Track map & timeline · Atlantic · June 29 – July 5, 1991
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
Tropical Storm Ana (1991) was a tropical storm of the 1991 Atlantic season. It formed on June 29, 1991, 60 mi SE of Lucaya, Bahamas, reached its peak of 52 mph (83 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1000 mb on July 4, 1991, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 6.0 days and travelled about 2,423 miles (3,899 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami, Florida | 10 mi | Jun 30 · 01:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 14 mi | Jun 30 · 01:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Hollywood, Florida | direct hit | Jun 30 · 01:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Hialeah, Florida | direct hit | Jun 30 · 02:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Pembroke Pines, Florida | direct hit | Jun 30 · 02:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Cape Coral, Florida | 12 mi | Jun 30 · 15:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| St. Petersburg, Florida | direct hit | Jul 1 · 04:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Tampa, Florida | 15 mi | Jul 1 · 06:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Orlando, Florida | 67 mi | Jul 1 · 14:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Jacksonville, Florida | 24 mi | Jul 2 · 02:00 UTC | TD 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29 12:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1012 mb | 25.9°N 78.0°W | 60 mi SE of Lucaya, Bahamas |
| Jun 29 18:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1012 mb | 25.9°N 79.0°W | 48 mi SSW of Lucaya, Bahamas |
| Jun 30 00:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1012 mb | 25.9°N 80.0°W | 15 mi NE of Miami, Florida |
| Jun 30 06:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1012 mb | 26.0°N 80.9°W | 32 mi WSW of Weston, Florida |
| Jun 30 12:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1012 mb | 26.2°N 81.8°W | near Naples, Florida |
| Jun 30 18:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1012 mb | 26.7°N 82.4°W | 18 mi S of Englewood, Florida |
| Jul 1 00:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1012 mb | 27.3°N 82.7°W | 11 mi WSW of Sarasota, Florida |
| Jul 1 06:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1012 mb | 28.0°N 82.7°W | near Safety Harbor, Florida |
| Jul 1 12:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1012 mb | 28.7°N 82.5°W | near Homosassa Springs, Florida |
| Jul 1 18:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1012 mb | 29.3°N 82.2°W | near Ocala, Florida |
| Jul 2 00:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1012 mb | 29.9°N 81.6°W | 13 mi SSW of St. Johns, Florida |
| Jul 2 06:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1012 mb | 30.4°N 81.0°W | 26 mi ENE of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida |
| Jul 2 12:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1012 mb | 30.9°N 80.3°W | 66 mi ESE of Saint Simons Island, Georgia |
| Jul 2 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1012 mb | 31.3°N 79.7°W | 87 mi SE of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina |
| Jul 3 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 31.5°N 79.0°W | 104 mi SSE of Charleston, South Carolina |
| Jul 3 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 32.5°N 77.4°W | 119 mi SE of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina |
| Jul 3 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 33.9°N 75.4°W | 109 mi SE of Havelock, North Carolina |
| Jul 3 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 35.2°N 73.4°W | 184 mi SE of Virginia Beach, Virginia |
| Jul 4 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 36.2°N 70.7°W | open ocean |
| Jul 4 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1002 mb | 37.1°N 67.8°W | open ocean |
| Jul 4 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1001 mb | 37.6°N 64.7°W | open ocean |
| Jul 4 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 37.9°N 61.1°W | open ocean |
| Jul 5 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1001 mb | 38.0°N 57.5°W | open ocean |
| Jul 5 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 37.5°N 54.2°W | open ocean |
| Jul 5 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 37.0°N 50.7°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Ana. Its closest approach to a major city was 1 miles from St. Petersburg, Florida.
At its peak on July 4, 1991, Ana was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 52 mph (83 km/h) and a central pressure of 1000 mb.
6.0 days, from June 29, 1991 to July 5, 1991. It travelled about 2,423 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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