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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

1956

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

Northern Atlantic Eastern Pacific Western Pacific Northern Indian Southern Indian Southern Pacific
UNNAMED
Jun 7-10
UNNAMED
May 18-19
UNNAMED
Jan 18-20
UNNAMED
Feb 8-11
UNNAMED *
Nov 12-18
UNNAMED *
Dec 6-16
AL04 *
Jun 12-15
AL02
May 30-Jun 3
SARAH
Mar 21-Apr 5
UNNAMED *
Apr 26-May 2
UNNAMED
Dec 8-11
UNNAMED
Dec 24-30
ANNA *
Jul 25-27
UNNAMED
Jun 9-10
UNNAMED
Apr 9-15
AL01 *
May 28-Jun 3
UNNAMED
Dec 20-25
UNNAMED
Jan 1-4
BETSY *
Aug 9-21
AL03
Jun 9-10
THELMA *
Apr 16-25
UNNAMED
Jun 8-9
UNNAMED
Jan 4-7
UNNAMED *
Jan 15-29
CARLA
Sep 7-16
AL05 *
Jun 12-14
UNNAMED
Jun 4-6
UNNAMED
Jun 9-9
UNNAMED *
Jan 7-12
UNNAMED
Jan 15-17
DORA *
Sep 10-13
UNNAMED
Jul 9-12
UNNAMED
Jun 16-21
AL06 *
Jun 24-26
UNNAMED
Jan 14-24
AL01
Jan 21-26
ETHEL
Sep 11-14
UNNAMED
Jul 14-16
AL08 *
Jun 28-30
AL07
Jun 25-27
UNNAMED *
Jan 19-31
AL02 *
Jan 29-Feb 4
FLOSSY *
Sep 20-Oct 3
UNNAMED
Aug 22-25
UNNAMED
Jul 3-5
UNNAMED *
Jun 30-Jul 4
UNNAMED
Jan 27-Feb 5
AL04 *
Feb 5-10
AL05
Oct 9-12
AL01
Sep 3-3
VERA *
Jul 5-9
UNNAMED *
Jul 31-Aug 6
AL03 *
Feb 1-8
UNNAMED *
Feb 6-12
UNNAMED *
Oct 14-19
AL02
Sep 4-6
AL01
Jul 21-23
AL05 *
Aug 6-10
UNNAMED *
Jan 31-Feb 7
UNNAMED *
Feb 14-18
GRETA *
Oct 31-Nov 7
UNNAMED
Sep 12-17
UNNAMED *
Jul 23-28
UNNAMED *
Aug 13-19
UNNAMED *
Feb 10-13
AGNES *
Feb 23-Mar 12
UNNAMED
Nov 19-21
UNNAMED
Oct 16-18
WANDA *
Jul 24-Aug 5
AL04 *
Sep 8-12
AL05 *
Feb 15-Mar 1
UNNAMED *
Mar 2-11
UNNAMED
Jul 26-27
AL03 *
Oct 7-11
UNNAMED *
Feb 20-29
UNNAMED
Mar 12-18
AMY
Aug 2-6
UNNAMED *
Oct 25-30
AL06
Feb 29-Mar 4
AL01 *
Mar 24-31
AL04
Aug 2-5
UNNAMED *
Nov 18-20
UNNAMED *
Mar 16-24
UNNAMED
Mar 26-28
UNNAMED *
Aug 4-7
UNNAMED
Mar 21-22
AL02 *
Apr 2-8
UNNAMED *
Aug 7-10
UNNAMED *
Mar 26-Apr 5
AL04
Apr 5-10
BABS *
Aug 10-19
AL03
Mar 26-Apr 2
UNNAMED
Aug 10-12
AL05
Apr 29-May 1
UNNAMED *
Aug 16-18
UNNAMED *
Aug 25-27
CHARLOTTE *
Aug 25-Sep 2
DINAH *
Aug 28-Sep 6
EMMA *
Sep 1-11
UNNAMED
Sep 10-13
UNNAMED *
Sep 13-16
FREDA *
Sep 13-25
GILDA *
Sep 17-25
HARRIET *
Sep 19-29
IVY
Sep 22-27
AL02 *
Sep 26-29
JEAN *
Oct 14-26
AL06
Oct 16-19
KAREN:LUCILLE *
Nov 9-23
UNNAMED *
Nov 12-14
MARY
Nov 16-16
AL01
Nov 19-22
NADINE
Nov 22-25
OLIVE *
Nov 24-30
POLLY *
Dec 7-10
UNNAMED *
Dec 26-Jan 1