Track map & timeline · Atlantic · October 3–6, 2013
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
Tropical Storm Karen (2013) was a tropical storm of the 2013 Atlantic season. It formed on October 3, 2013, 23 mi N of Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico, reached its peak of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 998 mb on October 3, 2013, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 3.0 days and travelled about 561 miles (902 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico | 23 mi | Oct 3 · 06:00 UTC | TS 52 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
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1006 mb | 21.5°N 86.8°W | 23 mi N of Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Oct 3 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 1004 mb | 22.1°N 87.4°W | 73 mi NNW of Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Oct 3 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 1001 mb | 22.8°N 88.1°W | 115 mi N of Tizimín, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Oct 3 21:00 | TS | 63 mph | 998 mb | 23.3°N 88.5°W | 151 mi N of Tizimín, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Oct 4 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 999 mb | 23.9°N 89.0°W | 186 mi NNE of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Oct 4 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1002 mb | 24.5°N 89.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1002 mb | 25.2°N 89.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1002 mb | 25.8°N 90.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1004 mb | 26.1°N 90.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1007 mb | 26.7°N 91.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1008 mb | 27.6°N 91.6°W | 148 mi SSW of Houma, Louisiana |
| Oct 5 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1008 mb | 27.9°N 91.8°W | 129 mi SSW of Morgan City, Louisiana |
| Oct 6 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 28.1°N 91.9°W | 118 mi SSW of Morgan City, Louisiana |
| Oct 6 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 28.1°N 91.9°W | 118 mi SSW of Morgan City, Louisiana |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Karen. Its closest approach to a major city was 23 miles from Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
At its peak on October 3, 2013, Karen was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a central pressure of 998 mb.
3.0 days, from October 3, 2013 to October 6, 2013. It travelled about 561 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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