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1961 season track map
Category 5 (≥137kt)Intense hurricane/typhoon (≥113kt)Major hurricane/typhoon (≥96kt)Hurricane/typhoon (≥64kt)Named storm (≥34kt)Tropical depression (<34kt)Post-tropical / disturbance
Storms: PAMELA (155kt), NANCY (185kt), TILDA (140kt), VIOLET (180kt), DOT (140kt), TESS (130kt), BETTY (130kt), LORNA (120kt), ELLEN (130kt), ALICE (75kt), CORA (70kt), ELSIE (80kt), HELEN (90kt), IDA (80kt), JUNE (95kt), KATHY (80kt), OLGA (70kt), SALLY (70kt), BILLIE (70kt), CLARA (75kt), RITA (40kt), SUSAN (40kt), VIOLA (50kt), DORIS (45kt), FLOSSIE (45kt), GRACE (40kt), MARIE (50kt)
Hurricane-strength landfalls, 1961
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.
- 1961 WP05 — ALICE
- 1961 WP06 — BETTYMH
- 1961 WP09 — ELSIE
- 1961 WP12 — HELEN
- 1961 WP14 — JUNE
- 1961 WP16 — LORNA
- 1961 WP18 — NANCYMH
- 1961 WP19 — OLGA
- 1961 WP20 — PAMELAMH
- 1961 WP22 — TILDAMH
- 1961 WP23 — VIOLET
- 1961 WP27 — ELLENMH
Major-hurricane-strength landfalls, 1961
- 1961 WP06 — BETTY
- 1961 WP18 — NANCY
- 1961 WP20 — PAMELA
- 1961 WP22 — TILDA
- 1961 WP27 — ELLEN