Hurricane Harvey (2017)

Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · August 16 – September 2, 2017

Peak wind

132 mph

213 km/h · Aug 26

Peak category

Cat 4

Saffir–Simpson

Lowest pressure

937 mb

Landfalls

Texas · Barbados

Lifetime

17.3 d

Aug 16 – Sep 2

Distance

5,007 mi

8,056 km

ACE

11.4

storm energy

Deaths

107

per Wikidata

Damage

$150 B

nominal USD

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

What happened with Harvey

Hurricane Harvey (2017) was a Category 4 hurricane of the 2017 Atlantic season. It formed on August 16, 2017, reached its peak of 132 mph (213 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 937 mb on August 26, 2017, and made landfall 5 times — first near Bridgetown, Barbados on August 18, 2017 as a tropical storm (46 mph). Later landfalls: near Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on August 18, 2017 as a tropical storm (46 mph); 10 mi E of Rockport, Texas on August 26, 2017 as a Category 4 hurricane (132 mph); 13 mi NNW of Rockport, Texas on August 26, 2017 as a Category 3 hurricane (121 mph); and more. It rapidly intensified by 46 mph in 24 hours (to 92 mph on August 25, 2017). The storm lasted 17.3 days and travelled about 5,007 miles (8,056 km). According to Wikidata, it caused 107 deaths and about $150 billion 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
August 18, 2017 · 10:00 UTC	near Bridgetown, Barbados	TS 46 mph	1004 mb
August 18, 2017 · 15:00 UTC	near Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	TS 46 mph	1004 mb
August 26, 2017 · 03:00 UTC	10 mi E of Rockport, Texas	Cat 4 132 mph	937 mb
August 26, 2017 · 06:00 UTC	13 mi NNW of Rockport, Texas	Cat 3 121 mph	948 mb
August 30, 2017 · 08:00 UTC	27 mi ESE of Port Arthur, Texas	TS 46 mph	991 mb

Closest approach to major cities

City	Distance to center	When (UTC)	Storm strength then
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico	61 mi	Aug 22 · 20:00 UTC	TD 29 mph
Corpus Christi, Texas	32 mi	Aug 26 · 05:00 UTC	Cat 3 125 mph
San Antonio, Texas	55 mi	Aug 27 · 06:00 UTC	TS 46 mph
Austin, Texas	67 mi	Aug 27 · 06:00 UTC	TS 46 mph
New South Memphis, Tennessee	71 mi	Sep 1 · 01:00 UTC	TD 35 mph
Memphis, Tennessee	74 mi	Sep 1 · 01:00 UTC	TD 35 mph
Nashville, Tennessee	direct hit	Sep 1 · 14:00 UTC	TD 27 mph
Louisville, Kentucky	52 mi	Sep 2 · 05:00 UTC	TD 23 mph
Lexington, Kentucky	18 mi	Sep 2 · 10:00 UTC	TD 19 mph
Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	16 mi	Sep 2 · 11:00 UTC	TD 18 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 74 positions

