Track map & timeline · Atlantic · August 27 – September 9, 2003
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 Fabian (2003) was a Category 4 hurricane of the 2003 Atlantic season. It formed on August 27, 2003, reached its peak of 144 mph (232 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 939 mb on September 1, 2003, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 52 mph in 24 hours (to 127 mph on August 31, 2003). The storm lasted 13.0 days and travelled about 5,679 miles (9,138 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 14.6°N 30.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 14.7°N 32.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 14.9°N 34.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1006 mb | 15.0°N 36.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1004 mb | 15.1°N 38.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 15.2°N 40.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 15.4°N 41.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 15.5°N 43.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 990 mb | 15.8°N 44.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 987 mb | 16.3°N 45.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 984 mb | 16.7°N 46.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 973 mb | 17.0°N 48.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 18:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 960 mb | 17.3°N 49.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 00:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | 952 mb | 17.6°N 50.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 06:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | 952 mb | 17.8°N 51.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 12:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | 952 mb | 18.0°N 52.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 18:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 948 mb | 18.2°N 53.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 00:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | 945 mb | 18.3°N 54.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 06:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | 949 mb | 18.5°N 55.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 12:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | 949 mb | 18.7°N 56.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 18:00 | Cat 4 | 144 mph | 944 mb | 19.0°N 57.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 00:00 | Cat 4 | 144 mph | 943 mb | 19.3°N 58.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 06:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | 945 mb | 19.6°N 59.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 12:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | 945 mb | 20.1°N 59.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 18:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | 946 mb | 20.5°N 60.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 00:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 945 mb | 20.9°N 61.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 06:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | 945 mb | 21.3°N 61.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 12:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | 945 mb | 21.9°N 62.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 18:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | 944 mb | 22.5°N 62.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 00:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 939 mb | 23.2°N 63.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 06:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | 944 mb | 23.8°N 63.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 12:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | 944 mb | 24.8°N 63.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 18:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | 941 mb | 25.8°N 64.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 00:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 940 mb | 27.1°N 64.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 06:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | 946 mb | 28.6°N 65.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 12:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | 951 mb | 30.1°N 65.3°W | 155 mi SSW of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 5 18:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | 950 mb | 31.8°N 65.3°W | 46 mi SW of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 6 00:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 953 mb | 33.4°N 64.7°W | 76 mi N of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 6 06:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 956 mb | 34.9°N 64.0°W | 185 mi NNE of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 6 12:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 957 mb | 36.0°N 62.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 18:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 958 mb | 36.9°N 60.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 962 mb | 37.9°N 58.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 06:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 965 mb | 39.1°N 55.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 12:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 967 mb | 40.6°N 53.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 972 mb | 42.3°N 50.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 975 mb | 44.3°N 47.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 977 mb | 46.3°N 44.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 980 mb | 48.7°N 40.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 18:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 75 mph | 980 mb | 51.7°N 36.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 00:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | 980 mb | 54.0°N 32.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 06:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | 982 mb | 56.0°N 29.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 12:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | 982 mb | 58.0°N 27.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 18:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 990 mb | 60.0°N 27.0°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Fabian.
At its peak on September 1, 2003, Fabian was a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 144 mph (232 km/h) and a central pressure of 939 mb.
13.0 days, from August 27, 2003 to September 9, 2003, including 234 hours at hurricane strength (174 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 5,679 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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