Data pack
Hurricanes
Historical IBTrACS tropical cyclone tracks, plus a live Ops feed from NHC, GDACS, JTWC, and JMA for current advisories, recent retained trails, and forecasts.
What this pack covers
Global tropical cyclone events from IBTrACS, including hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones with track, intensity, and landfall context across all basins.
Live feed and archive
Explore, the API, and MCP use the IBTrACS best-track archive. Ops uses four live collectors (NHC, GDACS, JTWC, and JMA) for current advisories, recent retained track points, and forecast positions. The two are collected separately for different jobs.
Data sets (2)
| Data set | Time | Levels | Rows |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hurricane Aggregates by Admin2 Region | 1842 - 2026 | Admin 2 | 2,712,666 |
| IBTrACS | 1842 - 2026 | Admin 2 | 13,657 |
Source agencies
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information - IBTrACS - Public Domain (U.S. Government)
Try asking
- Show me the most intense tropical cyclones globally in 2023
- Show me the strongest tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific in 2024
Attribution and citation
How to cite
Cite DaedalMap for the release you used and each source it draws on.
- DaedalMap (2026). Hurricanes data pack, version 1.1.0 [Data set]. https://www.daedalmap.com/packs/hurricanes. Accessed 2026-10-25.
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information - IBTrACS. Hurricanes [Data set]. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/international-best-track-archive. Accessed 2026-10-25.
Licence and attribution
Licence: NOAA IBTrACS open distribution (WMO Resolution 40). Credit the source agencies first; their terms apply to the data.
- Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information - IBTrACS (U.S. Government work, public domain).