Date · UTC	Status	Wind	Pressure	Position	Nearest place
Aug 16 06:00	TD low/wave	29 mph	1013 mb	13.7°N 45.8°W	open ocean
Aug 16 12:00	TD low/wave	29 mph	1010 mb	13.7°N 47.4°W	open ocean
Aug 16 18:00	TD low/wave	29 mph	1009 mb	13.6°N 49.0°W	open ocean
Aug 17 00:00	TD low/wave	29 mph	1010 mb	13.6°N 50.6°W	open ocean
Aug 17 06:00	TD	29 mph	1008 mb	13.4°N 52.0°W	open ocean
Aug 17 12:00	TD	35 mph	1008 mb	13.1°N 53.4°W	open ocean
Aug 17 18:00	TS	40 mph	1004 mb	13.0°N 55.0°W	open ocean
Aug 18 00:00	TS	46 mph	1003 mb	13.0°N 56.6°W	open ocean
Aug 18 06:00	TS	46 mph	1004 mb	13.0°N 58.4°W	82 mi E of Bridgetown, Barbados
Aug 18 10:00	TS LANDFALL	46 mph	1004 mb	13.1°N 59.6°W	near Bridgetown, Barbados
Aug 18 12:00	TS	46 mph	1004 mb	13.1°N 60.3°W	46 mi W of Bridgetown, Barbados
Aug 18 15:00	TS LANDFALL	46 mph	1004 mb	13.2°N 61.2°W	near Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Aug 18 18:00	TS	40 mph	1005 mb	13.2°N 62.2°W	66 mi W of Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Aug 19 00:00	TS	40 mph	1005 mb	13.4°N 64.0°W	160 mi N of Juan Griego, Venezuela
Aug 19 06:00	TS	40 mph	1005 mb	13.5°N 65.7°W	open ocean
Aug 19 12:00	TD	35 mph	1006 mb	13.7°N 67.5°W	119 mi NNE of Kralendijk, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba
Aug 19 18:00	TD low/wave	35 mph	1007 mb	13.8°N 69.2°W	102 mi NNE of Noord, Aruba
Aug 20 00:00	TD low/wave	35 mph	1007 mb	14.0°N 71.0°W	119 mi NNW of Noord, Aruba
Aug 20 06:00	TD low/wave	35 mph	1007 mb	14.2°N 72.9°W	184 mi N of Riohacha, Colombia
Aug 20 12:00	TD low/wave	35 mph	1006 mb	14.4°N 75.0°W	open ocean
Aug 20 18:00	TD low/wave	35 mph	1007 mb	14.7°N 76.8°W	open ocean
Aug 21 00:00	TD low/wave	29 mph	1007 mb	15.1°N 78.6°W	open ocean
Aug 21 06:00	TD low/wave	29 mph	1008 mb	15.7°N 80.5°W	open ocean
Aug 21 12:00	TD low/wave	29 mph	1008 mb	16.4°N 82.5°W	139 mi ENE of Brus Laguna, Honduras
Aug 21 18:00	TD low/wave	29 mph	1008 mb	17.3°N 84.6°W	98 mi NNE of Iriona, Honduras
Aug 22 00:00	TD low/wave	29 mph	1008 mb	18.0°N 86.4°W	103 mi E of San Pedro, Belize
Aug 22 06:00	TD low/wave	29 mph	1009 mb	18.6°N 87.8°W	33 mi E of Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Aug 22 12:00	TD low/wave	29 mph	1010 mb	19.4°N 88.8°W	25 mi SSW of José María Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Aug 22 18:00	TD low/wave	29 mph	1010 mb	20.0°N 89.7°W	28 mi SW of Oxkutzkab, Yucatán, Mexico
Aug 23 00:00	TD low/wave	29 mph	1009 mb	20.5°N 90.7°W	47 mi NNW of Campeche, Campeche, Mexico
Aug 23 06:00	TD low/wave	29 mph	1008 mb	20.9°N 91.6°W	101 mi NW of Campeche, Campeche, Mexico
Aug 23 12:00	TD	35 mph	1006 mb	21.4°N 92.3°W	158 mi NW of Campeche, Campeche, Mexico
Aug 23 18:00	TS	40 mph	1005 mb	21.6°N 92.4°W	172 mi NW of Campeche, Campeche, Mexico
Aug 24 00:00	TS	46 mph	1003 mb	22.0°N 92.5°W	182 mi WNW of Hunucmá, Yucatán, Mexico
Aug 24 06:00	TS	58 mph	997 mb	22.8°N 92.6°W	open ocean
Aug 24 12:00	TS	69 mph	986 mb	23.7°N 93.1°W	open ocean
Aug 24 18:00	Cat 1	81 mph	978 mb	24.4°N 93.6°W	open ocean
Aug 25 00:00	Cat 1	92 mph	973 mb	25.0°N 94.4°W	open ocean
Aug 25 06:00	Cat 2	104 mph	966 mb	25.6°N 95.1°W	151 mi E of Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Aug 25 12:00	Cat 2	109 mph	949 mb	26.3°N 95.8°W	110 mi ENE of Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Aug 25 18:00	Cat 3	121 mph	943 mb	27.1°N 96.3°W	83 mi SE of Corpus Christi, Texas
Aug 26 00:00	Cat 4	132 mph	941 mb	27.8°N 96.8°W	22 mi SE of Rockport, Texas
Aug 26 03:00	Cat 4 LANDFALL	132 mph	937 mb	28.0°N 96.9°W	10 mi E of Rockport, Texas
Aug 26 06:00	Cat 3 LANDFALL	121 mph	948 mb	28.2°N 97.1°W	13 mi NNW of Rockport, Texas
Aug 26 12:00	Cat 1	75 mph	978 mb	28.7°N 97.3°W	19 mi WSW of Victoria, Texas
Aug 26 18:00	TS	58 mph	991 mb	29.0°N 97.5°W	33 mi WNW of Victoria, Texas
Aug 27 00:00	TS	52 mph	995 mb	29.2°N 97.4°W	36 mi NW of Victoria, Texas
Aug 27 06:00	TS	46 mph	998 mb	29.3°N 97.6°W	29 mi SE of Seguin, Texas
Aug 27 12:00	TS	40 mph	998 mb	29.1°N 97.5°W	36 mi NW of Victoria, Texas
Aug 27 18:00	TS	40 mph	998 mb	29.0°N 97.2°W	18 mi NW of Victoria, Texas
Aug 28 00:00	TS	40 mph	997 mb	28.8°N 96.8°W	12 mi E of Victoria, Texas
Aug 28 06:00	TS	46 mph	997 mb	28.6°N 96.5°W	near Port Lavaca, Texas
Aug 28 12:00	TS	46 mph	997 mb	28.5°N 96.2°W	27 mi ESE of Port Lavaca, Texas
Aug 28 18:00	TS	46 mph	997 mb	28.4°N 95.9°W	40 mi S of Bay City, Texas
Aug 29 00:00	TS	46 mph	996 mb	28.2°N 95.4°W	52 mi S of Freeport, Texas
Aug 29 06:00	TS	46 mph	996 mb	28.1°N 95.0°W	63 mi SSE of Freeport, Texas
Aug 29 12:00	TS	46 mph	995 mb	28.2°N 94.6°W	70 mi SE of Freeport, Texas
Aug 29 18:00	TS	52 mph	993 mb	28.5°N 94.2°W	66 mi SSE of Galveston, Texas
Aug 30 00:00	TS	52 mph	994 mb	28.9°N 93.8°W	66 mi ESE of Galveston, Texas
Aug 30 06:00	TS	46 mph	990 mb	29.4°N 93.6°W	39 mi SSE of Port Arthur, Texas
Aug 30 08:00	TS LANDFALL	46 mph	991 mb	29.8°N 93.5°W	27 mi ESE of Port Arthur, Texas
Aug 30 12:00	TS	46 mph	992 mb	30.1°N 93.4°W	10 mi S of Sulphur, Louisiana
Aug 30 18:00	TS	40 mph	996 mb	30.6°N 93.1°W	20 mi SSE of DeRidder, Louisiana
Aug 31 00:00	TD	35 mph	998 mb	31.3°N 92.6°W	near Alexandria, Louisiana
Aug 31 06:00	TD	29 mph	999 mb	31.9°N 92.2°W	42 mi S of Monroe, Louisiana
Aug 31 12:00	TD	23 mph	1001 mb	32.5°N 91.7°W	24 mi E of Monroe, Louisiana
Aug 31 18:00	TD	29 mph	1001 mb	33.4°N 90.9°W	near Greenville, Mississippi
Sep 1 00:00	TD	35 mph	1000 mb	34.1°N 89.6°W	19 mi SSW of Oxford, Mississippi
Sep 1 06:00	TD extratropical	35 mph	1002 mb	34.9°N 88.2°W	18 mi E of Corinth, Mississippi
Sep 1 12:00	TD extratropical	29 mph	1002 mb	36.0°N 87.1°W	14 mi WNW of Franklin, Tennessee
Sep 1 18:00	TD extratropical	23 mph	1004 mb	36.5°N 86.4°W	near Gallatin, Tennessee
Sep 2 00:00	TD extratropical	23 mph	1007 mb	37.2°N 85.6°W	17 mi SW of Campbellsville, Kentucky
Sep 2 06:00	TD extratropical	23 mph	1009 mb	37.9°N 84.9°W	9 mi S of Lawrenceburg, Kentucky
Sep 2 12:00	TD extratropical	17 mph	1013 mb	38.2°N 84.7°W	near Georgetown, Kentucky

