Hurricane Joaquin (2015)

Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · September 26 – October 15, 2015

Peak wind

155 mph

250 km/h · Oct 3

Peak category

Cat 4

Saffir–Simpson

Lowest pressure

931 mb

Landfalls

Bahamas

Lifetime

18.3 d

Sep 26 – Oct 15

Distance

5,168 mi

8,315 km

ACE

29.2

storm energy

Deaths

per Wikidata

Damage

$200 M

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 Joaquin

Hurricane Joaquin (2015) was a Category 4 hurricane of the 2015 Atlantic season. It formed on September 26, 2015, reached its peak of 155 mph (250 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 931 mb on October 3, 2015, and made landfall 3 times — first at 23.1°N, 73.7°W on October 1, 2015 as a Category 4 hurricane (132 mph). Later landfalls: at 23.6°N, 74.8°W on October 2, 2015 as a Category 3 hurricane (127 mph); at 24.1°N, 74.5°W on October 2, 2015 as a Category 3 hurricane (127 mph). It rapidly intensified by 52 mph in 24 hours (to 127 mph on October 1, 2015). The storm lasted 18.3 days and travelled about 5,168 miles (8,315 km). According to Wikidata, it caused 34 deaths and about $200 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
October 1, 2015 · 12:00 UTC	at 23.1°N, 73.7°W	Cat 4 132 mph	942 mb
October 2, 2015 · 16:00 UTC	at 23.6°N, 74.8°W	Cat 3 127 mph	940 mb
October 2, 2015 · 21:00 UTC	at 24.1°N, 74.5°W	Cat 3 127 mph	942 mb

Closest approach to major cities

City	Distance to center	When (UTC)	Storm strength then
Lisbon, Portugal	15 mi	Oct 12 · 23:00 UTC	TD 30 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 76 positions

