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Description
The International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS) provides a unified collection of global tropical cyclone data merged from multiple agencies. It includes fields for storm identifier, time, basin, storm nature, position, wind speed, and central pressure. The dataset is hosted by HDX and was last updated on 2026-07-14.
Use Cases
Analyzing storm track patterns based on latitude and longitude coordinates.
Studying storm intensity trends based on maximum sustained wind speed and central pressure.
Comparing tropical cyclone activity across different ocean basins and sub-basins.
Temporal analysis of storm observations using the ISO_TIME field.
Strengths
Data is merged from multiple agencies to create a unified best-track dataset.
Includes specific fields for storm position (LAT, LON), intensity (WMO_WIND, WMO_PRES), and classification (BASIN, NATURE).
Available in multiple formats including GEOJSON and CSV.
Limitations
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Last updated 2026-07-14 11:59:45.219394; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
Source
International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS) project.
Collection Method
Merges recent and historical tropical cyclone data from multiple agencies.