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1956 season track map
Category 5 (≥137kt)Intense hurricane/typhoon (≥113kt)Major hurricane/typhoon (≥96kt)Hurricane/typhoon (≥64kt)Named storm (≥34kt)Tropical depression (<34kt)
Storms: THELMA (150kt), WANDA (160kt), GILDA (140kt), SARAH (125kt), EMMA (135kt), JEAN (130kt), BABS (100kt), CHARLOTTE (110kt), HARRIET (110kt), VERA (80kt), AMY (65kt), DINAH (95kt), FREDA (85kt), IVY (65kt), KAREN:LUCILLE (95kt), NADINE (75kt), OLIVE (75kt), POLLY (85kt), UNNAMED (40kt), UNNAMED (40kt), UNNAMED (40kt), UNNAMED (40kt)
Hurricane-strength landfalls, 1956
Attributed to whichever basin a storm was actually crossing at the moment of landfall, matching the H/MH Landfalls columns above — that can differ from a storm's genesis basin shown elsewhere on this site.
- 1956 WP03 — THELMAMH
- 1956 WP05 — VERA
- 1956 WP06 — WANDAMH
- 1956 WP09 — BABS
- 1956 WP10 — CHARLOTTE
- 1956 WP11 — DINAH
- 1956 WP12 — EMMAMH
- 1956 WP13 — FREDA
- 1956 WP14 — GILDAMH
- 1956 WP15 — HARRIETMH
- 1956 WP17 — JEANMH
- 1956 WP19 — KAREN:LUCILLE
- 1956 WP21 — OLIVE
- 1956 WP22 — POLLY
Major-hurricane-strength landfalls, 1956
- 1956 WP03 — THELMA
- 1956 WP06 — WANDA
- 1956 WP12 — EMMA
- 1956 WP14 — GILDA
- 1956 WP15 — HARRIET
- 1956 WP17 — JEAN