Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 23 – October 2, 1984
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 Hortense (1984) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1984 Atlantic season. It formed on September 23, 1984, reached its peak of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 993 mb on September 25, 1984, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 9.8 days and travelled about 2,925 miles (4,706 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 31.3°N 58.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 30.7°N 58.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 30.0°N 59.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1002 mb | 29.2°N 59.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1000 mb | 28.6°N 59.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 999 mb | 28.4°N 59.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 999 mb | 28.4°N 59.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 999 mb | 28.5°N 60.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 999 mb | 28.7°N 60.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 998 mb | 28.9°N 60.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 997 mb | 29.3°N 60.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 996 mb | 29.7°N 60.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 993 mb | 30.2°N 61.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 994 mb | 30.8°N 61.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 995 mb | 31.3°N 60.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 996 mb | 32.0°N 60.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 996 mb | 32.4°N 60.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 995 mb | 32.8°N 60.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 995 mb | 33.0°N 60.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 995 mb | 32.9°N 59.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 995 mb | 32.7°N 59.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 996 mb | 32.3°N 60.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 996 mb | 31.7°N 61.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 997 mb | 31.1°N 61.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 998 mb | 30.6°N 62.4°W | 184 mi SE of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 29 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 999 mb | 30.5°N 63.2°W | 156 mi SE of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 29 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1001 mb | 30.6°N 64.0°W | 126 mi SSE of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 29 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1002 mb | 30.9°N 64.7°W | 97 mi S of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 30 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1004 mb | 31.4°N 65.0°W | 63 mi S of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 30 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1006 mb | 32.3°N 64.9°W | near Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 30 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1007 mb | 33.9°N 64.2°W | 116 mi NNE of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 30 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1006 mb | 35.8°N 62.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1004 mb | 37.4°N 59.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1001 mb | 38.8°N 57.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 998 mb | 40.0°N 54.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 996 mb | 40.9°N 50.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 995 mb | 41.7°N 46.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 995 mb | 42.3°N 43.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 995 mb | 42.8°N 39.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 996 mb | 43.2°N 35.0°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Hortense.
At its peak on September 25, 1984, Hortense was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a central pressure of 993 mb.
9.8 days, from September 23, 1984 to October 2, 1984, including 12 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 2,925 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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