Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 29 – October 10, 2024
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
Hurricane Kirk (2024) was a Category 4 hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic season. It formed on September 29, 2024, reached its peak of 150 mph (241 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 928 mb on October 4, 2024, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 40 mph in 24 hours (to 115 mph on October 3, 2024). The storm lasted 10.3 days and travelled about 5,381 miles (8,659 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paris, France | 38 mi | Oct 9 · 19:00 UTC | TS 44 mph |
| Köln, Germany | 30 mi | Oct 9 · 23:00 UTC | TD 36 mph |
| Düsseldorf, Germany | 51 mi | Oct 9 · 23:00 UTC | TD 36 mph |
| Bonn, Germany | 17 mi | Oct 9 · 23:00 UTC | TD 36 mph |
| Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 68 mi | Oct 10 · 00:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Essen, Germany | 53 mi | Oct 10 · 00:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Dortmund, Germany | 42 mi | Oct 10 · 00:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Duisburg, Germany | 61 mi | Oct 10 · 00:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Bochum, Germany | 48 mi | Oct 10 · 00:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Wuppertal, Germany | 41 mi | Oct 10 · 00:00 UTC | TD 35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 13.8°N 32.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 13.8°N 32.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1004 mb | 13.6°N 33.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1001 mb | 13.4°N 34.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 999 mb | 13.7°N 35.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 998 mb | 14.2°N 36.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 995 mb | 14.7°N 37.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 988 mb | 15.2°N 38.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 986 mb | 15.9°N 39.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 986 mb | 16.5°N 40.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 982 mb | 17.1°N 41.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 979 mb | 17.8°N 42.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 975 mb | 18.5°N 43.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 00:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 959 mb | 19.1°N 44.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 06:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | 955 mb | 19.6°N 44.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 12:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | 948 mb | 20.1°N 45.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 18:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 944 mb | 20.7°N 46.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 00:00 | Cat 4 | 150 mph | 928 mb | 21.2°N 47.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 06:00 | Cat 4 | 150 mph | 928 mb | 21.9°N 47.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 12:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | 938 mb | 22.5°N 48.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 18:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 942 mb | 23.3°N 49.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 00:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 943 mb | 24.3°N 49.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 06:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | 945 mb | 25.4°N 50.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 12:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | 949 mb | 26.8°N 50.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 18:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | 949 mb | 28.7°N 50.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 00:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 951 mb | 30.6°N 49.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 06:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 955 mb | 32.6°N 49.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 959 mb | 34.5°N 48.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 959 mb | 36.4°N 47.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 964 mb | 37.9°N 45.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 966 mb | 39.5°N 42.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 12:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 75 mph | 966 mb | 41.2°N 39.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 18:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | 966 mb | 42.7°N 36.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 00:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | 968 mb | 43.3°N 33.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 06:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | 968 mb | 43.5°N 29.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 12:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | 972 mb | 43.5°N 25.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 18:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | 975 mb | 42.9°N 20.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 00:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | 980 mb | 43.0°N 15.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 06:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | 980 mb | 43.5°N 9.5°W | 45 mi WNW of Carballo, Spain |
| Oct 9 12:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | 980 mb | 45.5°N 4.0°W | 127 mi WSW of Les Sables-d'Olonne, France |
| Oct 9 18:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 980 mb | 48.0°N 2.0°E | near Orléans, France |
| Oct 10 00:00 | TD extratropical | 35 mph | 982 mb | 51.0°N 8.0°E | near Kreuztal, Germany |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Kirk. Its closest approach to a major city was 17 miles from Bonn, Germany.
At its peak on October 4, 2024, Kirk was a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (241 km/h) and a central pressure of 928 mb.
10.3 days, from September 29, 2024 to October 10, 2024, including 138 hours at hurricane strength (78 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 5,381 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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