Hurricane Ida (2021)

Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · August 26 – September 4, 2021

Peak wind

150 mph

241 km/h · Aug 29

Peak category

Cat 4

Saffir–Simpson

Lowest pressure

929 mb

Landfalls

Louisiana · Isla de la Juventud, Cuba

Lifetime

9.3 d

Aug 26 – Sep 4

Distance

3,533 mi

5,685 km

ACE

10.6

storm energy

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 Ida

Hurricane Ida (2021) was a Category 4 hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic season. It formed on August 26, 2021, 141 mi SW of Mandeville, Jamaica, reached its peak of 150 mph (241 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 929 mb on August 29, 2021, and made landfall 3 times — first 30 mi SSE of Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba on August 27, 2021 as a Category 1 hurricane (81 mph). Later landfalls: 13 mi SSE of Los Palacios, Pinar del Río, Cuba on August 27, 2021 as a Category 1 hurricane (81 mph); 24 mi SSE of Galliano, Louisiana on August 29, 2021 as a Category 4 hurricane (150 mph). It rapidly intensified by 69 mph in 24 hours (to 150 mph on August 29, 2021). The storm lasted 9.3 days and travelled about 3,533 miles (5,685 km).

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 27, 2021 · 18:00 UTC	30 mi SSE of Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba	Cat 1 81 mph	987 mb
August 27, 2021 · 23:00 UTC	13 mi SSE of Los Palacios, Pinar del Río, Cuba	Cat 1 81 mph	988 mb
August 29, 2021 · 17:00 UTC	24 mi SSE of Galliano, Louisiana	Cat 4 150 mph	931 mb

Closest approach to major cities

City	Distance to center	When (UTC)	Storm strength then
Havana, Havana, Cuba	73 mi	Aug 27 · 23:00 UTC	Cat 1 81 mph
Nashville, Tennessee	56 mi	Aug 31 · 21:00 UTC	TD 23 mph
Washington, District of Columbia	35 mi	Sep 1 · 21:00 UTC	TD 37 mph
Baltimore, Maryland	17 mi	Sep 1 · 22:00 UTC	TD 38 mph
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	direct hit	Sep 2 · 01:00 UTC	TS 41 mph
New York City, New York	30 mi	Sep 2 · 04:00 UTC	TS 44 mph
Brooklyn, New York	25 mi	Sep 2 · 04:00 UTC	TS 44 mph
Queens, New York	25 mi	Sep 2 · 04:00 UTC	TS 44 mph
Manhattan, New York	33 mi	Sep 2 · 04:00 UTC	TS 44 mph
The Bronx, New York	36 mi	Sep 2 · 04:00 UTC	TS 44 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 40 positions

