Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 23–29, 1998
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 Karl (1998) was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1998 Atlantic season. It formed on September 23, 1998, reached its peak of 104 mph (167 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 970 mb on September 27, 1998, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 6.3 days and travelled about 3,555 miles (5,720 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1003 mb | 33.3°N 65.4°W | 78 mi NNW of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 23 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1004 mb | 33.2°N 62.8°W | 131 mi ENE of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 24 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1003 mb | 33.2°N 60.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1002 mb | 32.9°N 59.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1001 mb | 32.5°N 58.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 32.0°N 57.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 998 mb | 31.4°N 56.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 30.8°N 55.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 987 mb | 30.4°N 54.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 984 mb | 30.3°N 52.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 981 mb | 30.5°N 51.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 979 mb | 31.1°N 51.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 977 mb | 31.8°N 49.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 973 mb | 32.6°N 48.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 970 mb | 33.9°N 47.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 970 mb | 35.5°N 45.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 12:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 973 mb | 37.4°N 42.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 983 mb | 39.1°N 39.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 40.4°N 34.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 06:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 1002 mb | 41.5°N 30.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 12:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 1001 mb | 42.0°N 25.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 18:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 1000 mb | 43.0°N 20.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 00:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 996 mb | 46.0°N 16.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 06:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 994 mb | 48.0°N 14.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 12:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 994 mb | 49.0°N 11.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 18:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 991 mb | 49.0°N 8.0°W | 135 mi SW of Penzance, United Kingdom |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Karl.
At its peak on September 27, 1998, Karl was a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 104 mph (167 km/h) and a central pressure of 970 mb.
6.3 days, from September 23, 1998 to September 29, 1998, including 60 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 3,555 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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