Hurricane Georges (1998)

Georges made landfall 7 times: near St. Paul Parish, Antigua and Barbuda on September 21, 1998 at 05:00 UTC, as a Category 3 hurricane with 115 mph winds; 11 mi SE of Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis on September 21, 1998 at 08:00 UTC, as a Category 3 hurricane with 115 mph winds; near Humacao, Puerto Rico on September 21, 1998 at 22:00 UTC, as a Category 3 hurricane with 115 mph winds; 23 mi SE of La Romana, Dominican Republic on September 22, 1998 at 13:00 UTC, as a Category 3 hurricane with 121 mph winds; 17 mi S of Baracoa, Guantánamo Province, Cuba on September 23, 1998 at 22:00 UTC, as a Category 1 hurricane with 75 mph winds; near Key West, Florida on September 25, 1998 at 16:00 UTC, as a Category 2 hurricane with 104 mph winds; near Biloxi, Mississippi on September 28, 1998 at 12:00 UTC, as a Category 2 hurricane with 104 mph winds.

At its peak on September 20, 1998, Georges was a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph (250 km/h) and a central pressure of 937 mb. At its first landfall it was a Category 3 hurricane.

15.8 days, from September 15, 1998 to October 1, 1998, including 270 hours at hurricane strength (56 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 5,072 miles.

Wikidata records 827 deaths for Hurricane Georges. 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.