Tropical Storm Charley (1998)

Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · August 21–24, 1998

Peak wind

69 mph

111 km/h · Aug 22

Peak category

Lowest pressure

1000 mb

Landfalls

Texas

Lifetime

2.8 d

Aug 21 – Aug 24

Distance

632 mi

1,017 km

ACE

0.8

storm energy

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

What happened with Charley

Tropical Storm Charley (1998) was a tropical storm of the 1998 Atlantic season. It formed on August 21, 1998, 312 mi SSW of Houma, Louisiana, reached its peak of 69 mph (111 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1000 mb on August 22, 1998, and made landfall near Aransas Pass, Texas on August 22, 1998 as a tropical storm (46 mph). It rapidly intensified by 40 mph in 24 hours (to 69 mph on August 22, 1998). The storm lasted 2.8 days and travelled about 632 miles (1,017 km).

02 · Intensity

Wind and pressure, hour by hour

Maximum sustained wind (mph) — hover or drag to scrub the map

03 · Impact

Landfall and cities in the path

Landfall (UTC)	Where	Strength	Pressure
August 22, 1998 · 10:00 UTC	near Aransas Pass, Texas	TS 46 mph	1000 mb

Closest approach to major cities

City	Distance to center	When (UTC)	Storm strength then
Corpus Christi, Texas	direct hit	Aug 22 · 12:00 UTC	TS 40 mph
San Antonio, Texas	64 mi	Aug 23 · 02:00 UTC	TD 27 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

Every official fix 13 positions

Date · UTC	Status	Wind	Pressure	Position	Nearest place
Aug 21 06:00	TD	29 mph	1008 mb	25.3°N 92.3°W	open ocean
Aug 21 12:00	TD	35 mph	1008 mb	25.4°N 93.8°W	open ocean
Aug 21 18:00	TS	46 mph	1008 mb	26.0°N 94.5°W	186 mi E of Brownsville, Texas
Aug 22 00:00	TS	52 mph	1006 mb	26.8°N 95.4°W	141 mi ESE of Corpus Christi, Texas
Aug 22 06:00	TS	69 mph	1002 mb	27.5°N 96.5°W	59 mi ESE of Corpus Christi, Texas
Aug 22 10:00	TS LANDFALL	46 mph	1000 mb	27.8°N 97.1°W	18 mi E of Corpus Christi, Texas
Aug 22 12:00	TS	40 mph	1001 mb	27.9°N 97.4°W	near Corpus Christi, Texas
Aug 22 18:00	TD	35 mph	1003 mb	28.3°N 98.1°W	22 mi WSW of Beeville, Texas
Aug 23 00:00	TD	29 mph	1005 mb	28.5°N 98.7°W	65 mi S of San Antonio, Texas
Aug 23 06:00	TD	23 mph	1006 mb	28.7°N 99.3°W	46 mi SE of Uvalde, Texas
Aug 23 12:00	TD	23 mph	1007 mb	28.8°N 99.9°W	29 mi SSW of Uvalde, Texas
Aug 23 18:00	TD	23 mph	1008 mb	29.1°N 100.6°W	26 mi SE of Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico
Aug 24 00:00	TD	23 mph	1008 mb	29.4°N 101.2°W	16 mi WNW of Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico

⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track

Questions

Frequently asked questions

When and where did Charley make landfall?

Charley made landfall once: near Aransas Pass, Texas on August 22, 1998 at 10:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 46 mph winds.

What category was Charley?

At its peak on August 22, 1998, Charley was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 69 mph (111 km/h) and a central pressure of 1000 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.

How long did Charley last?

2.8 days, from August 21, 1998 to August 24, 1998. It travelled about 632 miles.

Where can I download the track data for Charley?

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.

Related storms

Keep exploring

Every storm named Charley

Year	Storm	Peak	Landfall
1980	Hurricane Charley Atlantic	Cat 1 81 mph	—	→
1986	Hurricane Charley Atlantic	Cat 1 81 mph	North Carolina	→
1992	Hurricane Charley Atlantic	Cat 2 109 mph	—	→
1998	Tropical Storm Charley · this page Atlantic	TS 69 mph	Texas
2004	Hurricane Charley Atlantic	Cat 4 150 mph	Florida, Artemisa, Cuba	→

Names are recycled every six years unless a storm is so deadly or costly that the name is retired.

Strongest storms of 1998

Year	Storm	Peak	Landfall
1998	Hurricane Mitch Atlantic	Cat 5 178 mph	Honduras, Florida	→
1998	Hurricane Georges Atlantic	Cat 4 155 mph	Dominican Republic, Antigua and Barbuda	→
1998	Hurricane Howard Eastern Pacific	Cat 4 150 mph	—	→
1998	Hurricane Blas Eastern Pacific	Cat 4 138 mph	—	→
1998	Hurricane Estelle Eastern Pacific	Cat 4 132 mph	—	→
1998	Hurricane Bonnie Atlantic	Cat 3 115 mph	North Carolina	→
1998	Hurricane Darby Eastern Pacific	Cat 3 115 mph	—	→
1998	Hurricane Georgette Eastern Pacific	Cat 3 115 mph	—	→

See every 1998 storm on one map →

Background reading: Tropical Storm Charley on Wikipedia.

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