Live hurricane tracker
Three storms are active right now: Hurricane Rachel (Category 2, 100 mph), about 240 miles S of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico; Tropical Storm Nolo (45 mph), about 460 miles W of Makakilo, Hawaii; and one other system.
This hurricane tracker is built on NOAA National Hurricane Center (NHC) advisories and updates minutes after each one. It is a live hurricane and tropical storm tracker for the Atlantic and the eastern and central Pacific; typhoons and cyclones in other oceans are archive-only for now. Every storm since 1980 has its own page, including the 2026 season so far.
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Each dot is the center at the latest advisory. For warnings and next advisory times, see current hurricanes.
- Hurricane Rachel: Category 2, 100 mph (155 km/h) winds, about 240 miles (390 km) south of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, moving west-northwest at 6 mph (9 km/h).
- Tropical Storm Nolo: 45 mph (75 km/h) winds, about 460 miles (740 km) west of Makakilo, Hawaii, moving west-northwest at 3 mph (6 km/h).
- Tropical Depression Nineteen-E: 30 mph (45 km/h) winds, in the eastern Pacific at 15.3°N 124.6°W, moving east at 14 mph (22 km/h).
Areas NHC is watching
NHC is not watching any areas for development right now.
NHC’s Tropical Weather Outlook comes out every six hours, at 00, 06, 12 and 18 UTC (2 AM, 8 AM, 2 PM and 8 PM EDT), from May 15 to November 30, or from June 1 in the central Pacific. Each chance is for becoming a tropical cyclone within 48 hours or 7 days. We reload it every 30 minutes.
How this hurricane tracker works
Live storms come from the official advisories of NOAA’s National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami, which covers the Atlantic and eastern Pacific, and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC) in Honolulu, which covers 140°W to the date line. We check both every five minutes and redraw the map, cone and warnings as soon as a new advisory appears. HurriTracker is independent and not a NOAA product.
Each storm keeps one permanent page from its first advisory to its last, then becomes an archive with its full track, so shared links never break. If no advisory has arrived for seven hours, the page says so.
History comes from NOAA’s IBTrACS best-track archive and covers every ocean since 1980.
It holds 4,923 storms so far.
When new advisories come out
NHC and CPHC issue a full advisory on every active storm every six hours, at 03, 09, 15 and 21 UTC: 11 PM, 5 AM, 11 AM and 5 PM EDT (an hour earlier in EST), or 5 PM, 11 PM, 5 AM and 11 AM in Hawaii.
While coastal watches or warnings are in effect, intermediate advisories come every three hours in between, and a special advisory can come at any time if a storm changes sharply. Each storm page shows when the next one is due.
For example, the latest advisory on Hurricane Rachel, number 17, came out at Oct 1 09:00 UTC (Oct 1 2:00 AM PDT). The next one is due at Oct 1 15:00 UTC (Oct 1 8:00 AM PDT) and will be a full advisory.
How to read the hurricane map
- Dots are colored by current strength: blue for a tropical depression, teal for a tropical storm, then yellow through purple for hurricane categories 1 to 5, with the category written on each badge.
- Dashed lines are NHC forecast tracks; dashed outlines are the areas NHC is watching.
- A storm’s own map adds the solid past track and the shaded forecast cone, where the center will probably go. The cone does not show the storm’s size: wind, surge and rain often reach far outside it.
- Colored coastlines are warnings (red for hurricane, yellow for tropical storm, purple for storm surge); lighter shades are watches.
- Wind-field outlines show how far 39 mph and 74 mph winds reach from the center.
Hurricane watch vs warning
A hurricane watch means sustained winds of 74 mph (119 km/h) or more are possible; NHC issues it 48 hours before tropical-storm-force winds are expected. A hurricane warning means they are expected, and goes out 36 hours ahead. The clock runs from the first 39 mph winds because outdoor preparations get difficult once they start.
A tropical storm watch or warning covers winds of 39 to 73 mph (63 to 118 km/h), possible within 48 hours or expected within 36. A storm surge watch or warning covers life-threatening flooding from water pushed inland. Outside the U.S., each country issues its own, and NHC lists them in its advisories.
Every ocean at a glance
Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are one kind of storm with three names, depending on the ocean. Averages are per season, 1991–2020, from the best tracks in our archive.
| Basin | Season | Named storms | Hurricane strength | Major | Now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantichurricanes | Jun 1 – Nov 30 | 14.4 | 7.2 | 3.2 | Quiet |
| East Pacifichurricanes | May 15 – Nov 30 | 15.6 | 8.4 | 4.4 | 2 active |
| Central Pacifichurricanes | Jun 1 – Nov 30 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1 active |
| West Pacifictyphoons | All year | 25.5 | 15.8 | 9.0 | Archive |
| North Indiancyclones | Apr–Jun · Oct–Dec | 6.3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | Archive |
| Southern Hemispherecyclones | Nov – Apr | 26.7 | 13.8 | 7.5 | Archive |
Hurricane strength is a 1-minute wind of 74 mph (64 kt) or more; major is 111 mph (96 kt) or more. Agencies outside the U.S. use 10-minute winds, so their counts differ. Dates and peaks by month: when is hurricane season.
Hurricane tracker FAQ
How often is this hurricane tracker updated?
We check the NHC and CPHC feeds every five minutes, so each new advisory appears here within minutes of its release. We look for new spaghetti model runs every 15 minutes and reload the outlook areas every 30 minutes. If a storm’s latest advisory is more than seven hours old, its page says so.
Is this an official hurricane forecast?
No. HurriTracker is an independent site. It shows the forecasts, watches and warnings that NOAA’s National Hurricane Center and Central Pacific Hurricane Center publish, unchanged, and issues none of its own. For evacuation orders and safety decisions, follow NHC, your national weather service and local emergency officials.
Does HurriTracker track typhoons and cyclones?
Not live yet. Live tracking covers the Atlantic and the eastern and central Pacific, where NHC and CPHC issue advisories. For West Pacific typhoons and for cyclones in the Indian Ocean and Southern Hemisphere, the site has every storm since 1980. Live typhoon and cyclone tracking is the next thing we are building.
Is this hurricane tracker a radar?
No. HurriTracker has no radar layer; it maps each storm’s center, forecast track, cone, warnings and wind field from NHC advisories. Weather radar only sees rain near coastal radar sites, so it shows a hurricane only as the storm nears land. For radar, use the National Weather Service radar map.