Hurricane Dorian (2019)

Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · August 24 – September 9, 2019

Peak wind

184 mph

296 km/h · Sep 1

Peak category

Cat 5

Saffir–Simpson

Lowest pressure

910 mb

Landfalls

Bahamas · North Carolina

Lifetime

15.8 d

Aug 24 – Sep 9

Distance

4,814 mi

7,746 km

ACE

48.9

storm energy

Deaths

per Wikidata

Damage

$7.0 B

nominal USD

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

What happened with Dorian

Hurricane Dorian (2019) was a Category 5 hurricane of the 2019 Atlantic season. It formed on August 24, 2019, reached its peak of 184 mph (296 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 910 mb on September 1, 2019, and made landfall 7 times — first 15 mi E of Bridgetown, Barbados on August 27, 2019 as a tropical storm (52 mph). Later landfalls: near Gros Islet, Saint Lucia on August 27, 2019 as a tropical storm (52 mph); 11 mi ENE of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands on August 28, 2019 as a Category 1 hurricane (75 mph); 12 mi WNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands on August 28, 2019 as a Category 1 hurricane (81 mph); and more. It rapidly intensified by 40 mph in 24 hours (to 132 mph on August 31, 2019). The storm lasted 15.8 days and travelled about 4,814 miles (7,746 km). According to Wikidata, it caused 84 deaths and about $7.0 billion in damage (nominal USD).

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 27, 2019 · 02:00 UTC	15 mi E of Bridgetown, Barbados	TS 52 mph	1005 mb
August 27, 2019 · 11:00 UTC	near Gros Islet, Saint Lucia	TS 52 mph	1005 mb
August 28, 2019 · 16:00 UTC	11 mi ENE of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands	Cat 1 75 mph	995 mb
August 28, 2019 · 18:00 UTC	12 mi WNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands	Cat 1 81 mph	993 mb
September 1, 2019 · 17:00 UTC	near Marsh Harbour, Bahamas	Cat 5 184 mph	910 mb
September 2, 2019 · 02:00 UTC	26 mi SW of Cooper’s Town, Bahamas	Cat 5 178 mph	914 mb
September 6, 2019 · 13:00 UTC	at 35.2°N, 75.6°W	Cat 2 98 mph	956 mb

Closest approach to major cities

City	Distance to center	When (UTC)	Storm strength then
San Juan, Puerto Rico	51 mi	Aug 28 · 22:00 UTC	Cat 1 84 mph
Charleston, South Carolina	58 mi	Sep 5 · 16:00 UTC	Cat 3 111 mph
North Charleston, South Carolina	62 mi	Sep 5 · 16:00 UTC	Cat 3 111 mph
Wilmington, North Carolina	46 mi	Sep 6 · 03:00 UTC	Cat 2 104 mph
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	18 mi	Sep 7 · 22:00 UTC	Cat 1 92 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 70 positions

