Historical Hurricane Tracks in the Caribbean

The dataset contains historical hurricane tracks in the Caribbean between 1851 and-2019. It comprises two shapefile layers: POINT layer with six-hourly information on the location, maximum winds, central pressure, and (beginning in 2004) size of all known tropical cyclones and subtropical cyclones; and POLYLINE layer with tracks of each hurricane. The dataset has been created using a comma-delimited file from the Atlantic hurricane database.

Raw unprocessed data is available at: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data

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Additional Info

Field	Value
Last Updated	May 31, 2024, 20:22 (UTC)
Created	April 9, 2021, 18:39 (UTC)
Region	TC
Language	eng
Topic Category	climate
Temporal Extent Start	1851-06-25
Temporal Extent End	2020-04-28
Dataset Reference Date	2020
Lineage	The Atlantic Hurricane Database Re-analysis Project is an effort to extend and revise the National Hurricane Center's North Atlantic hurricane database. Going back to 1851 and revisiting storms in more recent years, information on tropical cyclones is revised using an enhanced collection of historical meteorological data in the context of today's scientific understanding of hurricanes and analysis techniques.
West Longitude	10
South Latitude	7.2
East Longitude	-109.5
North Latitude	75.5
Spatial Reference System	WGS84
Responsible Organisation Name	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Hurricane Center
Contact Mail Address	www.nhc.noaa.gov/contact.shtml
Responsible Party Role	resource provider, custodian, owner, distributor, originator
Access Limitations	Open access
Use Constraints	Open, but copyright and/or Intellectual Property Rights apply
Resource Reference	Landsea, C. W. and J. L. Franklin, 2013: Atlantic Hurricane Database Uncertainty and Presentation of a New Database Format. Mon. Wea. Rev., 141, 3576-3592.
Data Format	shape, csv
Update Frequency	as needed
Accuracy	approximate
Resource Type	Dataserie
Metadata Date	2021-04-10
Metadata Point of Contact	mgorny@saeri.ac.fk
Contact Consent	Contact details published