The 1960 Atlantic hurricane season was a semi-active season.
This season in reality saw 6 named storms, 4 hurricanes and 2 major.
Storms[]
Tropical Storm Abby[]
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | June 12 – June 17 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 65 mph (100 km/h) (1-min) 994 mbar (hPa) |
Tropical Storm Brenda[]
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | July 4 – July 10 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 70 mph (110 km/h) (1-min) 986 mbar (hPa) |
Hurricane Cleo[]
| Category 2 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | August 1 – August 10 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 105 mph (165 km/h) (1-min) 962 mbar (hPa) |
Tropical Storm Donna[]
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | August 6 – August 11 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 50 mph (85 km/h) (1-min) 997 mbar (hPa) |
Hurricane Ethel[]
| Category 5 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | August 31 – September 10 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 160 mph (260 km/h) (1-min) 914 mbar (hPa) |
Hurricane Florence[]
| Category 3 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | September 5 – September 14 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 115 mph (185 km/h) (1-min) 960 mbar (hPa) |
Hurricane Gladys[]
| Category 4 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | September 11 – September 26 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 145 mph (230 km/h) (1-min) 933 mbar (hPa) |
Tropical Storm Hilda[]
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | September 30 – October 4 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 60 mph (95 km/h) (1-min) 995 mbar (hPa) |
Hurricane Isbell[]
| Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | October 19 – October 25 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 80 mph (130 km/h) (1-min) 984 mbar (hPa) |
Hurricane Janet[]
| Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | November 1 – November 6 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 75 mph (120 km/h) (1-min) 987 mbar (hPa) |
Timeline[]
Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) Rating[]
| ACE (104 kt2) – Storm: Source | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30.0 | Ethel | 2 | 21.5 | Gladys | 3 | 13.7 | Florence | 4 | 10.0 | Cleo | 5 | 6.74 | Isbell | 6 | 5.59 | Janet | 7 | 5.08 | Brenda | 8 | 4.22 | Abby | 9 | 3.61 | Hilda | 10 | 3.00 | Donna | |||||
| Total=103.45 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ACE is the result of a storm's winds multiplied by how long it lasted for, so storms or subtropical storms (Originally not included up until 2012) that at lasted a long time , as well as particularly strong hurricanes , have higher ACE totals. Tropical Depressions are not included in season total.