What does a storm include?

Peak Saffir-Simpson category, maximum winds, minimum pressure, landfall flag and the full track with position, winds, pressure and status every six hours, with landfall points marked. Katrina returns category 5, 150 knots and 902 millibars.

Does it include the current season live?

No. HURDAT2 is NOAA's post-season reanalysis, so a season is added once NOAA finalises it. For live conditions, see the Weather and Marine Buoys APIs.

Can I search by location?

Yes. The nearby endpoint returns storms whose track passed within a radius of a coordinate, with the closest point and its intensity.

Which basins are covered?

The Atlantic and the northeast and central Pacific. Western Pacific typhoons and Indian Ocean cyclones are not in HURDAT2.

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Hurricanes API

Every Atlantic and Pacific tropical cyclone NOAA has tracked since 1851: 3,266 storms with six-hourly tracks

Every tropical cyclone NOAA has ever tracked: the official HURDAT2 best-track record — 3,266 storms with 87,631 six-hourly track points covering the Atlantic since 1851 and the NE/Central Pacific since 1949, through the 2025 season. Each storm carries its peak Saffir-Simpson category, maximum winds, minimum pressure, landfall flag and full track (position, winds, pressure and status every six hours, with landfall points marked). Katrina returns category 5, 150 kt and 902 mb with its three landfalls; the strongest storm ever recorded is Patricia 2015 at 185 kt; the record 2005 Atlantic season shows its famous 31 storms, 15 hurricanes and 7 majors. The nearby endpoint answers the underwriting question directly — every category 4+ storm that passed within 100 km of Miami includes Andrew at 28.9 km and Katrina at 19.1 km, each with its closest approach and winds at that moment. Season stats trend storms, hurricanes and majors by year and basin. Built for insurance and catastrophe modeling, real estate risk, weather products, journalism and education. Public-domain NOAA data, self-hosted — no third-party calls at request time.

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response.json

{
  "ok": true,
  "total": 1,
  "page": 1,
  "limit": 20,
  "count": 1,
  "results": [
    {
      "id": "AL122005",
      "name": "Katrina",
      "basin": "atlantic",
      "year": 2005,
      "start_date": "2005-08-23",
      "end_date": "2005-08-31",
      "category": "5",
      "max_wind_kt": 150,
      "max_wind_mph": 173,
      "min_pressure_mb": 902,
      "made_landfall": true,
      "track_points": 34
    }
  ]
}

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Use cases for Hurricanes API

Draw a storm's full track with winds and pressure at each six-hour point on a map.
Find every hurricane that passed within a radius of a coastline, port or property for risk assessment.
Rank seasons or basins by storm count and intensity for climate and insurance analysis.
Show a storm's peak category, maximum winds and landfalls on a news or education page.

Hurricanes API endpoints

Every endpoint with its parameters and a real example response.

OpenAPI definition Postman workspace

GETData Sources
GETGet Storm Track
GETSearch Storms
GETSeason Statistics
GETStorms Near A Point

GETData Sources

https://api-hurricanes.dataandapis.com/v1/sources

This endpoint takes no parameters.

Example request

curl "https://api-hurricanes.dataandapis.com/v1/sources" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Example response

{
  "ok": true,
  "coverage": "NOAA HURDAT2: Atlantic 1851-present, NE/Central Pacific 1949-present",
  "count": 2,
  "sources": [
    {
      "slug": "hurdat2-atlantic",
      "name": "HURDAT2 Atlantic best tracks (1851-present)",
      "publisher": "NOAA National Hurricane Center",
      "licence": "US Government work - public domain",
      "source_url": "https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/",
      "file_url": "https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/hurdat/hurdat2-1851-2025-02272026.txt",
      "cadence": "annual (post-season reanalysis each spring)",
      "record_count": 2004,
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-06"
    },
    {
      "slug": "hurdat2-pacific",
      "name": "HURDAT2 NE/Central Pacific best tracks (1949-present)",
      "publisher": "NOAA National Hurricane Center",
      "licence": "US Government work - public domain",
      "source_url": "https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/",
      "file_url": "https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/hurdat/hurdat2-nepac-1949-2025-02272026.txt",
      "cadence": "annual (post-season reanalysis each spring)",
      "record_count": 1262,
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-06"
    }
  ]
…

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{
  "ok": true,
  "coverage": "NOAA HURDAT2: Atlantic 1851-present, NE/Central Pacific 1949-present",
  "count": 2,
  "sources": [
    {
      "slug": "hurdat2-atlantic",
      "name": "HURDAT2 Atlantic best tracks (1851-present)",
      "publisher": "NOAA National Hurricane Center",
      "licence": "US Government work - public domain",
      "source_url": "https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/",
      "file_url": "https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/hurdat/hurdat2-1851-2025-02272026.txt",
      "cadence": "annual (post-season reanalysis each spring)",
      "record_count": 2004,
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-06"
    },
    {
      "slug": "hurdat2-pacific",
      "name": "HURDAT2 NE/Central Pacific best tracks (1949-present)",
      "publisher": "NOAA National Hurricane Center",
      "licence": "US Government work - public domain",
      "source_url": "https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/",
      "file_url": "https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/hurdat/hurdat2-nepac-1949-2025-02272026.txt",
      "cadence": "annual (post-season reanalysis each spring)",
      "record_count": 1262,
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-06"
    }
  ]
}

