *
Jun 30-Jul 3
UNNAMED
Jan 1-4
UNNAMED *
Feb 14-23
AL05 *
Aug 26-Sep 3
AL06
Jun 9-16
UNNAMED *
Jul 8-9
UNNAMED
Jan 5-8
AL01 *
Mar 2-7
UNNAMED *
Sep 7-19
UNNAMED *
Jun 29-Jul 9
UNNAMED *
Aug 2-5
UNNAMED
Jan 6-9
AL02 *
Mar 14-17
AL02 *
Sep 18-25
UNNAMED *
Jul 4-17
UNNAMED *
Aug 13-13
UNNAMED *
Jan 7-18
AL03 *
Mar 21-26
AL03
Sep 22-28
AL01 *
Jul 12-26
AL03 *
Aug 20-26
UNNAMED *
Feb 9-19
UNNAMED *
Mar 21-29
UNNAMED *
Oct 20-24
UNNAMED
Jul 11-12
AL04 *
Aug 26-30
UNNAMED *
Feb 23-Mar 3
AL04 *
Mar 30-Apr 7
UNNAMED
Oct 24-29
AL03
Jul 13-14
AL01 *
Sep 15-22
UNNAMED *
Feb 29-Mar 5
UNNAMED
Jul 18-23
UNNAMED
Sep 18-21
UNNAMED
Mar 15-23
AL02
Jul 20-28
AL04 *
Oct 10-17
UNNAMED
Apr 30-May 9
AL04
Jul 24-31
AL05 *
Oct 20-22
UNNAMED
May 9-17
UNNAMED
Aug 1-4
UNNAMED
Nov 3-11
UNNAMED
May 21-31
UNNAMED
Aug 1-3
UNNAMED *
Nov 12-16
AL01 *
Aug 11-17
UNNAMED
Nov 15-19
AL02
Aug 13-22
UNNAMED
Dec 20-22
UNNAMED
Aug 14-15
UNNAMED *
Aug 18-28
UNNAMED
Aug 21-25
UNNAMED *
Aug 23-Sep 3
UNNAMED
Aug 28-29
AL06
Aug 30-Sep 4
AL07 *
Sep 1-12
AL08
Sep 2-6
UNNAMED
Sep 3-4
UNNAMED
Sep 4-6
UNNAMED
Sep 9-19
UNNAMED
Sep 10-12
UNNAMED *
Sep 22-Oct 2
UNNAMED
Sep 29-Oct 5
UNNAMED
Oct 8-14
UNNAMED *
Oct 11-15
UNNAMED
Oct 28-Nov 10
UNNAMED
Nov 22-29
UNNAMED *
Dec 2-6
UNNAMED *
Dec 5-8
UNNAMED *
Dec 8-24