Track map & timeline · Atlantic · August 23 – September 2, 2014
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. During the replay the shaded rings show the storm’s wind field as analysed by NHC — 39+, 58+ and 74+ mph winds, quadrant by quadrant. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Hurricane Cristobal (2014) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 2014 Atlantic season. It formed on August 23, 2014, 20 mi S of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 963 mb on August 28, 2014, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 9.5 days and travelled about 4,533 miles (7,294 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 21.5°N 72.2°W | 20 mi S of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Aug 24 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1004 mb | 22.0°N 72.5°W | 22 mi NW of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Aug 24 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1002 mb | 22.6°N 72.9°W | 70 mi NW of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Aug 24 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1001 mb | 23.3°N 73.0°W | 115 mi NNW of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Aug 24 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1001 mb | 24.0°N 73.0°W | 160 mi NNW of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Aug 25 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 998 mb | 24.2°N 73.0°W | 174 mi NNW of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Aug 25 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 996 mb | 24.4°N 72.9°W | 186 mi NNW of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Aug 25 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 993 mb | 24.7°N 72.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 992 mb | 24.9°N 72.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 989 mb | 25.1°N 72.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 989 mb | 25.6°N 72.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 988 mb | 26.7°N 71.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 987 mb | 28.1°N 71.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 983 mb | 29.5°N 71.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 983 mb | 30.6°N 72.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 983 mb | 31.6°N 72.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 984 mb | 32.3°N 71.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 984 mb | 33.5°N 70.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 982 mb | 34.8°N 69.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 979 mb | 36.3°N 67.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 971 mb | 37.5°N 63.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 965 mb | 39.1°N 58.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 967 mb | 41.2°N 53.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 12:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 75 mph | 970 mb | 44.2°N 49.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 18:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 75 mph | 972 mb | 46.7°N 45.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 00:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 75 mph | 974 mb | 48.6°N 42.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 06:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 75 mph | 974 mb | 49.9°N 39.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 12:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | 971 mb | 51.3°N 36.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 18:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | 971 mb | 54.0°N 32.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 00:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | 971 mb | 58.0°N 28.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 06:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | 963 mb | 61.0°N 27.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 12:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | 964 mb | 62.0°N 26.0°W | 175 mi SW of Reykjanesbær, Iceland |
| Aug 31 18:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | 968 mb | 63.0°N 24.5°W | 91 mi SW of Reykjanesbær, Iceland |
| Sep 1 00:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | 974 mb | 64.0°N 22.0°W | near Hafnarfjörður, Iceland |
| Sep 1 06:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | 978 mb | 65.0°N 19.5°W | 62 mi SW of Akureyri, Iceland |
| Sep 1 12:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | 980 mb | 66.0°N 17.0°W | 38 mi NE of Akureyri, Iceland |
| Sep 1 18:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | 982 mb | 67.0°N 15.4°W | 118 mi NE of Akureyri, Iceland |
| Sep 2 00:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 984 mb | 68.0°N 15.0°W | 181 mi NNE of Akureyri, Iceland |
| Sep 2 06:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 985 mb | 69.0°N 15.0°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Cristobal.
At its peak on August 28, 2014, Cristobal was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h) and a central pressure of 963 mb.
9.5 days, from August 23, 2014 to September 2, 2014, including 84 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 4,533 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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