Hurricane Gordon (1994)

Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · November 8–21, 1994

Peak wind

86 mph

139 km/h · Nov 18

Peak category

Cat 1

Saffir–Simpson

Lowest pressure

980 mb

Landfalls

Florida · Guantánamo Province, Cuba

Lifetime

13.3 d

Nov 8 – Nov 21

Distance

3,542 mi

5,699 km

ACE

8.4

storm energy

Deaths

1,152

per Wikidata

Damage

$594 M

nominal USD

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

What happened with Gordon

Hurricane Gordon (1994) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1994 Atlantic season. It formed on November 8, 1994, 62 mi SW of San Andrés, Colombia, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 980 mb on November 18, 1994, and made landfall 6 times — first near Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua on November 10, 1994 as a tropical depression (35 mph). Later landfalls: near Kingston, Jamaica on November 13, 1994 as a tropical storm (40 mph); 22 mi ESE of Guantánamo, Guantánamo Province, Cuba on November 13, 1994 as a tropical storm (46 mph); near Key West, Florida on November 15, 1994 as a tropical storm (52 mph); and more. The storm lasted 13.3 days and travelled about 3,542 miles (5,699 km). According to Wikidata, it caused 1,152 deaths and about $594 million in damage (nominal USD).

02 · Intensity

Wind and pressure, hour by hour

Maximum sustained wind (mph) — hover or drag to scrub the map

03 · Impact

Landfalls and cities in the path

Landfall (UTC)	Where	Strength	Pressure
November 10, 1994 · 06:00 UTC	near Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua	TD 35 mph	1008 mb
November 13, 1994 · 03:00 UTC	near Kingston, Jamaica	TS 40 mph	1000 mb
November 13, 1994 · 13:00 UTC	22 mi ESE of Guantánamo, Guantánamo Province, Cuba	TS 46 mph	1000 mb
November 15, 1994 · 13:00 UTC	near Key West, Florida	TS 52 mph	999 mb
November 16, 1994 · 13:00 UTC	near Cape Coral, Florida	TS 52 mph	996 mb
November 21, 1994 · 03:00 UTC	near Cape Canaveral, Florida	TD 29 mph	1011 mb

Closest approach to major cities

City	Distance to center	When (UTC)	Storm strength then
Kingston, Jamaica	direct hit	Nov 13 · 03:00 UTC	TS 40 mph
New Kingston, Jamaica	direct hit	Nov 13 · 03:00 UTC	TS 40 mph
Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba	50 mi	Nov 13 · 11:00 UTC	TS 46 mph
Holguín, Holguín Province, Cuba	66 mi	Nov 13 · 17:00 UTC	TS 46 mph
Cape Coral, Florida	direct hit	Nov 16 · 13:00 UTC	TS 52 mph
Port Saint Lucie, Florida	28 mi	Nov 16 · 21:00 UTC	TS 58 mph
Orlando, Florida	32 mi	Nov 21 · 05:00 UTC	TD 25 mph
Gainesville, Florida	47 mi	Nov 21 · 08:00 UTC	TD 23 mph
Jacksonville, Florida	direct hit	Nov 21 · 09:00 UTC	TD 23 mph
Savannah, Georgia	11 mi	Nov 21 · 14:00 UTC	TD 23 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

