Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 10–20, 1986
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
Hurricane Earl (1986) was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1986 Atlantic season. It formed on September 10, 1986, reached its peak of 104 mph (167 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 979 mb on September 12, 1986, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 46 mph in 24 hours (to 81 mph on September 11, 1986). The storm lasted 9.3 days and travelled about 3,245 miles (5,221 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 21.8°N 50.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1009 mb | 22.4°N 51.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1006 mb | 23.2°N 52.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 1002 mb | 24.1°N 52.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 999 mb | 25.0°N 53.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 996 mb | 25.6°N 53.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 993 mb | 26.3°N 54.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 988 mb | 26.8°N 54.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 985 mb | 27.2°N 55.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 983 mb | 28.1°N 55.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 983 mb | 28.8°N 55.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 12:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 983 mb | 29.5°N 54.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 983 mb | 30.1°N 54.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 982 mb | 30.4°N 53.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 980 mb | 30.5°N 53.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 12:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 979 mb | 30.6°N 52.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 979 mb | 30.6°N 51.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 980 mb | 30.4°N 51.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 980 mb | 30.0°N 50.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 12:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 981 mb | 29.6°N 50.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 18:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 982 mb | 29.2°N 49.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 983 mb | 29.0°N 49.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 983 mb | 28.7°N 48.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 984 mb | 29.1°N 48.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 984 mb | 29.5°N 49.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 985 mb | 29.9°N 49.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 985 mb | 30.6°N 50.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 986 mb | 31.4°N 50.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 986 mb | 32.6°N 50.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 987 mb | 34.0°N 50.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 988 mb | 36.0°N 49.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 989 mb | 38.3°N 48.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 990 mb | 41.0°N 47.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 00:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | 992 mb | 43.5°N 46.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 06:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | 993 mb | 46.2°N 44.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 12:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | 995 mb | 49.0°N 42.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 18:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | 996 mb | 52.0°N 39.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 00:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | 997 mb | 56.0°N 34.0°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Earl.
At its peak on September 12, 1986, Earl was a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 104 mph (167 km/h) and a central pressure of 979 mb.
9.3 days, from September 10, 1986 to September 20, 1986, including 174 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 3,245 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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