Date · UTC	Status	Wind	Pressure	Position	Nearest place
Sep 26 18:00	TD low/wave	23 mph	1011 mb	26.8°N 68.7°W	open ocean
Sep 27 00:00	TD low/wave	23 mph	1011 mb	26.9°N 68.6°W	open ocean
Sep 27 06:00	TD low/wave	23 mph	1010 mb	27.0°N 68.5°W	open ocean
Sep 27 12:00	TD low/wave	29 mph	1009 mb	27.1°N 68.6°W	open ocean
Sep 27 18:00	TD low/wave	35 mph	1007 mb	27.2°N 68.8°W	open ocean
Sep 28 00:00	TD	35 mph	1007 mb	27.4°N 69.0°W	open ocean
Sep 28 06:00	TD	35 mph	1007 mb	27.6°N 69.3°W	open ocean
Sep 28 12:00	TD	35 mph	1006 mb	27.7°N 69.7°W	open ocean
Sep 28 18:00	TD	35 mph	1003 mb	27.4°N 70.0°W	open ocean
Sep 29 00:00	TS	40 mph	1002 mb	26.9°N 70.1°W	open ocean
Sep 29 06:00	TS	40 mph	1002 mb	26.5°N 70.3°W	open ocean
Sep 29 12:00	TS	52 mph	999 mb	26.2°N 70.5°W	open ocean
Sep 29 18:00	TS	63 mph	992 mb	26.0°N 70.8°W	open ocean
Sep 30 00:00	TS	69 mph	985 mb	25.8°N 71.3°W	open ocean
Sep 30 06:00	Cat 1	75 mph	978 mb	25.4°N 71.8°W	open ocean
Sep 30 12:00	Cat 1	81 mph	971 mb	24.9°N 72.2°W	open ocean
Sep 30 18:00	Cat 1	92 mph	961 mb	24.4°N 72.5°W	182 mi N of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Oct 1 00:00	Cat 3	115 mph	951 mb	23.9°N 72.9°W	152 mi NNW of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Oct 1 06:00	Cat 3	127 mph	947 mb	23.5°N 73.3°W	136 mi NNW of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Oct 1 12:00	Cat 4 LANDFALL	132 mph	942 mb	23.1°N 73.7°W	130 mi NW of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Oct 1 18:00	Cat 4	132 mph	936 mb	23.0°N 74.2°W	150 mi NW of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Oct 2 00:00	Cat 4	138 mph	931 mb	22.9°N 74.4°W	159 mi NNE of Moa, Holguín Province, Cuba
Oct 2 06:00	Cat 4	138 mph	935 mb	23.0°N 74.7°W	155 mi NNE of Banes, Holguín Province, Cuba
Oct 2 12:00	Cat 4	132 mph	937 mb	23.4°N 74.8°W	179 mi NNE of Banes, Holguín Province, Cuba
Oct 2 16:00	Cat 3 LANDFALL	127 mph	940 mb	23.6°N 74.8°W	open ocean
Oct 2 18:00	Cat 3	127 mph	941 mb	23.8°N 74.7°W	open ocean
Oct 2 21:00	Cat 3 LANDFALL	127 mph	942 mb	24.1°N 74.5°W	open ocean
Oct 3 00:00	Cat 4	132 mph	943 mb	24.3°N 74.3°W	open ocean
Oct 3 06:00	Cat 4	138 mph	945 mb	24.8°N 73.6°W	open ocean
Oct 3 12:00	Cat 4	155 mph	934 mb	25.4°N 72.6°W	open ocean
Oct 3 18:00	Cat 4	150 mph	934 mb	26.3°N 71.0°W	open ocean
Oct 4 00:00	Cat 4	132 mph	941 mb	27.4°N 69.5°W	open ocean
Oct 4 06:00	Cat 3	121 mph	949 mb	28.9°N 68.3°W	open ocean
Oct 4 12:00	Cat 2	109 mph	956 mb	30.4°N 67.2°W	open ocean
Oct 4 18:00	Cat 2	98 mph	958 mb	31.6°N 66.5°W	111 mi WSW of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda
Oct 5 00:00	Cat 1	86 mph	961 mb	32.6°N 66.0°W	73 mi WNW of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda
Oct 5 06:00	Cat 1	86 mph	964 mb	33.6°N 65.6°W	101 mi NNW of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda
Oct 5 12:00	Cat 1	86 mph	964 mb	34.4°N 65.2°W	147 mi N of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda
Oct 5 18:00	Cat 1	86 mph	964 mb	35.3°N 64.5°W	open ocean
Oct 6 00:00	Cat 1	86 mph	967 mb	36.2°N 63.6°W	open ocean
Oct 6 06:00	Cat 1	86 mph	970 mb	37.0°N 62.3°W	open ocean
Oct 6 12:00	Cat 1	81 mph	974 mb	37.9°N 60.4°W	open ocean
Oct 6 18:00	Cat 1	81 mph	974 mb	38.8°N 58.0°W	open ocean
Oct 7 00:00	Cat 1	81 mph	974 mb	39.6°N 54.9°W	open ocean
Oct 7 06:00	Cat 1	75 mph	977 mb	40.3°N 51.5°W	open ocean
Oct 7 12:00	TS	69 mph	977 mb	41.0°N 47.5°W	open ocean
Oct 7 18:00	TS	69 mph	977 mb	41.5°N 43.3°W	open ocean
Oct 8 00:00	TS low/wave	63 mph	977 mb	41.9°N 39.1°W	open ocean
Oct 8 06:00	TS low/wave	58 mph	977 mb	42.4°N 35.0°W	open ocean