Every official fix 59 positions

Date · UTC	Status	Wind	Pressure	Position	Nearest place
Nov 8 12:00	TD	29 mph	1009 mb	11.9°N 82.3°W	62 mi SW of San Andrés, Colombia
Nov 8 18:00	TD	29 mph	1008 mb	12.0°N 82.5°W	67 mi SW of San Andrés, Colombia
Nov 9 00:00	TD	35 mph	1007 mb	12.3°N 82.8°W	68 mi ENE of Bluefields, Nicaragua
Nov 9 06:00	TD	35 mph	1007 mb	12.5°N 83.0°W	62 mi ENE of Bluefields, Nicaragua
Nov 9 12:00	TD	35 mph	1007 mb	12.8°N 83.2°W	66 mi NE of Bluefields, Nicaragua
Nov 9 18:00	TD	35 mph	1007 mb	13.2°N 83.4°W	58 mi S of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua
Nov 10 00:00	TD	35 mph	1007 mb	13.6°N 83.4°W	30 mi S of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua
Nov 10 06:00	TD LANDFALL	35 mph	1008 mb	14.0°N 83.4°W	near Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua
Nov 10 12:00	TD	35 mph	1008 mb	14.3°N 83.2°W	22 mi NE of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua
Nov 10 18:00	TS	40 mph	1006 mb	14.6°N 82.7°W	60 mi NE of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua
Nov 11 00:00	TS	40 mph	1006 mb	15.1°N 82.4°W	99 mi NE of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua
Nov 11 06:00	TS	40 mph	1003 mb	15.7°N 82.3°W	136 mi NNE of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua
Nov 11 12:00	TS	40 mph	1005 mb	16.3°N 82.2°W	156 mi ENE of Brus Laguna, Honduras
Nov 11 18:00	TS	40 mph	1004 mb	16.9°N 81.5°W	165 mi S of George Town, Cayman Islands
Nov 12 00:00	TS	46 mph	1000 mb	17.2°N 80.8°W	147 mi SSE of Bodden Town, Cayman Islands
Nov 12 06:00	TS	46 mph	999 mb	17.4°N 80.2°W	136 mi WSW of Negril, Jamaica
Nov 12 12:00	TS	46 mph	999 mb	17.5°N 79.8°W	109 mi WSW of Negril, Jamaica
Nov 12 18:00	TS	40 mph	999 mb	17.4°N 79.2°W	82 mi SW of Negril, Jamaica
Nov 13 00:00	TS	40 mph	999 mb	17.6°N 77.9°W	40 mi SW of Mandeville, Jamaica
Nov 13 03:00	TS LANDFALL	40 mph	1000 mb	17.9°N 76.8°W	near Kingston, Jamaica
Nov 13 06:00	TS	46 mph	1001 mb	18.3°N 76.0°W	31 mi ENE of Port Antonio, Jamaica
Nov 13 12:00	TS	46 mph	1000 mb	19.9°N 75.0°W	22 mi SE of Guantánamo, Guantánamo Province, Cuba
Nov 13 13:00	TS LANDFALL	46 mph	1000 mb	20.0°N 74.9°W	22 mi ESE of Guantánamo, Guantánamo Province, Cuba
Nov 13 18:00	TS	46 mph	1001 mb	21.5°N 75.4°W	43 mi NNE of Banes, Holguín Province, Cuba
Nov 14 00:00	TS	46 mph	999 mb	22.1°N 76.3°W	65 mi NNE of Puerto Padre, Las Tunas Province, Cuba
Nov 14 06:00	TS	52 mph	998 mb	22.7°N 77.5°W	71 mi NE of Esmeralda, Camagüey, Cuba
Nov 14 12:00	TS	52 mph	997 mb	23.2°N 78.3°W	78 mi NNE of Morón, Ciego de Ávila Province, Cuba
Nov 14 18:00	TS	52 mph	998 mb	23.4°N 79.1°W	65 mi NNE of Caibarién, Villa Clara Province, Cuba
Nov 15 00:00	TS	52 mph	998 mb	23.6°N 79.9°W	56 mi NNE of Sagua la Grande, Villa Clara Province, Cuba
Nov 15 06:00	TS	52 mph	999 mb	23.9°N 80.8°W	59 mi NNE of Varadero, Matanzas Province, Cuba
Nov 15 12:00	TS	52 mph	999 mb	24.5°N 81.6°W	12 mi ESE of Key West, Florida
Nov 15 13:00	TS LANDFALL	52 mph	999 mb	24.6°N 81.7°W	near Key West, Florida
Nov 15 18:00	TS	52 mph	998 mb	24.9°N 82.1°W	31 mi NW of Key West, Florida
Nov 16 00:00	TS	52 mph	998 mb	25.4°N 82.5°W	61 mi SW of Marco Island, Florida
Nov 16 06:00	TS	52 mph	997 mb	25.7°N 82.4°W	46 mi WSW of Marco Island, Florida
Nov 16 12:00	TS	52 mph	995 mb	26.4°N 82.0°W	12 mi SSW of Cape Coral, Florida
Nov 16 13:00	TS LANDFALL	52 mph	996 mb	26.5°N 81.9°W	near Cape Coral, Florida
Nov 16 18:00	TS	52 mph	995 mb	27.1°N 81.4°W	27 mi S of Sebring, Florida
Nov 17 00:00	TS	63 mph	993 mb	28.0°N 80.0°W	31 mi ENE of Sebastian, Florida
Nov 17 06:00	TS	63 mph	989 mb	29.0°N 78.5°W	136 mi ENE of Cocoa Beach, Florida
Nov 17 12:00	TS	69 mph	987 mb	30.0°N 76.7°W	open ocean
Nov 17 18:00	Cat 1	75 mph	981 mb	31.5°N 74.8°W	open ocean
Nov 18 00:00	Cat 1	86 mph	980 mb	33.1°N 74.2°W	open ocean
Nov 18 06:00	Cat 1	81 mph	981 mb	33.5°N 74.7°W	158 mi SE of Havelock, North Carolina
Nov 18 12:00	Cat 1	81 mph	984 mb	33.7°N 75.7°W	107 mi SE of Havelock, North Carolina
Nov 18 18:00	TS	69 mph	986 mb	33.2°N 75.9°W	129 mi SSE of Havelock, North Carolina
Nov 19 00:00	TS	58 mph	992 mb	32.5°N 75.5°W	178 mi SE of Masonboro, North Carolina
Nov 19 06:00	TS	52 mph	996 mb	31.6°N 75.0°W	open ocean
Nov 19 12:00	TS	46 mph	1000 mb	31.1°N 74.8°W	open ocean
Nov 19 18:00	TS	40 mph	1005 mb	30.4°N 75.0°W	open ocean
Nov 20 00:00	TS	40 mph	1007 mb	29.8°N 75.3°W	open ocean
Nov 20 06:00	TD	35 mph	1008 mb	28.9°N 76.2°W	open ocean
Nov 20 12:00	TD	35 mph	1009 mb	28.4°N 77.2°W	157 mi NE of Lucaya, Bahamas
Nov 20 18:00	TD	29 mph	1009 mb	28.2°N 78.6°W	107 mi NNE of West End, Bahamas
Nov 21 00:00	TD	29 mph	1010 mb	28.2°N 79.8°W	49 mi ENE of Palm Bay, Florida
Nov 21 03:00	TD LANDFALL	29 mph	1011 mb	28.5°N 80.6°W	11 mi NNE of Merritt Island, Florida
Nov 21 06:00	TD	23 mph	1012 mb	29.2°N 81.5°W	17 mi NW of DeLand, Florida
Nov 21 12:00	TD	23 mph	1013 mb	31.3°N 81.8°W	21 mi WNW of Brunswick, Georgia
Nov 21 18:00	TD	23 mph	1013 mb	34.1°N 79.8°W	near Florence, South Carolina

⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track

Questions

Frequently asked questions

When and where did Gordon make landfall?

Gordon made landfall 6 times: near Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua on November 10, 1994 at 06:00 UTC, as a tropical depression with 35 mph winds; near Kingston, Jamaica on November 13, 1994 at 03:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 40 mph winds; 22 mi ESE of Guantánamo, Guantánamo Province, Cuba on November 13, 1994 at 13:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 46 mph winds; near Key West, Florida on November 15, 1994 at 13:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 52 mph winds; near Cape Coral, Florida on November 16, 1994 at 13:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 52 mph winds; near Cape Canaveral, Florida on November 21, 1994 at 03:00 UTC, as a tropical depression with 29 mph winds.

What category was Gordon?

At its peak on November 18, 1994, Gordon was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h) and a central pressure of 980 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical depression.

How long did Gordon last?

13.3 days, from November 8, 1994 to November 21, 1994, including 24 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 3,542 miles.

How many people died in Gordon?

Wikidata records 1,152 deaths for Hurricane Gordon. Casualty figures for tropical cyclones vary between sources; see the linked encyclopedia article for context.

Where can I download the track data for Gordon?

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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Every storm named Gordon

Year	Storm	Peak	Landfall
1994	Hurricane Gordon · this page Atlantic	Cat 1 86 mph	Florida, Guantánamo Province, Cuba
2000	Hurricane Gordon Atlantic	Cat 1 81 mph	Florida	→
2006	Hurricane Gordon Atlantic	Cat 3 121 mph	—	→
2012	Hurricane Gordon Atlantic	Cat 2 109 mph	Portugal	→
2018	Tropical Storm Gordon Atlantic	TS 69 mph	Mississippi, Florida	→
2024	Tropical Storm Gordon Atlantic	TS 46 mph	—

Names are recycled every six years unless a storm is so deadly or costly that the name is retired.

Strongest storms of 1994

Year	Storm	Peak	Landfall
1994	Hurricane John Eastern Pacific	Cat 5 173 mph	—	→
1994	Hurricane Emilia Eastern Pacific	Cat 5 161 mph	—	→
1994	Hurricane Gilma Eastern Pacific	Cat 5 161 mph	—	→
1994	Hurricane Olivia Eastern Pacific	Cat 4 150 mph	—	→
1994	Hurricane Lane Eastern Pacific	Cat 4 132 mph	—	→
1994	Hurricane Florence Atlantic	Cat 2 109 mph	—	→
1994	Hurricane Carlotta Eastern Pacific	Cat 2 104 mph	—	→
1994	Hurricane Kristy Eastern Pacific	Cat 2 104 mph	—	→

See every 1994 storm on one map →

Background reading: Hurricane Gordon on Wikipedia.

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