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Disaster · Cyclone / Hurricane · updated 2 Nov 2026, 20:19 UTC

How many cyclones and hurricanes in 2026?

As of 2 November 2026, Global Incident Tracker has recorded 2,286 cyclones and hurricanes in 2026 (records begin on 9 August 2026), 19 of them rated severe or extreme; the most were in United States (358).

Cyclones and hurricanes come from official and scientific feeds (GDACS, NOAA NHC, US NWS, Meteoalarm, national services (CAP), NASA EONET), so large events are well covered; small ones are recorded far more completely in countries with dense monitoring.

Download CSV Live cyclones and hurricanes tracker Most severe of 2026

2026Month by month

MonthRecordedSevere or extreme
January 0 0 before records began
February 0 0 before records began
March 0 0 before records began
April 0 0 before records began
May 0 0 before records began
June 1 1 before records began
July 4 3 before records began
August 65 5
September 703 4
October 1,400 5
November 113 so far 1
December ——
Total2,28619

Severity, then number of reportsThe 10 most severe cyclones and hurricanes of 2026

Cyclone / Hurricane in India 1 Nov 2026 · 1 report · Official agency record Tropical Cyclone MURASU-26 Extreme Cyclone / Hurricane in India 26 Oct 2026 · 1 report · Official agency record Red notification for tropical cyclone ARNAB-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 4.008 million . Extreme Cyclone / Hurricane in Philippines 14 Oct 2026 · 1 report · Official agency record Red notification for tropical cyclone CHAMPI-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.291 million . Extreme Cyclone / Hurricane in Mexico 21 Sep 2026 · 1 report · Official agency record Red notification for tropical cyclone POLO-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.222 million . Extreme Cyclone / Hurricane in Mexico 7 Oct 2026 · 1 report · Official agency record Orange notification for tropical cyclone SIMON-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 62 . Severe Cyclone / Hurricane in United States 6 Oct 2026 · 1 report · Official agency record Orange notification for tropical cyclone ISAIAS-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.683 million . Severe Cyclone / Hurricane in United States 6 Oct 2026 · 1 report · Official agency record Hurricane Isaias — FL (FEMA declaration) Severe Cyclone / Hurricane in India 22 Sep 2026 · 1 report · Official agency record Orange notification for tropical cyclone ONE-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0 (10.248 million i… Severe Cyclone / Hurricane in Argentina 11 Sep 2026 · 1 report · Humanitarian agency report ARG: Cyclone - 09-2026 - Severe Storms Severe Cyclone / Hurricane in United States 6 Sep 2026 · 1 report · Official agency record Hurricane Lowell — HI (FEMA declaration) Severe

Ranked by this site's severity signal, then by how many separate reports reached us. Neither is a death toll.

2026Countries with the most cyclones and hurricanes

#CountryRecordedSevere or extreme
1 United States 3587
2 India 3053
3 Mexico 1372
4 Philippines 862
5 Japan 620
6 Taiwan 220
7 China 182
8 Georgia 170
9 Nepal 170
10 Pakistan 60
11 Cabo Verde 60
12 Russia 60
13 Canada 60
14 United Kingdom 50
15 Thailand 40

Recorded in 43 countries. Events at sea or without a location are not in this table.

QuestionsAbout this count

How many cyclones and hurricanes have there been in 2026?
As of 2 November 2026, Global Incident Tracker has recorded 2,286 cyclones and hurricanes in 2026 (records begin on 9 August 2026), 19 of them rated severe or extreme; the most were in United States (358). Cyclones and hurricanes come from official and scientific feeds (GDACS, NOAA NHC, US NWS, Meteoalarm, national services (CAP), NASA EONET), so large events are well covered; small ones are recorded far more completely in countries with dense monitoring.
Which country has had the most cyclones and hurricanes in 2026?
United States, with 358 cyclones and hurricanes recorded by Global Incident Tracker in 2026. In all, 2,286 cyclones and hurricanes were recorded across 43 countries. Countries with more reporting or denser monitoring show more records.
Which month of 2026 had the most cyclones and hurricanes?
October, with 1,400 cyclones and hurricanes recorded. The table on this page gives every month; months before 9 August 2026 hold only a few back-dated records.
Is this the official number of cyclones and hurricanes?
No. It is the number recorded by Global Incident Tracker from official feeds, after merging duplicate reports and leaving out warnings. For an official count, compare with NOAA NHC tropical cyclone reports and GDACS.

How to cite this

Suggested citation:

Global Incident Tracker (2026). Cyclones and hurricanes recorded in 2026. Data as of 2 November 2026. https://globalincidenttracker.com/2026/cyclones-and-hurricanes (CC BY 4.0)

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Data & methodology

  • Licence: CC BY 4.0 — free to reuse, including commercially, with credit and a link. Upstream sources keep their own terms (listed here).
  • What is counted: records of events by the date they happened (UTC), after duplicate reports were merged. Official warnings are counted separately, never as events. How records are sourced and checked.
  • What is missing: types with no official feed exist here only because news reported them, so their counts are a floor, not a total. Coverage by type.
  • Not a death toll: severity is this site’s monitoring signal, not an official damage or casualty assessment.
  • Download: this page as CSV · every record as CSV or JSON.

Counts compiled by Global Incident Tracker and published under CC BY 4.0. Upstream records keep their own terms: USGS, NOAA and NASA data are US public domain; GDACS is free to reuse with attribution; headlines belong to their publishers. Every record of this type, warnings included: full CSV.