HURDAT2 Best Track Datasets
NHC's official post-storm best-track data product for Atlantic cyclones from 1851 and Northeast/North Central Pacific cyclones from 1949. Two basin files are delivery partitions of one HURDAT2 product. Records provide n…
Questions this answers
2 · best fit firstOfficial Atlantic and NE/NC Pacific best tracks supply storm identity, six-hourly positions, status, one-minute wind, pressure, radii, and landfall/peak markers.
NHC HURDAT2 supplies official post-storm Atlantic/central/eastern Pacific cyclone identity, UTC track positions, system status, maximum one-minute sustained wind, pressure and threshold wind radii with documented format and file vintage. It answers cyclone track/intensity/wind extent, not point gust or building damage.
Fields it delivers
9 fieldsThe first-party product defines Atlantic and Northeast/North Central Pacific basin files, including open-ocean tracks, but does not provide an exhaustive ISO country/territory footprint; a defensible structured code set remains unresolved.
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