Hurricane Dennis (1999)

Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · August 24 – September 8, 1999

Peak wind

104 mph

167 km/h · Aug 28

Peak category

Cat 2

Saffir–Simpson

Lowest pressure

962 mb

Landfalls

Bahamas · North Carolina

Lifetime

15.8 d

Aug 24 – Sep 8

Distance

2,993 mi

4,816 km

ACE

20.2

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 Dennis

Hurricane Dennis (1999) was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1999 Atlantic season. It formed on August 24, 1999, 202 mi NE of Nagua, Dominican Republic, reached its peak of 104 mph (167 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 962 mb on August 28, 1999, and made landfall 2 times — first 17 mi ENE of Marsh Harbour, Bahamas on August 28, 1999 as a Category 1 hurricane (86 mph). Later landfalls: 14 mi ENE of Morehead City, North Carolina on September 4, 1999 as a tropical storm (69 mph). The storm lasted 15.8 days and travelled about 2,993 miles (4,816 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
August 28, 1999 · 07:00 UTC	17 mi ENE of Marsh Harbour, Bahamas	Cat 1 86 mph	976 mb
September 4, 1999 · 21:00 UTC	14 mi ENE of Morehead City, North Carolina	TS 69 mph	984 mb

Closest approach to major cities

City	Distance to center	When (UTC)	Storm strength then
Raleigh, North Carolina	15 mi	Sep 5 · 10:00 UTC	TD 36 mph
West Raleigh, North Carolina	15 mi	Sep 5 · 11:00 UTC	TD 35 mph
Greensboro, North Carolina	direct hit	Sep 5 · 23:00 UTC	TD 29 mph
Washington, District of Columbia	58 mi	Sep 7 · 02:00 UTC	TD 23 mph
Baltimore, Maryland	66 mi	Sep 7 · 03:00 UTC	TD 23 mph
Buffalo, New York	60 mi	Sep 7 · 13:00 UTC	TD 23 mph
Montréal, Quebec, Canada	72 mi	Sep 8 · 12:00 UTC	TD 23 mph
Laval, Quebec, Canada	71 mi	Sep 8 · 12:00 UTC	TD 23 mph
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	direct hit	Sep 8 · 18:00 UTC	TD 23 mph
Gatineau, Quebec, Canada	direct hit	Sep 8 · 18:00 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

