Track map & timeline · Atlantic · October 5–10, 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 Lisa (1998) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1998 Atlantic season. It formed on October 5, 1998, reached its peak of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 995 mb on October 9, 1998, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 5.0 days and travelled about 3,107 miles (5,000 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 13.9°N 46.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1007 mb | 14.2°N 47.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1007 mb | 14.8°N 47.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1006 mb | 15.7°N 48.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1006 mb | 16.5°N 49.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1005 mb | 17.1°N 49.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1005 mb | 17.6°N 48.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1005 mb | 18.2°N 48.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1004 mb | 18.9°N 48.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1003 mb | 19.6°N 47.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1002 mb | 20.4°N 46.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1001 mb | 21.5°N 45.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 1000 mb | 22.9°N 43.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 999 mb | 24.6°N 42.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 999 mb | 26.9°N 40.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 999 mb | 29.6°N 38.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 999 mb | 32.9°N 37.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 997 mb | 36.8°N 37.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 995 mb | 41.6°N 38.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 997 mb | 47.1°N 39.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 00:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | 999 mb | 52.1°N 32.0°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Lisa.
At its peak on October 9, 1998, Lisa was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a central pressure of 995 mb.
5.0 days, from October 5, 1998 to October 10, 1998, including 12 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 3,107 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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