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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)Post-tropical / disturbance

Storms: THELMA (150kt), WANDA (160kt), GILDA (140kt), SARAH (125kt), EMMA (135kt), JEAN (130kt), BABS (100kt), CHARLOTTE (110kt), HARRIET (110kt), BETSY (105kt), UNNAMED (65kt), UNNAMED (75kt), UNNAMED (65kt), UNNAMED (65kt), AGNES (80kt), UNNAMED (70kt), UNNAMED (65kt), UNNAMED (65kt), VERA (80kt), AMY (65kt), DINAH (95kt), FREDA (85kt), IVY (65kt), UNNAMED (65kt), KAREN:LUCILLE (95kt), NADINE (75kt), OLIVE (75kt), POLLY (85kt), ANNA (75kt), FLOSSY (80kt), GRETA (85kt), UNNAMED (75kt), UNNAMED (75kt), UNNAMED (75kt), UNNAMED (75kt), UNNAMED (75kt), UNNAMED (75kt), UNNAMED (75kt), UNNAMED (35kt), UNNAMED (35kt), UNNAMED (35kt), UNNAMED (45kt), UNNAMED (45kt), UNNAMED (35kt), UNNAMED (45kt), UNNAMED (35kt), UNNAMED (50kt), UNNAMED (35kt), UNNAMED (40kt), UNNAMED (40kt), UNNAMED (35kt), UNNAMED (40kt), UNNAMED (35kt), UNNAMED (40kt), UNNAMED (40kt), UNNAMED (50kt), DORA (50kt), ETHEL (50kt), UNNAMED (40kt), UNNAMED (40kt), UNNAMED (55kt), UNNAMED (40kt), UNNAMED (45kt), UNNAMED (45kt), UNNAMED (45kt), UNNAMED (45kt), UNNAMED (30kt), UNNAMED (30kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (20kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (25kt), CARLA (60kt)

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 AL03 — ANNA
  • 1956 AL04 — BETSY
  • 1956 AL08 — FLOSSY
  • 1956 EP04 — UNNAMED
  • 1956 SI06 — UNNAMED
  • 1956 SP07 — AGNES
  • 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