Track map & timeline · Atlantic · August 6–16, 1903
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 1903 Jamaica Hurricane was a Category 3 hurricane of the 1903 Atlantic season. It formed on August 6, 1903, reached its peak of 121 mph (194 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 958 mb on August 9, 1903, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 34 mph in 24 hours (to 115 mph on August 9, 1903). The storm lasted 10.5 days and travelled about 3,900 miles (6,275 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston, Jamaica | direct hit | Aug 11 · 10:00 UTC | Cat 3 121 mph |
| New Kingston, Jamaica | direct hit | Aug 11 · 10:00 UTC | Cat 3 121 mph |
| Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico | 32 mi | Aug 13 · 05:00 UTC | Cat 2 102 mph |
| Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico | 19 mi | Aug 13 · 19:00 UTC | Cat 1 76 mph |
| Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico | 42 mi | Aug 16 · 04:00 UTC | TS 65 mph |
Distance from the city to the storm’s center, interpolated hourly between official fixes. Damaging winds, surge and rain reach far beyond the center.
04 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 11.8°N 42.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 6 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 12.0°N 43.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 6 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 12.3°N 44.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 7 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 12.6°N 46.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 7 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 13.1°N 47.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 7 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 13.5°N 49.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 7 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 13.7°N 50.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 8 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 13.8°N 52.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 8 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 13.8°N 54.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 8 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 14.0°N 56.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 8 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 14.3°N 57.8°W | 147 mi NE of Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Aug 9 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 14.4°N 59.8°W | 74 mi E of Rivière-Pilote, Martinique |
| Aug 9 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 970 mb | 14.5°N 61.4°W | 23 mi WSW of Fort-de-France, Martinique |
| Aug 9 12:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 14.7°N 63.0°W | 115 mi WSW of Roseau, Dominica |
| Aug 9 18:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 14.9°N 64.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 10 00:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 15.2°N 66.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 10 06:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 15.6°N 68.2°W | 185 mi SSW of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico |
| Aug 10 12:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 16.0°N 70.0°W | 159 mi S of Baní, Dominican Republic |
| Aug 10 18:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 16.6°N 72.0°W | 101 mi S of Pedernales, Dominican Republic |
| Aug 11 00:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 17.2°N 73.8°W | 69 mi S of Les Cayes, Haiti |
| Aug 11 06:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 17.7°N 75.6°W | 65 mi ESE of Port Antonio, Jamaica |
| Aug 11 12:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 18.3°N 77.3°W | 11 mi SW of Saint Ann’s Bay, Jamaica |
| Aug 11 18:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 18.6°N 78.7°W | 33 mi NW of Negril, Jamaica |
| Aug 12 00:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 19.0°N 80.0°W | 80 mi ESE of Frank Sound, Cayman Islands |
| Aug 12 06:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | 958 mb | 19.4°N 81.1°W | near Further Ground, Cayman Islands |
| Aug 12 12:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 19.7°N 82.5°W | 75 mi WNW of West Bay, Cayman Islands |
| Aug 12 18:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 20.1°N 84.0°W | 146 mi SSW of Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba |
| Aug 13 00:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 20.4°N 85.6°W | 87 mi E of Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Aug 13 06:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 20.8°N 87.3°W | 19 mi NW of Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Aug 13 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 21.0°N 88.4°W | near Espita, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Aug 13 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 21.2°N 89.4°W | 10 mi NW of Motul, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Aug 14 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 21.4°N 90.4°W | 43 mi NW of Hunucmá, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Aug 14 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 21.7°N 91.4°W | 109 mi WNW of Hunucmá, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Aug 14 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 22.0°N 92.5°W | 182 mi WNW of Hunucmá, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Aug 14 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 22.1°N 93.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 15 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 22.3°N 94.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 15 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 986 mb | 22.6°N 95.1°W | 177 mi E of Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Aug 15 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 23.0°N 96.0°W | 128 mi ENE of Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Aug 15 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 23.1°N 96.8°W | 89 mi NE of Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Aug 16 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 23.0°N 97.6°W | 31 mi E of Aldama, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Aug 16 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 22.8°N 98.3°W | near Estación Manuel, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Aug 16 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 22.5°N 99.0°W | 17 mi S of Ciudad Mante, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Aug 16 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 22.0°N 99.6°W | near Cárdenas, San Luis Potosí, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for 1903 Jamaica Hurricane. Its closest approach to a major city was 7 miles from New Kingston, Jamaica.
At its peak on August 9, 1903, 1903 Jamaica Hurricane was a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 121 mph (194 km/h) and a central pressure of 958 mb.
10.5 days, from August 6, 1903 to August 16, 1903, including 216 hours at hurricane strength (90 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 3,900 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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