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 |
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UNNAMED
Jun 7-10 |
UNNAMED
May 18-19 |
UNNAMED
Jan 18-20 |
UNNAMED
Feb 8-11 |
UNNAMED
*
Nov 12-18 |
UNNAMED
*
Dec 6-16 |
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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 |
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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 |
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BETSY
*
Aug 9-21 |
AL03
Jun 9-10 |
THELMA
*
Apr 16-25 |
UNNAMED
Jun 8-9 |
UNNAMED
Jan 4-7 |
UNNAMED
*
Jan 15-29 |
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CARLA
Sep 7-16 |
AL05
*
Jun 12-14 |
UNNAMED
Jun 4-6 |
UNNAMED
Jun 9-9 |
UNNAMED
*
Jan 7-12 |
UNNAMED
Jan 15-17 |
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DORA
*
Sep 10-13 |
UNNAMED
Jul 9-12 |
UNNAMED
Jun 16-21 |
AL06
*
Jun 24-26 |
UNNAMED
Jan 14-24 |
AL01
Jan 21-26 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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UNNAMED
Jul 26-27 |
AL03
*
Oct 7-11 |
UNNAMED
*
Feb 20-29 |
UNNAMED
Mar 12-18 |
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AMY
Aug 2-6 |
UNNAMED
*
Oct 25-30 |
AL06
Feb 29-Mar 4 |
AL01
*
Mar 24-31 |
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AL04
Aug 2-5 |
UNNAMED
*
Nov 18-20 |
UNNAMED
*
Mar 16-24 |
UNNAMED
Mar 26-28 |
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UNNAMED
*
Aug 4-7 |
UNNAMED
Mar 21-22 |
AL02
*
Apr 2-8 |
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UNNAMED
*
Aug 7-10 |
UNNAMED
*
Mar 26-Apr 5 |
AL04
Apr 5-10 |
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BABS
*
Aug 10-19 |
AL03
Mar 26-Apr 2 |
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UNNAMED
Aug 10-12 |
AL05
Apr 29-May 1 |
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UNNAMED
*
Aug 16-18 |
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UNNAMED
*
Aug 25-27 |
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CHARLOTTE
*
Aug 25-Sep 2 |
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DINAH
*
Aug 28-Sep 6 |
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EMMA
*
Sep 1-11 |
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UNNAMED
Sep 10-13 |
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UNNAMED
*
Sep 13-16 |
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FREDA
*
Sep 13-25 |
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GILDA
*
Sep 17-25 |
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HARRIET
*
Sep 19-29 |
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IVY
Sep 22-27 |
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AL02
*
Sep 26-29 |
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JEAN
*
Oct 14-26 |
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AL06
Oct 16-19 |
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KAREN:LUCILLE
*
Nov 9-23 |
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UNNAMED
*
Nov 12-14 |
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MARY
Nov 16-16 |
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AL01
Nov 19-22 |
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NADINE
Nov 22-25 |
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OLIVE
*
Nov 24-30 |
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POLLY
*
Dec 7-10 |
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UNNAMED
*
Dec 26-Jan 1 |