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

Questions

Frequently asked questions

When and where did Harvey make landfall?

Harvey made landfall 5 times: near Bridgetown, Barbados on August 18, 2017 at 10:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 46 mph winds; near Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on August 18, 2017 at 15:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 46 mph winds; 10 mi E of Rockport, Texas on August 26, 2017 at 03:00 UTC, as a Category 4 hurricane with 132 mph winds; 13 mi NNW of Rockport, Texas on August 26, 2017 at 06:00 UTC, as a Category 3 hurricane with 121 mph winds; 27 mi ESE of Port Arthur, Texas on August 30, 2017 at 08:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 46 mph winds.

What category was Harvey?

At its peak on August 26, 2017, Harvey was a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 132 mph (213 km/h) and a central pressure of 937 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.

How long did Harvey last?

17.3 days, from August 16, 2017 to September 2, 2017, including 48 hours at hurricane strength (18 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 5,007 miles.

How many people died in Harvey?

Wikidata records 107 deaths for Hurricane Harvey. Casualty figures for tropical cyclones vary between sources; see the linked encyclopedia article for context.

Where can I download the track data for Harvey?

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 Harvey

Year	Storm	Peak	Landfall
1981	Hurricane Harvey Atlantic	Cat 4 132 mph	—	→
1993	Hurricane Harvey Atlantic	Cat 1 75 mph	—	→
1999	Tropical Storm Harvey Atlantic	TS 58 mph	Florida	→
2005	Tropical Storm Harvey Atlantic	TS 63 mph	—
2011	Tropical Storm Harvey Atlantic	TS 63 mph	Belize, Veracruz, Mexico	→
2017	Hurricane Harvey · this page Atlantic	Cat 4 132 mph	Texas, Barbados

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

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2017	Hurricane Irma Atlantic	Cat 5 178 mph	Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Martin	→
2017	Hurricane Maria Atlantic	Cat 5 173 mph	Dominica, Puerto Rico	→
2017	Hurricane Jose Atlantic	Cat 4 155 mph	—	→
2017	Hurricane Fernanda Eastern Pacific	Cat 4 144 mph	—	→
2017	Hurricane Kenneth Eastern Pacific	Cat 4 132 mph	—	→
2017	Hurricane Lee Atlantic	Cat 3 115 mph	—	→
2017	Hurricane Ophelia Atlantic	Cat 3 115 mph	Ireland	→
2017	Hurricane Eugene Eastern Pacific	Cat 3 115 mph	—	→

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Background reading: Hurricane Harvey on Wikipedia.

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