StormDPS

StormDPS is a real-time tropical cyclone analysis tool that computes the Destructive Power Score (DPS) — a 0–100 composite hurricane rating that captures storm size, surge potential, duration of coastal exposure, and geographic reach, not just peak wind. A modern open-data alternative to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.

It covers every ocean basin globally, features 220+ historical storms with full DPS profiles, and delivers live weather intelligence through both a web tracker and a public REST API.

🌐 Live site: https://stormdps.com 🗺️ Browse every scored storm: https://stormdps.com/storms 📊 Methodology: https://stormdps.com/methodology 📈 Historic storms (ranked by DPS): https://stormdps.com/historic-storms 💾 Open dataset (CSV/JSON, CC BY 4.0): https://stormdps.com/data 🛰️ Public REST API: JSON under https://stormdps.com/api/v1/ — e.g. active storms, no key required ❓ FAQ: https://stormdps.com/faq · ℹ️ About: https://stormdps.com/about

Example storm page: Hurricane Katrina (2005) — DPS 94/100 · every named cyclone has its own page at stormdps.com/storm/{ID}.

Cite this work

Reaves, R. (2026). StormDPS Historical Hurricane Database (Version 1.0.0)
[Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20149123

See CITATION.cff for BibTeX/APA formats, and dataset_README.md for the full data dictionary.

License

• Code: see repo license
• Dataset & DPS scores: CC BY 4.0 — free to use, adapt, and redistribute, including commercially, with attribution.
• Upstream observational data (NHC, JTWC, IBTrACS): public domain.

Contact

Media inquiries, partnerships, or data licensing: [email protected]

Bugs, methodology corrections, dataset errata: open an issue.