Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 10–15, 1983
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
Hurricane Chantal (1983) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1983 Atlantic season. It formed on September 10, 1983, reached its peak of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 994 mb on September 11, 1983, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 40 mph in 24 hours (to 75 mph on September 11, 1983). The storm lasted 4.8 days and travelled about 1,276 miles (2,053 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 30.2°N 64.4°W | 147 mi S of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 10 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 30.9°N 64.0°W | 107 mi SSE of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 11 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 31.6°N 63.3°W | 100 mi ESE of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 11 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 32.0°N 62.4°W | 141 mi E of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 11 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 996 mb | 32.4°N 61.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 994 mb | 32.8°N 60.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 994 mb | 33.1°N 58.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 994 mb | 33.6°N 57.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 994 mb | 34.0°N 56.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 994 mb | 34.4°N 55.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 1000 mb | 34.8°N 54.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 1000 mb | 35.3°N 54.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1005 mb | 35.9°N 54.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1005 mb | 36.3°N 53.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1005 mb | 36.8°N 53.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1006 mb | 37.4°N 53.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1008 mb | 38.7°N 53.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1008 mb | 39.5°N 52.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 40.4°N 50.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 41.7°N 48.8°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Chantal.
At its peak on September 11, 1983, Chantal was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a central pressure of 994 mb.
4.8 days, from September 10, 1983 to September 15, 1983, including 30 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,276 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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