Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 22 – October 14, 2018
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 Leslie (2018) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic season. It formed on September 22, 2018, reached its peak of 92 mph (148 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 968 mb on October 12, 2018, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 22.0 days and travelled about 6,520 miles (10,491 km). According to Wikidata, it caused 11 deaths.
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 00:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 35.0°N 45.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 06:00 | TD extratropical | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 34.4°N 44.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 12:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 1003 mb | 33.7°N 44.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 18:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 1003 mb | 33.3°N 44.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 00:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 1003 mb | 33.2°N 45.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 06:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 1002 mb | 33.0°N 45.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1002 mb | 33.2°N 46.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1002 mb | 33.5°N 47.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1004 mb | 33.5°N 47.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1004 mb | 32.9°N 48.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1004 mb | 32.8°N 47.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1004 mb | 33.0°N 47.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 32.7°N 47.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 32.1°N 46.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 12:00 | TD extratropical | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 31.7°N 45.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 18:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 1000 mb | 32.9°N 44.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 00:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | 998 mb | 32.6°N 42.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 06:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | 992 mb | 32.3°N 40.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 12:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | 987 mb | 33.8°N 38.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 18:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | 978 mb | 36.1°N 38.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 00:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 75 mph | 970 mb | 37.3°N 40.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 06:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 75 mph | 970 mb | 37.1°N 41.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 12:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 75 mph | 970 mb | 37.0°N 42.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 18:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | 978 mb | 37.0°N 43.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 00:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | 983 mb | 36.9°N 44.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 06:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | 983 mb | 36.6°N 45.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 986 mb | 36.4°N 46.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 986 mb | 36.3°N 47.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 991 mb | 35.9°N 48.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 991 mb | 35.4°N 50.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 991 mb | 34.7°N 50.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 991 mb | 34.3°N 51.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 991 mb | 34.0°N 51.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 991 mb | 33.8°N 52.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 991 mb | 33.7°N 52.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 991 mb | 33.6°N 53.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 991 mb | 33.5°N 53.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 990 mb | 33.3°N 53.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 990 mb | 33.1°N 54.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 990 mb | 32.8°N 54.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 990 mb | 32.4°N 54.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 989 mb | 31.9°N 55.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 989 mb | 31.2°N 55.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 986 mb | 30.4°N 56.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 984 mb | 29.8°N 56.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 980 mb | 29.6°N 56.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 972 mb | 29.5°N 56.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 970 mb | 29.8°N 56.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 972 mb | 30.3°N 57.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 976 mb | 30.9°N 57.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 979 mb | 31.7°N 57.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 982 mb | 32.8°N 57.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 984 mb | 34.2°N 57.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 986 mb | 35.2°N 58.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 986 mb | 35.9°N 58.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 987 mb | 36.2°N 58.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 987 mb | 36.5°N 57.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 987 mb | 36.9°N 57.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 987 mb | 37.4°N 56.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 987 mb | 37.5°N 55.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 987 mb | 37.4°N 53.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 987 mb | 37.1°N 52.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 987 mb | 36.5°N 51.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 987 mb | 36.1°N 50.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 989 mb | 35.8°N 49.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 989 mb | 35.5°N 48.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 989 mb | 34.9°N 47.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 986 mb | 34.3°N 46.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 983 mb | 33.5°N 45.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 983 mb | 32.7°N 44.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 983 mb | 31.6°N 43.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 983 mb | 30.7°N 43.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 981 mb | 29.8°N 42.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 981 mb | 28.8°N 42.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 980 mb | 28.1°N 42.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 980 mb | 27.7°N 42.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 11 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 978 mb | 27.7°N 41.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 11 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 978 mb | 28.1°N 40.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 11 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 978 mb | 28.8°N 39.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 11 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 976 mb | 29.5°N 37.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 12 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 968 mb | 30.4°N 35.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 12 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 968 mb | 31.4°N 32.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 12 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 971 mb | 32.6°N 29.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 12 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 971 mb | 33.4°N 26.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 13 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 976 mb | 34.2°N 22.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 13 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 977 mb | 35.5°N 18.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 13 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 979 mb | 37.2°N 14.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 13 18:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | 984 mb | 39.3°N 10.5°W | 60 mi W of Peniche, Portugal |
| Oct 14 00:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 998 mb | 41.1°N 7.6°W | near Moimenta da Beira, Portugal |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Leslie.
At its peak on October 12, 2018, Leslie was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 92 mph (148 km/h) and a central pressure of 968 mb.
22.0 days, from September 22, 2018 to October 14, 2018, including 126 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 6,520 miles.
Wikidata records 11 deaths for Hurricane Leslie. Casualty figures for tropical cyclones vary between sources; see the linked encyclopedia article for context.
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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