GETGet Storm Track

https://api-hurricanes.dataandapis.com/v1/storms/{id}

Path parameters

Parameter	Example
id	AL122005	Required

Example request

curl "https://api-hurricanes.dataandapis.com/v1/storms/AL122005" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Example response

{
  "ok": true,
  "storm": {
    "id": "AL122005",
    "name": "Katrina",
    "basin": "atlantic",
    "year": 2005,
    "start_date": "2005-08-23",
    "end_date": "2005-08-31",
    "category": "5",
    "max_wind_kt": 150,
    "max_wind_mph": 173,
    "min_pressure_mb": 902,
    "made_landfall": true,
    "track_points": 34,
    "track": [
      {
        "time": "2005-08-23T18:00:00Z",
        "latitude": 23.1,
        "longitude": -75.1,
        "wind_kt": 30,
        "pressure_mb": 1008,
        "status": "TD",
        "category": "TD",
        "landfall": false
      },
      {
        "time": "2005-08-24T00:00:00Z",
…

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{
  "ok": true,
  "storm": {
    "id": "AL122005",
    "name": "Katrina",
    "basin": "atlantic",
    "year": 2005,
    "start_date": "2005-08-23",
    "end_date": "2005-08-31",
    "category": "5",
    "max_wind_kt": 150,
    "max_wind_mph": 173,
    "min_pressure_mb": 902,
    "made_landfall": true,
    "track_points": 34,
    "track": [
      {
        "time": "2005-08-23T18:00:00Z",
        "latitude": 23.1,
        "longitude": -75.1,
        "wind_kt": 30,
        "pressure_mb": 1008,
        "status": "TD",
        "category": "TD",
        "landfall": false
      },
      {
        "time": "2005-08-24T00:00:00Z",
        "latitude": 23.4,
        "longitude": -75.7,
        "wind_kt": 30,
        "pressure_mb": 1007,
        "status": "TD",
        "category": "TD",
        "landfall": false
      },
      {
        "time": "2005-08-24T06:00:00Z",
        "latitude": 23.8,
        "longitude": -76.2,
        "wind_kt": 30,
        "pressure_mb": 1007,
        "status": "TD",
        "category": "TD",
        "landfall": false
      },
      {
        "time": "2005-08-24T12:00:00Z",
        "latitude": 24.5,
        "longitude": -76.5,
        "wind_kt": 35,
        "pressure_mb": 1006,
        "status": "TS",
        "category": "TS",
        "landfall": false
      }
    ]
  }
}

GETSearch Storms

https://api-hurricanes.dataandapis.com/v1/storms

Query parameters

Parameter	Example
basin	atlantic	Optional
landfall	true	Optional
limit	20	Optional
min_category	4	Optional
name	Katrina	Optional
page	1	Optional
year	2005	Optional

Example request

curl "https://api-hurricanes.dataandapis.com/v1/storms?basin=atlantic&landfall=true&limit=20&min_category=4&name=Katrina&page=1&year=2005" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Example response

{
  "ok": true,
  "total": 1,
  "page": 1,
  "limit": 20,
  "count": 1,
  "results": [
    {
      "id": "AL122005",
      "name": "Katrina",
      "basin": "atlantic",
      "year": 2005,
      "start_date": "2005-08-23",
      "end_date": "2005-08-31",
      "category": "5",
      "max_wind_kt": 150,
      "max_wind_mph": 173,
      "min_pressure_mb": 902,
      "made_landfall": true,
      "track_points": 34
    }
  ]
}

GETSeason Statistics

https://api-hurricanes.dataandapis.com/v1/storms/stats

Query parameters

Parameter	Example
basin	atlantic	Optional

Example request

curl "https://api-hurricanes.dataandapis.com/v1/storms/stats?basin=atlantic" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Example response

{
  "ok": true,
  "basin": "atlantic",
  "count": 5,
  "results": [
    {
      "year": 2025,
      "storms": 13,
      "hurricanes": 6,
      "major_hurricanes": 4
    },
    {
      "year": 2024,
      "storms": 18,
      "hurricanes": 11,
      "major_hurricanes": 5
    },
    {
      "year": 2023,
      "storms": 21,
      "hurricanes": 7,
      "major_hurricanes": 3
    },
    {
      "year": 2022,
      "storms": 16,
      "hurricanes": 9,
      "major_hurricanes": 3
…

