Storm Tracks

Name: Ghana Storm Tracks
Creator: NOAA IBTrACS, via HDX

Tracks of tropical storms recorded near Ghana: position, wind speed and pressure at each observation, from the international best-track archive. Sourced from NOAA IBTrACS, via HDX (CC BY-IGO). 10775 records.

v1.0last updated Sep 18, 2026 · covers 29 Aug 1864 to 31 Aug 2026listing updated Sep 18, 2026GH₵49.0010,775 recordsClimate

Fields

Every column this dataset returns, with its type. This is the shape of the API response.

Field	Type
storm_id	TEXT
number	INTEGER
basin	TEXT
subbasin	TEXT
observed_at	TEXT
nature	TEXT
latitude	DECIMAL(24,6)
longitude	DECIMAL(24,6)
wmo_wind	INTEGER
wmo_pres	INTEGER
source	TEXT

Preview

five records, free

First 5 rows of Storm Tracks
storm idTEXT	numberINTEGER	basinTEXT	subbasinTEXT	observed atTEXT	natureTEXT	latitudeDECIMAL(24,6)	longitudeDECIMAL(24,6)	wmo windINTEGER	wmo presINTEGER	sourceTEXT
1864243N15338	13	North Atlantic	North Atlantic	1864-08-29 12:00:00	Tropical	15	-22.5	—	—	NOAA IBTrACS, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)
1864243N15338	13	North Atlantic	North Atlantic	1864-08-29 15:00:00	Tropical	15.1	-22.9	—	—	NOAA IBTrACS, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)
1864243N15338	13	North Atlantic	North Atlantic	1864-08-29 18:00:00	Tropical	15.2	-23.3	—	—	NOAA IBTrACS, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)
1864243N15338	13	North Atlantic	North Atlantic	1864-08-29 21:00:00	Tropical	15.3	-23.7	—	—	NOAA IBTrACS, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)
1864243N15338	13	North Atlantic	North Atlantic	1864-08-30 00:00:00	Tropical	15.3	-24	—	—	NOAA IBTrACS, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)

storm idTEXT	numberINTEGER	basinTEXT	subbasinTEXT	observed atTEXT	natureTEXT	latitudeDECIMAL(24,6)	longitudeDECIMAL(24,6)	wmo windINTEGER	wmo presINTEGER	sourceTEXT
10	10	example-basin-1	example-subbasin-1	example-observed_at-1	example-nature-1	10	10	10	10	example-source-1
20	20	example-basin-2	example-subbasin-2	example-observed_at-2	example-nature-2	20	20	20	20	example-source-2
30	30	example-basin-3	example-subbasin-3	example-observed_at-3	example-nature-3	30	30	30	30	example-source-3
40	40	example-basin-4	example-subbasin-4	example-observed_at-4	example-nature-4	40	40	40	40	example-source-4
50	50	example-basin-5	example-subbasin-5	example-observed_at-5	example-nature-5	50	50	50	50	example-source-5
60	60	example-basin-6	example-subbasin-6	example-observed_at-6	example-nature-6	60	60	60	60	example-source-6
70	70	example-basin-7	example-subbasin-7	example-observed_at-7	example-nature-7	70	70	70	70	example-source-7
80	80	example-basin-8	example-subbasin-8	example-observed_at-8	example-nature-8	80	80	80	80	example-source-8

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Endpoint

GET connect.apighana.com/api/data/storm_tracks

Auth: X-API-Key header
Pagination: page · limit
Format: JSON
Version: 1.0
Last updated: Sep 18, 2026from the source
Covers: 29 Aug 1864 to 31 Aug 2026
Refreshed: monthly
Last checked: Oct 1, 2026looked right
Source: NOAA IBTrACS, via HDX

How to cite

Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (NOAA IBTrACS, via HDX). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. These records cover 29 Aug 1864 to 31 Aug 2026; say which period your figures come from. Last updated from the source on Sep 18, 2026.

API Ghana. (2026). Storm tracks (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from NOAA IBTrACS, via HDX]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/storm-tracks

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/storm_tracks?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/storm_tracks?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/storm_tracks",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]

Field

Type

storm_id

TEXT

number

INTEGER

basin

TEXT

subbasin

TEXT

observed_at

TEXT

nature

TEXT

latitude

DECIMAL(24,6)

longitude

DECIMAL(24,6)

wmo_wind

INTEGER

wmo_pres

INTEGER

source

TEXT

storm idTEXT

numberINTEGER

basinTEXT

subbasinTEXT

observed atTEXT

natureTEXT

latitudeDECIMAL(24,6)

longitudeDECIMAL(24,6)

wmo windINTEGER

wmo presINTEGER

sourceTEXT

1864243N15338

North Atlantic

1864-08-29 12:00:00

Tropical

-22.5

—

NOAA IBTrACS, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)

1864243N15338

North Atlantic

1864-08-29 15:00:00

Tropical

15.1

-22.9

—

NOAA IBTrACS, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)

1864243N15338

North Atlantic

1864-08-29 18:00:00

Tropical

15.2

-23.3

—

NOAA IBTrACS, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)

1864243N15338

North Atlantic

1864-08-29 21:00:00

Tropical

15.3

-23.7

—

NOAA IBTrACS, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)

1864243N15338

North Atlantic

1864-08-30 00:00:00

Tropical

15.3

-24

—

NOAA IBTrACS, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)

storm idTEXT

numberINTEGER

basinTEXT

subbasinTEXT

observed atTEXT

natureTEXT

latitudeDECIMAL(24,6)

longitudeDECIMAL(24,6)

wmo windINTEGER

wmo presINTEGER

sourceTEXT

example-basin-1

example-subbasin-1

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example-basin-4

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example-basin-5

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example-basin-6

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example-source-8

How to cite

API Ghana. (2026). Storm tracks (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from NOAA IBTrACS, via HDX]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/storm-tracks

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/storm_tracks?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/storm_tracks?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/storm_tracks",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]