Hurricane Claudette (2003)

Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · July 7–17, 2003

Peak wind

92 mph

148 km/h · Jul 15

Peak category

Cat 1

Saffir–Simpson

Lowest pressure

979 mb

Landfalls

Texas · Quintana Roo, Mexico

Lifetime

10.5 d

Jul 7 – Jul 17

Distance

3,949 mi

6,354 km

ACE

9.2

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 Claudette

Hurricane Claudette (2003) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 2003 Atlantic season. It formed on July 7, 2003, reached its peak of 92 mph (148 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 979 mb on July 15, 2003, and made landfall 2 times — first 17 mi NE of Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico on July 11, 2003 as a tropical storm (58 mph). Later landfalls: 34 mi SE of Port Lavaca, Texas on July 15, 2003 as a Category 1 hurricane (92 mph). The storm lasted 10.5 days and travelled about 3,949 miles (6,354 km).

02 · Intensity

Wind and pressure, hour by hour

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

03 · Impact

Landfalls and cities in the path

Landfall (UTC)	Where	Strength	Pressure
July 11, 2003 · 10:00 UTC	17 mi NE of Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico	TS 58 mph	1009 mb
July 15, 2003 · 16:00 UTC	34 mi SE of Port Lavaca, Texas	Cat 1 92 mph	979 mb

Closest approach to major cities

City	Distance to center	When (UTC)	Storm strength then
Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico	20 mi	Jul 11 · 11:00 UTC	TS 58 mph
Corpus Christi, Texas	53 mi	Jul 15 · 21:00 UTC	TS 69 mph
San Antonio, Texas	64 mi	Jul 16 · 01:00 UTC	TS 56 mph
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico	71 mi	Jul 16 · 06:00 UTC	TS 46 mph
Laredo, Texas	69 mi	Jul 16 · 06:00 UTC	TS 46 mph
Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico	74 mi	Jul 17 · 09:00 UTC	TD 29 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 45 positions

Date · UTC	Status	Wind	Pressure	Position	Nearest place
Jul 7 00:00	TD low/wave	29 mph	1010 mb	11.1°N 53.5°W	open ocean
Jul 7 06:00	TD low/wave	35 mph	1010 mb	11.8°N 55.3°W	open ocean
Jul 7 12:00	TD low/wave	35 mph	1010 mb	12.6°N 57.5°W	147 mi ESE of Bridgetown, Barbados
Jul 7 18:00	TS low/wave	40 mph	1010 mb	13.2°N 59.8°W	14 mi WNW of Bridgetown, Barbados
Jul 8 00:00	TS low/wave	40 mph	1009 mb	13.7°N 62.0°W	64 mi NW of Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Jul 8 06:00	TS low/wave	46 mph	1009 mb	14.0°N 64.8°W	open ocean
Jul 8 12:00	TS low/wave	46 mph	1009 mb	14.4°N 67.6°W	162 mi NNE of Kralendijk, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba
Jul 8 18:00	TS	52 mph	1006 mb	14.8°N 70.0°W	154 mi N of Noord, Aruba
Jul 9 00:00	TS	58 mph	1001 mb	15.0°N 72.0°W	open ocean
Jul 9 06:00	TS	69 mph	1003 mb	15.1°N 74.4°W	open ocean
Jul 9 12:00	TS	63 mph	1004 mb	15.3°N 76.5°W	186 mi S of Portmore, Jamaica
Jul 9 18:00	TS	63 mph	1002 mb	15.8°N 78.6°W	171 mi SSW of Mandeville, Jamaica
Jul 10 00:00	TS	63 mph	1002 mb	16.1°N 80.3°W	open ocean
Jul 10 06:00	TS	63 mph	998 mb	16.6°N 81.7°W	open ocean
Jul 10 12:00	Cat 1	81 mph	988 mb	17.5°N 82.8°W	155 mi SW of George Town, Cayman Islands
Jul 10 18:00	TS	63 mph	1003 mb	18.6°N 84.1°W	184 mi WSW of George Town, Cayman Islands
Jul 11 00:00	TS	58 mph	1010 mb	19.7°N 85.5°W	109 mi ESE of Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Jul 11 06:00	TS	58 mph	1009 mb	20.4°N 86.3°W	42 mi E of Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Jul 11 10:00	TS LANDFALL	58 mph	1009 mb	20.8°N 86.9°W	17 mi NE of Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Jul 11 12:00	TS	58 mph	1009 mb	21.1°N 87.2°W	23 mi WSW of Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Jul 11 18:00	TS	52 mph	1009 mb	21.8°N 88.2°W	46 mi N of Tizimín, Yucatán, Mexico
Jul 12 00:00	TS	52 mph	1008 mb	22.6°N 89.2°W	96 mi NNE of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico
Jul 12 06:00	TS	52 mph	1007 mb	23.3°N 90.2°W	144 mi NNW of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico
Jul 12 12:00	TS	52 mph	1006 mb	23.9°N 90.7°W	open ocean
Jul 12 18:00	TS	52 mph	1008 mb	24.6°N 90.9°W	open ocean
Jul 13 00:00	TS	52 mph	1003 mb	24.9°N 91.5°W	open ocean
Jul 13 06:00	TS	52 mph	1005 mb	24.9°N 91.9°W	open ocean
Jul 13 12:00	TS	58 mph	999 mb	25.1°N 92.1°W	open ocean
Jul 13 18:00	TS	58 mph	995 mb	25.3°N 92.2°W	open ocean
Jul 14 00:00	TS	63 mph	991 mb	25.6°N 92.2°W	open ocean
Jul 14 06:00	TS	63 mph	993 mb	26.0°N 92.3°W	open ocean
Jul 14 12:00	TS	63 mph	991 mb	26.7°N 92.6°W	open ocean
Jul 14 18:00	TS	69 mph	989 mb	27.3°N 93.0°W	176 mi SE of Galveston, Texas
Jul 15 00:00	TS	69 mph	988 mb	27.7°N 93.6°W	132 mi SSE of Galveston, Texas
Jul 15 06:00	Cat 1	75 mph	987 mb	27.9°N 94.6°W	86 mi SSE of Freeport, Texas
Jul 15 12:00	Cat 1	86 mph	982 mb	28.3°N 95.5°W	46 mi S of Freeport, Texas
Jul 15 16:00	Cat 1 LANDFALL	92 mph	979 mb	28.3°N 96.2°W	34 mi SE of Port Lavaca, Texas
Jul 15 18:00	Cat 1	81 mph	984 mb	28.6°N 96.9°W	16 mi SSE of Victoria, Texas
Jul 16 00:00	TS	58 mph	995 mb	28.5°N 98.2°W	28 mi WNW of Beeville, Texas
Jul 16 06:00	TS	46 mph	999 mb	28.5°N 99.4°W	54 mi SSE of Uvalde, Texas
Jul 16 12:00	TS	40 mph	1003 mb	28.8°N 100.8°W	18 mi WNW of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico
Jul 16 18:00	TS	40 mph	1007 mb	29.3°N 102.6°W	99 mi W of Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico
Jul 17 00:00	TD	35 mph	1014 mb	29.9°N 104.3°W	24 mi NNE of Manuel Ojinaga, Chihuahua, Mexico
Jul 17 06:00	TD low/wave	29 mph	1016 mb	30.5°N 106.0°W	89 mi SSE of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Jul 17 12:00	TD low/wave	29 mph	1016 mb	30.9°N 107.7°W	22 mi SE of Ascensión, Chihuahua, Mexico