Date · UTC	Status	Wind	Pressure	Position	Nearest place
Aug 24 06:00	TD	29 mph	1011 mb	10.3°N 46.4°W	open ocean
Aug 24 12:00	TD	35 mph	1010 mb	10.4°N 47.5°W	open ocean
Aug 24 18:00	TS	40 mph	1008 mb	10.6°N 48.7°W	open ocean
Aug 25 00:00	TS	40 mph	1008 mb	10.8°N 49.9°W	open ocean
Aug 25 06:00	TS	40 mph	1008 mb	11.0°N 51.0°W	open ocean
Aug 25 12:00	TS	46 mph	1007 mb	11.2°N 52.3°W	open ocean
Aug 25 18:00	TS	52 mph	1007 mb	11.4°N 53.5°W	open ocean
Aug 26 00:00	TS	52 mph	1007 mb	11.6°N 54.7°W	open ocean
Aug 26 06:00	TS	52 mph	1006 mb	11.9°N 56.0°W	open ocean
Aug 26 12:00	TS	52 mph	1006 mb	12.2°N 57.2°W	175 mi ESE of Bridgetown, Barbados
Aug 26 18:00	TS	52 mph	1006 mb	12.6°N 58.3°W	96 mi ESE of Bridgetown, Barbados
Aug 27 00:00	TS	52 mph	1005 mb	13.0°N 59.2°W	29 mi ESE of Bridgetown, Barbados
Aug 27 02:00	TS LANDFALL	52 mph	1005 mb	13.1°N 59.4°W	15 mi E of Bridgetown, Barbados
Aug 27 06:00	TS	52 mph	1005 mb	13.5°N 60.2°W	48 mi NW of Bridgetown, Barbados
Aug 27 11:00	TS LANDFALL	52 mph	1005 mb	14.0°N 60.9°W	near Gros Islet, Saint Lucia
Aug 27 12:00	TS	52 mph	1005 mb	14.2°N 61.2°W	19 mi WNW of Gros Islet, Saint Lucia
Aug 27 18:00	TS	52 mph	1004 mb	15.0°N 62.0°W	46 mi WSW of Roseau, Dominica
Aug 28 00:00	TS	58 mph	1003 mb	15.7°N 62.8°W	74 mi WSW of Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe
Aug 28 06:00	TS	63 mph	1001 mb	16.4°N 63.5°W	80 mi SW of Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Aug 28 12:00	TS	69 mph	999 mb	17.3°N 64.2°W	47 mi SE of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Aug 28 16:00	Cat 1 LANDFALL	75 mph	995 mb	17.8°N 64.6°W	11 mi ENE of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Aug 28 18:00	Cat 1 LANDFALL	81 mph	993 mb	18.4°N 65.1°W	12 mi WNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
Aug 29 00:00	Cat 1	86 mph	989 mb	19.2°N 65.7°W	57 mi NNE of San Juan, Puerto Rico
Aug 29 06:00	Cat 1	86 mph	988 mb	20.0°N 66.3°W	107 mi N of San Juan, Puerto Rico
Aug 29 12:00	Cat 1	86 mph	986 mb	21.0°N 66.9°W	175 mi N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Aug 29 18:00	Cat 1	86 mph	983 mb	22.0°N 67.4°W	open ocean
Aug 30 00:00	Cat 1	92 mph	978 mb	22.8°N 68.0°W	open ocean
Aug 30 06:00	Cat 2	104 mph	978 mb	23.5°N 68.8°W	open ocean
Aug 30 12:00	Cat 2	109 mph	972 mb	24.3°N 69.5°W	open ocean
Aug 30 18:00	Cat 3	115 mph	968 mb	24.8°N 70.3°W	open ocean
Aug 31 00:00	Cat 4	132 mph	949 mb	25.3°N 71.1°W	open ocean
Aug 31 06:00	Cat 4	138 mph	947 mb	25.6°N 72.1°W	open ocean
Aug 31 12:00	Cat 4	144 mph	944 mb	25.9°N 73.0°W	open ocean
Aug 31 18:00	Cat 4	150 mph	942 mb	26.1°N 74.0°W	open ocean
Sep 1 00:00	Cat 4	155 mph	939 mb	26.3°N 74.7°W	186 mi ENE of Nassau, Bahamas
Sep 1 06:00	Cat 5	167 mph	934 mb	26.4°N 75.6°W	143 mi NE of Nassau, Bahamas
Sep 1 12:00	Cat 5	178 mph	927 mb	26.5°N 76.5°W	113 mi NNE of Nassau, Bahamas
Sep 1 17:00	Cat 5 LANDFALL	184 mph	910 mb	26.5°N 77.0°W	102 mi NNE of Nassau, Bahamas
Sep 1 18:00	Cat 5	184 mph	910 mb	26.5°N 77.1°W	101 mi N of Nassau, Bahamas
Sep 2 00:00	Cat 5	178 mph	914 mb	26.6°N 77.7°W	60 mi E of Lucaya, Bahamas
Sep 2 02:00	Cat 5 LANDFALL	178 mph	914 mb	26.6°N 77.8°W	54 mi E of Lucaya, Bahamas
Sep 2 06:00	Cat 5	167 mph	916 mb	26.6°N 78.0°W	41 mi E of Lucaya, Bahamas
Sep 2 12:00	Cat 4	155 mph	927 mb	26.7°N 78.3°W	25 mi ENE of Lucaya, Bahamas
Sep 2 18:00	Cat 4	144 mph	938 mb	26.8°N 78.4°W	25 mi NE of Lucaya, Bahamas
Sep 3 00:00	Cat 4	132 mph	944 mb	26.9°N 78.5°W	27 mi NNE of Lucaya, Bahamas
Sep 3 06:00	Cat 3	121 mph	950 mb	27.0°N 78.5°W	34 mi NNE of Lucaya, Bahamas
Sep 3 12:00	Cat 3	115 mph	954 mb	27.1°N 78.5°W	40 mi NNE of Lucaya, Bahamas
Sep 3 18:00	Cat 2	109 mph	959 mb	27.6°N 78.6°W	67 mi NNE of West End, Bahamas
Sep 4 00:00	Cat 2	104 mph	959 mb	28.1°N 78.8°W	98 mi N of West End, Bahamas
Sep 4 06:00	Cat 2	104 mph	964 mb	28.8°N 79.2°W	92 mi ENE of Cocoa Beach, Florida
Sep 4 12:00	Cat 2	104 mph	963 mb	29.5°N 79.6°W	88 mi ENE of Daytona Beach, Florida
Sep 4 18:00	Cat 2	109 mph	960 mb	30.1°N 79.7°W	97 mi ENE of Palm Coast, Florida
Sep 5 00:00	Cat 3	115 mph	955 mb	30.7°N 79.7°W	105 mi ENE of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Sep 5 06:00	Cat 3	115 mph	958 mb	31.4°N 79.6°W	86 mi SE of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Sep 5 12:00	Cat 3	115 mph	958 mb	32.1°N 79.2°W	62 mi SE of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Sep 5 18:00	Cat 2	109 mph	958 mb	32.7°N 78.9°W	56 mi E of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Sep 6 00:00	Cat 2	104 mph	956 mb	33.4°N 77.9°W	58 mi S of Wilmington, North Carolina
Sep 6 06:00	Cat 2	104 mph	956 mb	34.1°N 76.9°W	49 mi SSE of Piney Green, North Carolina
Sep 6 12:00	Cat 2	98 mph	956 mb	35.1°N 75.7°W	70 mi ENE of Havelock, North Carolina
Sep 6 13:00	Cat 2 LANDFALL	98 mph	956 mb	35.2°N 75.6°W	77 mi ENE of Havelock, North Carolina
Sep 6 18:00	Cat 2	98 mph	956 mb	36.2°N 73.7°W	134 mi ESE of Virginia Beach, Virginia
Sep 7 00:00	Cat 2	98 mph	956 mb	37.4°N 71.2°W	open ocean
Sep 7 06:00	Cat 2	98 mph	955 mb	38.9°N 68.9°W	open ocean
Sep 7 12:00	Cat 2	98 mph	954 mb	40.8°N 66.9°W	176 mi ESE of Harwich, Massachusetts
Sep 7 18:00	Cat 1 low/wave	92 mph	954 mb	42.8°N 64.6°W	137 mi SSW of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Sep 8 00:00	Cat 1 low/wave	92 mph	956 mb	45.2°N 62.9°W	21 mi ESE of Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
Sep 8 06:00	Cat 1 extratropical	86 mph	960 mb	47.6°N 61.9°W	15 mi N of Cap-aux-Meules, Quebec, Canada
Sep 8 12:00	Cat 1 extratropical	81 mph	962 mb	49.4°N 60.4°W	115 mi WNW of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Sep 8 18:00	TS extratropical	69 mph	966 mb	50.8°N 57.9°W	128 mi N of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Sep 9 00:00	TS extratropical	58 mph	980 mb	51.6°N 54.8°W	183 mi N of Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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