Every official fix 66 positions

Date · UTC	Status	Wind	Pressure	Position	Nearest place
Aug 24 00:00	TD	35 mph	1009 mb	21.5°N 67.7°W	open ocean
Aug 24 06:00	TD	35 mph	1009 mb	22.0°N 68.9°W	open ocean
Aug 24 12:00	TS	40 mph	1009 mb	22.4°N 70.0°W	150 mi ENE of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Aug 24 18:00	TS	46 mph	1009 mb	22.7°N 70.9°W	107 mi NE of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Aug 25 00:00	TS	46 mph	1008 mb	22.8°N 71.5°W	85 mi NE of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Aug 25 06:00	TS	46 mph	1007 mb	23.0°N 71.9°W	87 mi NNE of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Aug 25 12:00	TS	52 mph	1004 mb	23.2°N 72.1°W	98 mi N of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Aug 25 18:00	TS	63 mph	1000 mb	23.4°N 72.3°W	112 mi N of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Aug 26 00:00	TS	69 mph	998 mb	23.6°N 72.5°W	127 mi N of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Aug 26 06:00	Cat 1	75 mph	995 mb	23.8°N 73.1°W	150 mi NNW of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Aug 26 12:00	Cat 1	75 mph	995 mb	24.1°N 73.6°W	182 mi NNW of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Aug 26 18:00	Cat 1	81 mph	990 mb	24.4°N 74.0°W	open ocean
Aug 27 00:00	Cat 1	75 mph	993 mb	24.8°N 74.4°W	185 mi E of Nassau, Bahamas
Aug 27 06:00	Cat 1	75 mph	988 mb	25.2°N 75.0°W	147 mi E of Nassau, Bahamas
Aug 27 12:00	Cat 1	75 mph	988 mb	25.6°N 75.5°W	121 mi ENE of Nassau, Bahamas
Aug 27 18:00	Cat 1	75 mph	987 mb	25.9°N 75.9°W	107 mi ENE of Nassau, Bahamas
Aug 28 00:00	Cat 1	81 mph	982 mb	26.1°N 76.2°W	101 mi NE of Nassau, Bahamas
Aug 28 06:00	Cat 1	86 mph	976 mb	26.5°N 76.7°W	107 mi NNE of Nassau, Bahamas
Aug 28 07:00	Cat 1 LANDFALL	86 mph	976 mb	26.6°N 76.8°W	112 mi NNE of Nassau, Bahamas
Aug 28 12:00	Cat 2	98 mph	973 mb	27.1°N 77.0°W	110 mi ENE of Lucaya, Bahamas
Aug 28 18:00	Cat 2	104 mph	969 mb	27.7°N 77.3°W	116 mi NE of Lucaya, Bahamas
Aug 29 00:00	Cat 2	104 mph	969 mb	28.3°N 77.7°W	136 mi NNE of Lucaya, Bahamas
Aug 29 06:00	Cat 2	104 mph	970 mb	29.0°N 77.9°W	176 mi ENE of Palm Bay, Florida
Aug 29 12:00	Cat 2	104 mph	971 mb	29.9°N 78.4°W	165 mi ENE of Daytona Beach, Florida
Aug 29 18:00	Cat 2	104 mph	967 mb	30.8°N 78.4°W	164 mi SE of Charleston, South Carolina
Aug 30 00:00	Cat 2	104 mph	964 mb	31.9°N 78.1°W	120 mi ESE of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Aug 30 06:00	Cat 2	104 mph	962 mb	32.8°N 77.6°W	94 mi SE of North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Aug 30 12:00	Cat 2	98 mph	965 mb	33.6°N 76.5°W	87 mi ESE of Masonboro, North Carolina
Aug 30 18:00	Cat 2	98 mph	966 mb	34.3°N 74.8°W	126 mi ESE of Havelock, North Carolina
Aug 31 00:00	Cat 1	92 mph	971 mb	34.9°N 73.6°W	177 mi ESE of Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Aug 31 06:00	Cat 1	92 mph	977 mb	35.1°N 72.9°W	open ocean
Aug 31 12:00	Cat 1	86 mph	983 mb	35.2°N 72.8°W	open ocean
Aug 31 18:00	Cat 1	81 mph	984 mb	35.1°N 73.3°W	185 mi ESE of Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Sep 1 00:00	TS	69 mph	986 mb	35.2°N 73.6°W	175 mi SE of Virginia Beach, Virginia
Sep 1 06:00	TS	63 mph	987 mb	35.0°N 73.4°W	183 mi ESE of Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Sep 1 12:00	TS	58 mph	989 mb	35.4°N 73.5°W	171 mi SE of Virginia Beach, Virginia
Sep 1 18:00	TS	58 mph	988 mb	35.5°N 73.8°W	153 mi SE of Virginia Beach, Virginia
Sep 2 00:00	TS	58 mph	988 mb	35.4°N 73.7°W	162 mi SE of Virginia Beach, Virginia
Sep 2 06:00	TS	52 mph	989 mb	35.2°N 73.6°W	175 mi SE of Virginia Beach, Virginia
Sep 2 12:00	TS	52 mph	989 mb	35.1°N 73.7°W	165 mi ESE of Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Sep 2 18:00	TS	52 mph	990 mb	34.8°N 73.9°W	168 mi SE of Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Sep 3 00:00	TS	52 mph	989 mb	34.2°N 74.0°W	172 mi ESE of Havelock, North Carolina
Sep 3 06:00	TS	52 mph	989 mb	33.6°N 74.1°W	183 mi ESE of Havelock, North Carolina
Sep 3 12:00	TS	52 mph	988 mb	33.2°N 73.9°W	open ocean
Sep 3 18:00	TS	58 mph	987 mb	33.0°N 73.8°W	open ocean
Sep 4 00:00	TS	58 mph	987 mb	33.1°N 74.0°W	open ocean
Sep 4 06:00	TS	63 mph	986 mb	33.3°N 74.5°W	175 mi SE of Havelock, North Carolina
Sep 4 12:00	TS	63 mph	986 mb	33.9°N 75.3°W	114 mi SE of Havelock, North Carolina
Sep 4 18:00	TS	69 mph	986 mb	34.5°N 76.0°W	58 mi ESE of Havelock, North Carolina
Sep 4 21:00	TS LANDFALL	69 mph	984 mb	34.8°N 76.5°W	23 mi ESE of Havelock, North Carolina
Sep 5 00:00	TS	58 mph	985 mb	35.0°N 76.8°W	10 mi NE of Havelock, North Carolina
Sep 5 06:00	TS	40 mph	989 mb	35.5°N 77.7°W	20 mi WSW of Greenville, North Carolina
Sep 5 12:00	TD	35 mph	994 mb	36.1°N 78.8°W	near Durham, North Carolina
Sep 5 18:00	TD	29 mph	998 mb	36.2°N 79.4°W	near Burlington, North Carolina
Sep 6 00:00	TD	29 mph	1000 mb	36.2°N 79.9°W	near Summerfield, North Carolina
Sep 6 06:00	TD	23 mph	1004 mb	36.4°N 80.1°W	22 mi NNE of Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Sep 6 12:00	TD	23 mph	1005 mb	37.0°N 79.9°W	19 mi S of Roanoke, Virginia
Sep 6 18:00	TD	23 mph	1008 mb	37.7°N 79.5°W	27 mi NW of West Lynchburg, Virginia
Sep 7 00:00	TD	23 mph	1009 mb	38.5°N 78.5°W	20 mi E of Harrisonburg, Virginia
Sep 7 06:00	TD	23 mph	1008 mb	40.8°N 77.0°W	30 mi S of Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Sep 7 12:00	TD	23 mph	1007 mb	42.7°N 77.7°W	25 mi S of Henrietta, New York
Sep 7 18:00	TD extratropical	23 mph	1006 mb	43.5°N 77.7°W	24 mi N of Rochester, New York
Sep 8 00:00	TD extratropical	23 mph	1006 mb	43.5°N 76.5°W	near Oswego, New York
Sep 8 06:00	TD extratropical	23 mph	1006 mb	44.0°N 75.8°W	near Watertown, New York
Sep 8 12:00	TD extratropical	23 mph	1006 mb	44.9°N 74.8°W	near Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
Sep 8 18:00	TD extratropical	23 mph	1005 mb	45.5°N 75.6°W	near Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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

