Hurricane Gustav (2008)

Gustav made landfall 6 times: 20 mi WSW of Jacmel, Haiti on August 26, 2008 at 18:00 UTC, as a Category 1 hurricane with 81 mph winds; 16 mi ENE of Morant Bay, Jamaica on August 28, 2008 at 18:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 69 mph winds; near May Pen, Jamaica on August 29, 2008 at 02:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 69 mph winds; 28 mi SE of Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba on August 30, 2008 at 18:00 UTC, as a Category 4 hurricane with 144 mph winds; 16 mi SE of Los Palacios, Pinar del Río, Cuba on August 30, 2008 at 22:00 UTC, as a Category 4 hurricane with 155 mph winds; 27 mi S of Houma, Louisiana on September 1, 2008 at 15:00 UTC, as a Category 2 hurricane with 104 mph winds.

At its peak on August 30, 2008, Gustav was a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph (250 km/h) and a central pressure of 941 mb. At its first landfall it was a Category 1 hurricane.

11.5 days, from August 25, 2008 to September 5, 2008, including 96 hours at hurricane strength (30 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 3,302 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.