Date · UTC	Status	Wind	Pressure	Position	Nearest place
Aug 26 12:00	TD	35 mph	1006 mb	16.5°N 78.9°W	128 mi SSW of Negril, Jamaica
Aug 26 18:00	TS	40 mph	1006 mb	17.4°N 79.5°W	97 mi SW of Negril, Jamaica
Aug 27 00:00	TS	46 mph	1004 mb	18.3°N 80.2°W	94 mi SE of Frank Sound, Cayman Islands
Aug 27 06:00	TS	52 mph	1002 mb	19.4°N 80.9°W	20 mi ENE of Frank Sound, Cayman Islands
Aug 27 12:00	TS	63 mph	996 mb	20.4°N 81.7°W	73 mi NNW of West Bay, Cayman Islands
Aug 27 18:00	Cat 1 LANDFALL	81 mph	987 mb	21.5°N 82.6°W	30 mi SSE of Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba
Aug 27 23:00	Cat 1 LANDFALL	81 mph	988 mb	22.4°N 83.2°W	13 mi SSE of Los Palacios, Pinar del Río, Cuba
Aug 28 00:00	Cat 1	81 mph	989 mb	22.6°N 83.5°W	near Consolación del Sur, Pinar del Río, Cuba
Aug 28 06:00	Cat 1	81 mph	987 mb	23.5°N 84.7°W	79 mi NW of Minas de Matahambre, Pinar del Río, Cuba
Aug 28 12:00	Cat 1	81 mph	986 mb	24.4°N 85.7°W	168 mi NW of Minas de Matahambre, Pinar del Río, Cuba
Aug 28 18:00	Cat 1	92 mph	976 mb	25.6°N 86.6°W	open ocean
Aug 29 00:00	Cat 2	104 mph	967 mb	26.7°N 87.6°W	open ocean
Aug 29 06:00	Cat 4	132 mph	950 mb	27.6°N 88.7°W	183 mi SSE of New Orleans, Louisiana
Aug 29 12:00	Cat 4	150 mph	929 mb	28.5°N 89.6°W	105 mi SSE of New Orleans, Louisiana
Aug 29 17:00	Cat 4 LANDFALL	150 mph	931 mb	29.1°N 90.2°W	46 mi SE of Houma, Louisiana
Aug 29 18:00	Cat 4	144 mph	932 mb	29.2°N 90.4°W	33 mi SE of Houma, Louisiana
Aug 30 00:00	Cat 3	121 mph	944 mb	29.9°N 90.6°W	near Bayou Boeuf, Louisiana
Aug 30 06:00	Cat 1	75 mph	978 mb	30.6°N 90.8°W	14 mi ENE of Central, Louisiana
Aug 30 12:00	TS	46 mph	992 mb	31.5°N 90.9°W	28 mi WSW of Brookhaven, Mississippi
Aug 30 18:00	TS	40 mph	996 mb	32.2°N 90.5°W	14 mi SW of Clinton, Mississippi
Aug 31 00:00	TD	35 mph	996 mb	33.0°N 90.0°W	26 mi ENE of Yazoo City, Mississippi
Aug 31 06:00	TD	29 mph	996 mb	33.8°N 89.4°W	24 mi E of Grenada, Mississippi
Aug 31 12:00	TD	29 mph	996 mb	34.4°N 88.4°W	20 mi ENE of Tupelo, Mississippi
Aug 31 18:00	TD	23 mph	999 mb	35.1°N 87.1°W	17 mi SE of Lawrenceburg, Tennessee
Sep 1 00:00	TD	23 mph	1000 mb	35.8°N 85.5°W	17 mi ENE of McMinnville, Tennessee
Sep 1 06:00	TD	23 mph	1000 mb	36.7°N 83.6°W	near Middlesboro, Kentucky
Sep 1 12:00	TD extratropical	29 mph	1000 mb	37.7°N 81.5°W	18 mi WSW of Beckley, West Virginia
Sep 1 18:00	TD extratropical	35 mph	999 mb	39.0°N 78.5°W	17 mi WNW of Front Royal, Virginia
Sep 2 00:00	TS extratropical	40 mph	997 mb	39.8°N 75.6°W	near Wilmington, Delaware
Sep 2 06:00	TS extratropical	46 mph	997 mb	40.6°N 72.8°W	12 mi SSE of Mastic Beach, New York
Sep 2 12:00	TS extratropical	46 mph	997 mb	41.4°N 69.7°W	28 mi SE of Harwich, Massachusetts
Sep 2 18:00	TS extratropical	46 mph	996 mb	43.3°N 67.2°W	130 mi SE of Bangor, Maine
Sep 3 00:00	TS extratropical	46 mph	995 mb	45.4°N 64.7°W	24 mi NNW of Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada
Sep 3 06:00	TS extratropical	52 mph	992 mb	46.6°N 63.6°W	17 mi NNE of Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Sep 3 12:00	TS extratropical	52 mph	991 mb	47.5°N 62.7°W	40 mi WNW of Cap-aux-Meules, Quebec, Canada
Sep 3 18:00	TS extratropical	52 mph	992 mb	48.6°N 62.4°W	88 mi NNW of Cap-aux-Meules, Quebec, Canada
Sep 4 00:00	TS extratropical	52 mph	992 mb	48.8°N 63.1°W	63 mi E of Gaspé, Quebec, Canada
Sep 4 06:00	TS extratropical	46 mph	992 mb	48.7°N 63.9°W	28 mi ESE of Gaspé, Quebec, Canada
Sep 4 12:00	TS extratropical	40 mph	996 mb	47.6°N 63.9°W	82 mi E of Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
Sep 4 18:00	TD extratropical	35 mph	999 mb	46.6°N 63.5°W	20 mi NE of Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada

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

Questions

Frequently asked questions

When and where did Ida make landfall?

Ida made landfall 3 times: 30 mi SSE of Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba on August 27, 2021 at 18:00 UTC, as a Category 1 hurricane with 81 mph winds; 13 mi SSE of Los Palacios, Pinar del Río, Cuba on August 27, 2021 at 23:00 UTC, as a Category 1 hurricane with 81 mph winds; 24 mi SSE of Galliano, Louisiana on August 29, 2021 at 17:00 UTC, as a Category 4 hurricane with 150 mph winds.

What category was Ida?

At its peak on August 29, 2021, Ida was a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (241 km/h) and a central pressure of 929 mb. At its first landfall it was a Category 1 hurricane.

How long did Ida last?

9.3 days, from August 26, 2021 to September 4, 2021, including 66 hours at hurricane strength (24 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 3,533 miles.

Where can I download the track data for Ida?

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 Ida

Year	Storm	Peak	Landfall
2009	Hurricane Ida Atlantic	Cat 2 104 mph	Nicaragua	→
2015	Tropical Storm Ida Atlantic	TS 52 mph	—
2021	Hurricane Ida · this page Atlantic	Cat 4 150 mph	Louisiana, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba

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

Strongest storms of 2021

Year	Storm	Peak	Landfall
2021	Hurricane Sam Atlantic	Cat 4 155 mph	—	→
2021	Hurricane Felicia Eastern Pacific	Cat 4 144 mph	—	→
2021	Hurricane Linda Eastern Pacific	Cat 4 132 mph	—	→
2021	Hurricane Larry Atlantic	Cat 3 127 mph	Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada	→
2021	Hurricane Grace Atlantic	Cat 3 121 mph	Veracruz, Mexico, Quintana Roo, Mexico	→
2021	Hurricane Olaf Eastern Pacific	Cat 2 104 mph	Baja California Sur, Mexico	→
2021	Hurricane Rick Eastern Pacific	Cat 2 104 mph	Michoacán, Mexico	→
2021	Hurricane Enrique Eastern Pacific	Cat 1 92 mph	—	→

See every 2021 storm on one map →

Background reading: Hurricane Ida on Wikipedia.

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