Track map & timeline · Atlantic · August 22 – September 6, 1993
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 Emily (1993) was a Category 3 hurricane of the 1993 Atlantic season. It formed on August 22, 1993, reached its peak of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 960 mb on August 31, 1993, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 14.8 days and travelled about 3,792 miles (6,101 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1020 mb | 19.9°N 52.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 23 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1020 mb | 20.5°N 53.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 23 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1020 mb | 21.3°N 54.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 23 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1020 mb | 22.3°N 56.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 23 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1020 mb | 23.2°N 57.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 24 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1020 mb | 24.3°N 57.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 24 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1020 mb | 25.4°N 58.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 24 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1020 mb | 26.7°N 59.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 24 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1019 mb | 27.6°N 60.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1018 mb | 28.0°N 60.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1017 mb | 27.9°N 60.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1016 mb | 28.0°N 60.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1015 mb | 28.2°N 60.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1013 mb | 28.3°N 60.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 1010 mb | 27.9°N 61.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 1007 mb | 27.4°N 61.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 1004 mb | 26.9°N 61.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 1000 mb | 26.6°N 62.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 997 mb | 26.4°N 63.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 992 mb | 26.3°N 63.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 982 mb | 26.4°N 64.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 981 mb | 26.6°N 65.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 982 mb | 27.0°N 66.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 981 mb | 27.4°N 66.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 976 mb | 28.0°N 67.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 973 mb | 28.6°N 68.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 978 mb | 29.3°N 68.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 979 mb | 30.0°N 69.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 978 mb | 30.6°N 69.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 977 mb | 31.2°N 70.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 976 mb | 31.5°N 70.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 975 mb | 31.8°N 71.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 974 mb | 32.0°N 72.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 972 mb | 32.4°N 73.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 06:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 970 mb | 32.9°N 73.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 12:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 965 mb | 33.6°N 74.7°W | 154 mi SE of Havelock, North Carolina |
| Aug 31 18:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 962 mb | 34.5°N 75.2°W | 100 mi ESE of Havelock, North Carolina |
| Aug 31 21:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 961 mb | 35.2°N 75.1°W | 99 mi SE of Elizabeth City, North Carolina |
| Sep 1 00:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 960 mb | 35.6°N 74.9°W | 90 mi ESE of Elizabeth City, North Carolina |
| Sep 1 06:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 962 mb | 36.6°N 74.4°W | 89 mi E of Virginia Beach, Virginia |
| Sep 1 12:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 965 mb | 37.5°N 72.7°W | 147 mi ESE of Ocean Pines, Maryland |
| Sep 1 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 969 mb | 38.2°N 70.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 971 mb | 39.0°N 68.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 972 mb | 39.2°N 66.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 12:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 973 mb | 39.2°N 63.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 18:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 974 mb | 39.0°N 61.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 975 mb | 38.6°N 59.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 979 mb | 38.1°N 58.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 985 mb | 37.5°N 57.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 994 mb | 36.9°N 57.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 999 mb | 36.4°N 57.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1002 mb | 36.0°N 57.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1001 mb | 35.8°N 57.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 36.1°N 57.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 36.7°N 56.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 37.4°N 56.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 38.0°N 55.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 38.7°N 54.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1012 mb | 39.0°N 53.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1013 mb | 39.3°N 51.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 12:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | 1014 mb | 39.8°N 49.4°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Emily.
At its peak on August 31, 1993, Emily was a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a central pressure of 960 mb.
14.8 days, from August 22, 1993 to September 6, 1993, including 174 hours at hurricane strength (18 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 3,792 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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