Track map & timeline · Atlantic · August 24–28, 2015
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
Tropical Storm Erika (2015) was a tropical storm of the 2015 Atlantic season. It formed on August 24, 2015, reached its peak of 52 mph (83 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1001 mb on August 27, 2015, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 3.8 days and travelled about 1,586 miles (2,552 km). According to Wikidata, it caused 25 deaths.
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Juan, Puerto Rico | 74 mi | Aug 28 · 04:00 UTC | TS 52 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
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 14.3°N 45.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 14.4°N 46.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 14.7°N 48.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 15.0°N 50.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1004 mb | 15.3°N 51.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1006 mb | 15.7°N 53.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 15.9°N 55.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1005 mb | 16.2°N 56.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1005 mb | 16.4°N 58.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1006 mb | 16.6°N 59.5°W | 120 mi ENE of Saint-François, Guadeloupe |
| Aug 27 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1001 mb | 16.5°N 60.8°W | 36 mi ENE of Saint-François, Guadeloupe |
| Aug 27 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1004 mb | 16.5°N 62.2°W | 35 mi WNW of Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe |
| Aug 27 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1006 mb | 16.6°N 63.6°W | 75 mi SW of Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Aug 28 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1006 mb | 17.2°N 65.1°W | 43 mi SSW of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands |
| Aug 28 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1006 mb | 17.5°N 66.8°W | 37 mi SSW of Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Aug 28 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1008 mb | 17.6°N 68.6°W | 62 mi SSE of La Romana, Dominican Republic |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Erika. Its closest approach to a major city was 74 miles from San Juan, Puerto Rico.
At its peak on August 27, 2015, Erika was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 52 mph (83 km/h) and a central pressure of 1001 mb.
3.8 days, from August 24, 2015 to August 28, 2015. It travelled about 1,586 miles.
Wikidata records 25 deaths for Tropical Storm Erika. Casualty figures for tropical cyclones vary between sources; see the linked encyclopedia article for context.
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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