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English: This trackmap shows the tracks of all tropical cyclones which formed worldwide from 1950 to 2005.. The points show the location of each storm at 6-hour intervals. The colour represents the storm's maximum sustained wind speeds as classified in the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale (see below), and the shape of the data points represent the nature of the storm.
 
Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
 
Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
 
Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
 
Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
 
Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
 
Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
 
Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
 
Unknown

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▲ Extratropical cyclone / Remnant low / Tropical disturbance / Monsoon depression
Date 1950–2005
Source Created using Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Tracks. The background image is from NASA [1]. The tracking data for the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific basins is taken from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center's Northeast and North Central Pacific hurricane database. The tracking data for storms in the Indian Ocean, the Northwest Pacific and the Southern Pacific is from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Tracking data for Cyclone Catarina in the South Atlantic was published in Gary Padgett's April 2004 Monthly Tropical Cyclone Summary and was originally produced by Roger Edson of the University of Guam.
Author Nilfanion
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current21:27, 31 July 2006Thumbnail for version as of 21:27, 31 July 20068,000 × 4,000 (6.55 MB)Nilfanion (talk | contribs)High-resolution version, including Catarina
12:02, 12 July 2006Thumbnail for version as of 12:02, 12 July 20068,191 × 4,121 (6.93 MB)Nilfanion (talk | contribs)== Summary == This map shows the tracks of all {{w|Tropical cyclone}}s for which best track data is available. This includes: North Atlantic storms from 1851-2005, East Pacific storms from 1949-2005 and storms from 1945-2005 in all other basins. Uses the

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