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

Questions

Frequently asked questions

When and where did Claudette make landfall?

Claudette made landfall 2 times: 17 mi NE of Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico on July 11, 2003 at 10:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 58 mph winds; 34 mi SE of Port Lavaca, Texas on July 15, 2003 at 16:00 UTC, as a Category 1 hurricane with 92 mph winds.

What category was Claudette?

At its peak on July 15, 2003, Claudette was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 92 mph (148 km/h) and a central pressure of 979 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.

How long did Claudette last?

10.5 days, from July 7, 2003 to July 17, 2003, including 24 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 3,949 miles.

Where can I download the track data for Claudette?

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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Every storm named Claudette

Year	Storm	Peak	Landfall
1979	Tropical Storm Claudette Atlantic	TS 52 mph	—	→
1985	Hurricane Claudette Atlantic	Cat 1 86 mph	—	→
1991	Hurricane Claudette Atlantic	Cat 4 132 mph	—	→
1997	Tropical Storm Claudette Atlantic	TS 46 mph	—
2003	Hurricane Claudette · this page Atlantic	Cat 1 92 mph	Texas, Quintana Roo, Mexico
2009	Tropical Storm Claudette Atlantic	TS 58 mph	Florida	→
2015	Tropical Storm Claudette Atlantic	TS 52 mph	—
2021	Tropical Storm Claudette Atlantic	TS 46 mph	Louisiana	→

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

Strongest storms of 2003

Year	Storm	Peak	Landfall
2003	Hurricane Isabel Atlantic	Cat 5 167 mph	North Carolina	→
2003	Hurricane Fabian Atlantic	Cat 4 144 mph	—	→
2003	Hurricane Kate Atlantic	Cat 3 127 mph	—	→
2003	Hurricane Juan Atlantic	Cat 2 104 mph	Nova Scotia, Canada	→
2003	Hurricane Ignacio Eastern Pacific	Cat 2 104 mph	Baja California Sur, Mexico	→
2003	Hurricane Jimena Eastern Pacific	Cat 2 104 mph	—	→
2003	Hurricane Nora Eastern Pacific	Cat 2 104 mph	Sinaloa, Mexico	→
2003	Hurricane Marty Eastern Pacific	Cat 2 98 mph	Baja California Sur, Mexico	→

See every 2003 storm on one map →

Background reading: Hurricane Claudette on Wikipedia.

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