Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 5–20, 1898
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
The 1898 Windward Islands Hurricane was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1898 Atlantic season. It formed on September 5, 1898, 344 mi SW of Praia, Cabo Verde, reached its peak of 109 mph (176 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 965 mb on September 11, 1898, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 35 mph in 24 hours (to 75 mph on September 6, 1898). The storm lasted 15.0 days and travelled about 5,355 miles (8,616 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 11.2°N 26.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 11.4°N 29.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 11.5°N 31.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 11.6°N 32.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 11.7°N 34.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 11.7°N 35.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 11.7°N 37.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 11.8°N 38.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 12:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 11.9°N 39.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 11.9°N 41.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 00:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 12.0°N 43.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 06:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 12.0°N 44.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 12.0°N 46.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 18:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 12.0°N 47.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 00:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 12.0°N 49.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 06:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 12.0°N 50.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 12.0°N 51.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 18:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 12.0°N 52.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 00:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 12.1°N 54.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 06:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 12.2°N 55.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 12.3°N 57.0°W | 185 mi ESE of Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Sep 10 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 12.3°N 58.0°W | 123 mi ESE of Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Sep 11 00:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 12.5°N 58.9°W | 64 mi SE of Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Sep 11 06:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 12.7°N 59.8°W | 31 mi SSW of Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Sep 11 12:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 13.0°N 60.7°W | 34 mi ESE of Calliaqua, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Sep 11 18:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 965 mb | 13.6°N 61.5°W | 36 mi NNW of Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Sep 12 00:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 14.5°N 62.2°W | 76 mi W of Fort-de-France, Martinique |
| Sep 12 06:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 15.7°N 62.8°W | 74 mi WSW of Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe |
| Sep 12 12:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 17.0°N 63.3°W | 43 mi WSW of Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Sep 12 18:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 18.3°N 63.5°W | 86 mi NW of Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Sep 13 00:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 19.7°N 63.6°W | 128 mi NE of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands |
| Sep 13 06:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 20.4°N 63.7°W | 163 mi NNE of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands |
| Sep 13 12:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 21.0°N 63.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 18:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 21.7°N 64.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 22.3°N 64.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 06:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 22.9°N 64.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 23.6°N 64.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 18:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 23.9°N 64.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 00:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 24.3°N 65.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 06:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 24.7°N 65.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 25.0°N 65.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 18:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 25.4°N 66.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 00:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 25.8°N 66.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 06:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 26.2°N 67.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 26.6°N 67.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 18:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 27.2°N 67.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 00:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 28.1°N 68.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 06:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 29.0°N 69.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 30.0°N 69.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 18:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 30.9°N 69.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 00:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 31.9°N 68.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 06:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 33.0°N 68.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 34.0°N 67.2°W | 182 mi NW of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 18 18:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 35.2°N 65.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 00:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 36.6°N 64.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 38.2°N 63.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 40.0°N 62.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 42.2°N 60.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 00:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | — | 45.1°N 58.3°W | 110 mi SE of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Sep 20 06:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | — | 48.5°N 56.3°W | 42 mi SW of Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
| Sep 20 12:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | — | 52.0°N 54.1°W | open ocean |
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Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for 1898 Windward Islands Hurricane.
At its peak on September 11, 1898, 1898 Windward Islands Hurricane was a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 109 mph (176 km/h) and a central pressure of 965 mb.
15.0 days, from September 5, 1898 to September 20, 1898, including 318 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 5,355 miles.
The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.
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