Questions

Frequently asked questions

When and where did Dennis make landfall?

Dennis made landfall 2 times: 17 mi ENE of Marsh Harbour, Bahamas on August 28, 1999 at 07:00 UTC, as a Category 1 hurricane with 86 mph winds; 14 mi ENE of Morehead City, North Carolina on September 4, 1999 at 21:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 69 mph winds.

What category was Dennis?

At its peak on August 28, 1999, Dennis was a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 104 mph (167 km/h) and a central pressure of 962 mb. At its first landfall it was a Category 1 hurricane.

How long did Dennis last?

15.8 days, from August 24, 1999 to September 8, 1999, including 138 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 2,993 miles.

Where can I download the track data for Dennis?

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 Dennis

Year	Storm	Peak	Landfall
1981	Hurricane Dennis Atlantic	Cat 1 81 mph	—	→
1987	Tropical Storm Dennis Atlantic	TS 52 mph	—
1993	Tropical Storm Dennis Atlantic	TS 52 mph	—
1999	Hurricane Dennis · this page Atlantic	Cat 2 104 mph	Bahamas, North Carolina
2005	Hurricane Dennis Atlantic	Cat 4 150 mph	Granma Province, Cuba, Cienfuegos Province, Cuba	→

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

Strongest storms of 1999

Year	Storm	Peak	Landfall
1999	Hurricane Floyd Atlantic	Cat 4 155 mph	Bahamas, North Carolina	→
1999	Hurricane Lenny Atlantic	Cat 4 155 mph	U.S. Virgin Islands, Sint Maarten	→
1999	Hurricane Gert Atlantic	Cat 4 150 mph	—	→
1999	Hurricane Bret Atlantic	Cat 4 144 mph	Texas	→
1999	Hurricane Cindy Atlantic	Cat 4 138 mph	—	→
1999	Hurricane Dora Eastern Pacific	Cat 4 138 mph	—	→
1999	Hurricane Beatriz Eastern Pacific	Cat 3 121 mph	—	→
1999	Hurricane Irene Atlantic	Cat 2 109 mph	Florida, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba	→

See every 1999 storm on one map →

Background reading: Hurricane Dennis on Wikipedia.

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