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{
  "ok": true,
  "basin": "atlantic",
  "count": 5,
  "results": [
    {
      "year": 2025,
      "storms": 13,
      "hurricanes": 6,
      "major_hurricanes": 4
    },
    {
      "year": 2024,
      "storms": 18,
      "hurricanes": 11,
      "major_hurricanes": 5
    },
    {
      "year": 2023,
      "storms": 21,
      "hurricanes": 7,
      "major_hurricanes": 3
    },
    {
      "year": 2022,
      "storms": 16,
      "hurricanes": 9,
      "major_hurricanes": 3
    },
    {
      "year": 2021,
      "storms": 21,
      "hurricanes": 7,
      "major_hurricanes": 4
    }
  ]
}

GETStorms Near A Point

https://api-hurricanes.dataandapis.com/v1/storms/nearby

Query parameters

Parameter	Example
lat	25.76	Required
limit	25	Optional
lon	-80.19	Required
min_category	4	Optional
radius	100	Optional

Example request

curl "https://api-hurricanes.dataandapis.com/v1/storms/nearby?lat=25.76&limit=25&lon=-80.19&min_category=4&radius=100" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Example response

{
  "ok": true,
  "lat": 25.76,
  "lon": -80.19,
  "radius_km": 100,
  "count": 5,
  "results": [
    {
      "id": "AL252005",
      "name": "Wilma",
      "basin": "atlantic",
      "year": 2005,
      "start_date": "2005-10-15",
      "end_date": "2005-10-26",
      "category": "5",
      "max_wind_kt": 160,
      "max_wind_mph": 184,
      "min_pressure_mb": 882,
      "made_landfall": true,
      "track_points": 48,
      "closest_approach_km": 94.6,
      "wind_kt_at_approach": 95,
      "approach_time": "2005-10-24T12:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "AL041992",
      "name": "Andrew",
      "basin": "atlantic",
…

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{
  "ok": true,
  "lat": 25.76,
  "lon": -80.19,
  "radius_km": 100,
  "count": 5,
  "results": [
    {
      "id": "AL252005",
      "name": "Wilma",
      "basin": "atlantic",
      "year": 2005,
      "start_date": "2005-10-15",
      "end_date": "2005-10-26",
      "category": "5",
      "max_wind_kt": 160,
      "max_wind_mph": 184,
      "min_pressure_mb": 882,
      "made_landfall": true,
      "track_points": 48,
      "closest_approach_km": 94.6,
      "wind_kt_at_approach": 95,
      "approach_time": "2005-10-24T12:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "AL041992",
      "name": "Andrew",
      "basin": "atlantic",
      "year": 1992,
      "start_date": "1992-08-16",
      "end_date": "1992-08-28",
      "category": "5",
      "max_wind_kt": 150,
      "max_wind_mph": 173,
      "min_pressure_mb": 922,
      "made_landfall": true,
      "track_points": 52,
      "closest_approach_km": 28.9,
      "wind_kt_at_approach": 145,
      "approach_time": "1992-08-24T08:40:00Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "AL122005",
      "name": "Katrina",
      "basin": "atlantic",
      "year": 2005,
      "start_date": "2005-08-23",
      "end_date": "2005-08-31",
      "category": "5",
      "max_wind_kt": 150,
      "max_wind_mph": 173,
      "min_pressure_mb": 902,
      "made_landfall": true,
      "track_points": 34,
      "closest_approach_km": 19.1,
      "wind_kt_at_approach": 70,
      "approach_time": "2005-08-26T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "AL091979",
      "name": "David",
      "basin": "atlantic",
      "year": 1979,
      "start_date": "1979-08-25",
      "end_date": "1979-09-08",
      "category": "5",
      "max_wind_kt": 150,
      "max_wind_mph": 173,
      "min_pressure_mb": 924,
      "made_landfall": false,
      "track_points": 55,
      "closest_approach_km": 84.1,
      "wind_kt_at_approach": 85,
      "approach_time": "1979-09-03T12:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "AL092004",
      "name": "Ivan",
      "basin": "atlantic",
      "year": 2004,
      "start_date": "2004-09-02",
      "end_date": "2004-09-24",
      "category": "5",
      "max_wind_kt": 145,
      "max_wind_mph": 167,
      "min_pressure_mb": 910,
      "made_landfall": true,
      "track_points": 94,
      "closest_approach_km": 43.9,
      "wind_kt_at_approach": 25,
      "approach_time": "2004-09-21T06:00:00Z"
    }
  ]
}

Where the data comes from

Source: NOAA HURDAT2 best-track database, Atlantic and northeast/central Pacific (public domain).
Freshness: Updated when NOAA finalises each season.

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import axios from 'axios';

const { data } = await axios.get(
  'https://api-hurricanes.dataandapis.com/v1/sources',
  { headers: { 'X-Api-Key': process.env.API_KEY } }
);

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Browse request parameters and inspect live example responses.

Available Endpoints

Request Parameters

API URL

Headers

X-Api-Key

Target:

Client:

import axios from 'axios';

const url = 'https://api-hurricanes.dataandapis.com/v1/sources';
const { data } = await axios.get(url, {
  headers: { 'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY' }
});