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An infobox for tropical cyclones and hurricane seasons.

Calculations

• Pressure: If {{{basin}}} is one of Atl or EPac the template will calculate the pressure in inHg from the pressure in mbar and quote to 2dp.
• Windspeeds: The template takes parameters here in terms of knots and returns mph and km/h (the order depending on the basin). It returns these to the nearest 5.

Microformat

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Classes used

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• attendee
• contact
• description
• dtend
• dtstart
• location
• organiser
• summary
• url
• vevent

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Tracking category

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An infobox for hurricanes and tropical cyclone seasons.

Template parameters

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Basin	Basin	A abbreviation denoting what basin is represented Suggested values Atl EPac WPac NIO SHem SWI SPac SAtl Aus	String	required
Year	Year	The year of the season, if a multiple year span is covered, use the most recent. Example 2005	Number	suggested
Track	Track	The location of the track map. Example 2005 Atlantic hurricane season map.png	File	suggested
Track alt	Track alt	Alt text for the track map, for visually impaired readers; see Wikipedia:Alternative text for images, particularly its Maps section. Example Tracks of about 28 tropical storms, including 15 hurricanes, cluster in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, with some scattered in the Atlantic. Seven hurricanes are major, and most of them make landfall on the U.S. Gulf coast.	String	optional
First storm formed	First storm formed	Formation date (generally tropical storm-strength) of first storm (full date). Use {{Start date}}. Example {{Start date|2005|06|08}}	Date	required
Last storm dissipated	Last storm dissipated	Dissipation date of last storm (full date). Use {{End date}}. Example {{End date|2006|01|06}}	Date	required
Strongest storm name	Strongest storm name	The name of the strongest storm(s) when the storm(s) has/have both the highest winds and lowest pressure of the season, or the rankings by either disagree but the sets of leaders are not disjoint, in which case list the intersection of those sets (for example: Alpha 140 kt and 925 hPa, Beta 140 kt and 929 hPa, and Gamma 120 kt and 925 hPa: list Alpha solely). Wikilink if appropriate. Example [[Hurricane Wilma|Wilma]]	Unknown	optional
Strongest storm pressure	Strongest storm pressure	The minimum pressure of the strongest storm, in mbar/hPa. Example 882	Number	optional
Strongest storm winds	Strongest storm winds	The maximum windspeed of the strongest storm, in knots. Example 160	Number	optional
Strongest storm by pressure name	Strongest storm by pressure name	The name of the storm with the lowest pressure of the season when it is not the same as the storm(s) with the highest winds. Wikilink if appropriate. Specifically: use this argument when ranking by central pressure and winds disagree and the set of leaders by one metric is completely disjoint from the set of leaders of the other metric; if they intersect, then each is considered to tiebreak for the other and the unified argument (strongest storm name) should be used with the intersection of the sets of leaders of each metric.	Unknown	optional
Strongest storm by pressure pressure	Strongest storm by pressure pressure	Lowest central pressure of the storm with the lowest pressure of the season, in mbar/hPa.	Number	optional
Strongest storm by pressure winds	Strongest storm by pressure winds	Highest winds of the storm with the lowest pressure of the season, which are necessarily not the highest of the season, in knots.	Number	optional
Strongest storm by winds name	Strongest storm by winds name	The name of the storm with the highest winds of the season when it is not the same as the storm(s) with the highest winds. Wikilink if appropriate. Specifically: use this argument and the by-pressure argument when ranking by central pressure and winds disagree and the set of leaders by one metric is completely disjoint from the set of leaders of the other metric; if they intersect, then each is considered to tiebreak for the other and the unified argument (strongest storm name) should be used with the intersection of the sets of leaders of each metric.	Unknown	optional
Strongest storm by winds pressure	Strongest storm by winds pressure	Lowest central pressure of the storm with the highest winds of the season if the above argument is used, which is necessarily not the lowest central pressure of the season, in mbar/hPa.	Number	optional
Strongest storm by winds winds	Strongest storm by winds winds	Highest winds of the storm with the highest winds of the season, in knots.	Number	optional
Average wind speed	Average wind speed	The length of time used to find the average measurement of the storm's maximum sustained winds. Example 10	Number	optional
Total disturbances	Total disturbances	For the NIO this is defined as the number of Depressions in a season. For the rest of the basins it is the number of disturbances. For the Atl and NEPac basins, it is the number of Potential tropical cyclones. Example 48	Number	optional
Total depressions	Total depressions	For the NIO this is defined as the number of Deep Depressions in a season for other basins this is the total number of depressions in a season Example 31	Number	optional
Total storms	Total storms	The total number of storms of at least TS strength Example 28	Number	optional
Total hurricanes	Total hurricanes	The total number of hurricane-strength systems. Example 15	Number	optional
Total intense	Total intense	For all basins, the number of major storms that formed. (Major hurricanes, super typhoons, severe and intense cyclones.) Example 7	Number	optional
Fatalities	Fatalities	Total number of people killed (directly and indirectly) during the season. Use a range of values if necessary. Default Unknown Example ≥2,280	Number	optional
Damages	Damages	Total damages from the season. This is expressed in millions of dollars in the year of the season. Default Unknown Example 120000	Number	optional
Past five seasons links	fiveseasons	Links to the next and previous 2 seasons around this one. In most cases this is just the previous 2 years and the following 2 years, with the current year in the center. For multi-season articles it takes a little more thought.	Unknown	required
Strongest CPac name	Strongest CPac name	For Pacific hurricane seasons only, the name of the strongest CPac storm. Example [[Hurricane Ioke|Ioke]]	Unknown	optional
Strongest CPac pressure	Strongest CPac pressure	As for the strongest storm, for the CPac only, in mbar/hPa. Example 915	Number	optional
Strongest CPac winds	Strongest CPac winds	As for the strongest storm, for the CPac only, in knots. Example 140	Number	optional

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