The 2015-16 North Pole hurricane season began on October 1st, 2015 and will end April 30th, 2016.
Seasonal forecasts[]
| Source | Date | Named
storms |
Hurricanes | Major
hurricanes | |
| NOAA | September 17, 2015 | 10 | 5 | 2 | |
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| Actual activity | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
Season Summary[]
Storms[]
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Tropical Storm Applejack[]
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
 | |
| Duration | October 19 – October 21 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 45 mph (75 km/h) (1-min) 998 mbar (hPa) |
Hurricane Bernard[]
| Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
 | |
| Duration | November 5 – November 10 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 80 mph (130 km/h) (1-min) 981 mbar (hPa) |
Tropical Storm Comet[]
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
 | |
| Duration | November 28 – December 1 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 40 mph (65 km/h) (1-min) 1000 mbar (hPa) |
Subtropical Storm Donner[]
| Subtropical storm (SSHWS) | |
 | |
| Duration | November 30 – December 5 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 70 mph (110 km/h) (1-min) 982 mbar (hPa) |
Timeline[]
Storm names[]
The following names will be used to name tropical and subtropical cyclones in the 2015-16 season.
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Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) Rating[]
| ACE (104 kt2) – Storm: Source | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0.00 | Storm | 12 | 0.00 | Storm |
| 2 | 0.00 | Storm | 13 | 0.00 | Storm |
| 3 | 0.00 | Storm | 14 | 0.00 | Storm |
| 4 | 0.00 | Storm | 15 | 0.00 | Storm |
| 5 | 0.00 | Storm | 16 | 0.00 | Storm |
| 6 | 0.00 | Storm | 17 | 0.00 | Storm |
| 7 | 0.00 | Storm | 18 | 0.00 | Storm |
| 8 | 0.00 | Storm | 19 | 0.00 | Storm |
| 9 | 0.00 | Storm | 20 | 0.00 | Storm |
| 10 | 0.00 | Storm | 21 | 0.00 | Storm |
| 11 | 0.00 | Storm | 22 | 0.00 | Storm |
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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.
Season effects[]
This is a table of the storms and their effects in the 2015-16 North Pole hurricane season. This table includes the storm's names, duration, peak intensity, Areas affected (bold indicates made landfall in that region at least once), damages, and death totals. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but are still storm-related. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical, a wave or a low. All of the damage figures are in 2014 USD (the listed damage figure is in millions).
| Storm name |
Dates active | Storm category at peak intensity |
Max 1-min wind mph (km/h) |
Min. press. (mbar) |
Areas affected | Damage (USD) |
Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applejack | October 19 – October 21 | Tropical storm | 45 (75) | 998 | None | 0 | 0 |
| Bernard | November 5 – November 10 | Category 1 hurricane | 80 (130) | 981 | None | 0 | 0 |
| Comet | November 28 – December 1 | Tropical storm | 40 (65) | 1000 | None | 0 | 0 |
| Donner | November 30 – December 5 | Subtropical storm | 70 (110) | 982 | None | 0 | 0 |