Questions

Frequently asked questions

When and where did Dorian make landfall?

Dorian made landfall 7 times: 15 mi E of Bridgetown, Barbados on August 27, 2019 at 02:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 52 mph winds; near Gros Islet, Saint Lucia on August 27, 2019 at 11:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 52 mph winds; 11 mi ENE of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands on August 28, 2019 at 16:00 UTC, as a Category 1 hurricane with 75 mph winds; 12 mi WNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands on August 28, 2019 at 18:00 UTC, as a Category 1 hurricane with 81 mph winds; near Marsh Harbour, Bahamas on September 1, 2019 at 17:00 UTC, as a Category 5 hurricane with 184 mph winds; 26 mi SW of Cooper’s Town, Bahamas on September 2, 2019 at 02:00 UTC, as a Category 5 hurricane with 178 mph winds; at 35.2°N, 75.6°W on September 6, 2019 at 13:00 UTC, as a Category 2 hurricane with 98 mph winds.

What category was Dorian?

At its peak on September 1, 2019, Dorian was a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 184 mph (296 km/h) and a central pressure of 910 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.

How long did Dorian last?

15.8 days, from August 24, 2019 to September 9, 2019, including 242 hours at hurricane strength (114 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 4,814 miles.

How many people died in Dorian?

Wikidata records 84 deaths for Hurricane Dorian. Casualty figures for tropical cyclones vary between sources; see the linked encyclopedia article for context.

Where can I download the track data for Dorian?

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 Dorian

Year	Storm	Peak	Landfall
2013	Tropical Storm Dorian Atlantic	TS 58 mph	—
2019	Hurricane Dorian · this page Atlantic	Cat 5 184 mph	Bahamas, North Carolina

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

Strongest storms of 2019

Year	Storm	Peak	Landfall
2019	Hurricane Lorenzo Atlantic	Cat 5 161 mph	—	→
2019	Hurricane Barbara Eastern Pacific	Cat 4 155 mph	—	→
2019	Hurricane Erick Eastern Pacific	Cat 4 132 mph	—	→
2019	Hurricane Kiko Eastern Pacific	Cat 4 132 mph	—	→
2019	Hurricane Humberto Atlantic	Cat 3 127 mph	—	→
2019	Hurricane Juliette Eastern Pacific	Cat 3 127 mph	—	→
2019	Hurricane Jerry Atlantic	Cat 2 104 mph	—	→
2019	Hurricane Lorena Eastern Pacific	Cat 1 86 mph	Baja California Sur, Mexico, Jalisco, Mexico	→

See every 2019 storm on one map →

Background reading: Hurricane Dorian on Wikipedia.

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