Oct 8 12:00	TS low/wave	52 mph	980 mb	43.0°N 31.0°W	open ocean
Oct 8 18:00	TS low/wave	52 mph	984 mb	43.5°N 27.3°W	open ocean
Oct 9 00:00	TS extratropical	52 mph	987 mb	43.9°N 24.1°W	open ocean
Oct 9 06:00	TS extratropical	52 mph	988 mb	44.1°N 21.9°W	open ocean
Oct 9 12:00	TS extratropical	52 mph	988 mb	44.2°N 19.9°W	open ocean
Oct 9 18:00	TS extratropical	46 mph	989 mb	44.1°N 18.2°W	open ocean
Oct 10 00:00	TS extratropical	40 mph	992 mb	43.8°N 16.4°W	open ocean
Oct 10 06:00	TS extratropical	40 mph	993 mb	43.4°N 15.0°W	open ocean
Oct 10 12:00	TS extratropical	40 mph	996 mb	43.1°N 13.9°W	open ocean
Oct 10 18:00	TD extratropical	35 mph	998 mb	42.8°N 12.9°W	open ocean
Oct 11 00:00	TD extratropical	35 mph	999 mb	42.5°N 12.0°W	153 mi W of Santa Uxía de Ribeira, Spain
Oct 11 06:00	TD extratropical	35 mph	1000 mb	42.2°N 11.3°W	120 mi W of Santa Uxía de Ribeira, Spain
Oct 11 12:00	TS extratropical	40 mph	1001 mb	41.8°N 10.8°W	102 mi W of Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Oct 11 18:00	TS extratropical	40 mph	1001 mb	41.2°N 10.5°W	91 mi W of Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal
Oct 12 00:00	TS extratropical	40 mph	1002 mb	40.4°N 10.2°W	73 mi WNW of Figueira da Foz, Portugal
Oct 12 06:00	TS extratropical	40 mph	1002 mb	39.8°N 9.7°W	35 mi NNW of Peniche, Portugal
Oct 12 12:00	TS extratropical	40 mph	1003 mb	39.5°N 9.1°W	near Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
Oct 12 18:00	TD extratropical	35 mph	1005 mb	39.1°N 8.8°W	near Azambuja, Portugal
Oct 13 00:00	TD extratropical	29 mph	1007 mb	38.6°N 8.9°W	near Setúbal, Portugal
Oct 13 06:00	TD extratropical	23 mph	1009 mb	38.0°N 9.1°W	13 mi WNW of Sines, Portugal
Oct 13 12:00	TD extratropical	23 mph	1010 mb	37.3°N 9.2°W	32 mi WNW of Lagos, Portugal
Oct 13 18:00	TD extratropical	23 mph	1010 mb	36.6°N 9.1°W	41 mi SW of Porto de Mós, Portugal
Oct 14 00:00	TD extratropical	23 mph	1011 mb	36.0°N 9.0°W	77 mi SSW of Porto de Mós, Portugal
Oct 14 06:00	TD extratropical	23 mph	1011 mb	35.5°N 8.7°W	110 mi S of Porto de Mós, Portugal
Oct 14 12:00	TD extratropical	23 mph	1011 mb	35.1°N 8.4°W	114 mi NNW of Casablanca, Morocco
Oct 14 18:00	TD extratropical	17 mph	1012 mb	35.0°N 8.0°W	95 mi NW of Rabat, Morocco
Oct 15 00:00	TD extratropical	17 mph	1012 mb	35.2°N 7.7°W	87 mi W of Larache, Morocco

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

Questions

Frequently asked questions

When and where did Joaquin make landfall?

Joaquin made landfall 3 times: at 23.1°N, 73.7°W on October 1, 2015 at 12:00 UTC, as a Category 4 hurricane with 132 mph winds; at 23.6°N, 74.8°W on October 2, 2015 at 16:00 UTC, as a Category 3 hurricane with 127 mph winds; at 24.1°N, 74.5°W on October 2, 2015 at 21:00 UTC, as a Category 3 hurricane with 127 mph winds.

What category was Joaquin?

At its peak on October 3, 2015, Joaquin was a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph (250 km/h) and a central pressure of 931 mb. At its first landfall it was a Category 4 hurricane.

How long did Joaquin last?

18.3 days, from September 26, 2015 to October 15, 2015, including 174 hours at hurricane strength (84 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 5,168 miles.

How many people died in Joaquin?

Wikidata records 34 deaths for Hurricane Joaquin. Casualty figures for tropical cyclones vary between sources; see the linked encyclopedia article for context.

Where can I download the track data for Joaquin?

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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