Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · October 8–11, 2004
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 Matthew (2004) was a tropical storm of the 2004 Atlantic season. It formed on October 8, 2004, 185 mi SE of Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, reached its peak of 46 mph (74 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 997 mb on October 9, 2004, and made landfall 32 mi SSW of Houma, Louisiana on October 10, 2004 as a tropical storm (40 mph). The storm lasted 2.8 days and travelled about 816 miles (1,312 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 10, 2004 · 11:00 UTC | 32 mi SSW of Houma, Louisiana | TS 40 mph | 999 mb |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans, Louisiana | 50 mi | Oct 10 · 15:00 UTC | TD 32 mph |
| Metairie Terrace, Louisiana | 44 mi | Oct 10 · 15:00 UTC | TD 32 mph |
| Metairie, Louisiana | 45 mi | Oct 10 · 16:00 UTC | TD 31 mph |
| Lafayette, Louisiana | 67 mi | Oct 10 · 17:00 UTC | TD 30 mph |
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 17 mi | Oct 10 · 18:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Jackson, Mississippi | 52 mi | Oct 11 · 00:00 UTC | TD 29 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 8 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 24.0°N 95.4°W | 185 mi SE of Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Oct 8 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1004 mb | 24.1°N 94.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1000 mb | 24.6°N 93.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1002 mb | 25.3°N 93.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1002 mb | 26.3°N 92.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 997 mb | 26.8°N 92.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 998 mb | 27.3°N 91.4°W | 164 mi SSW of Houma, Louisiana |
| Oct 10 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 999 mb | 28.1°N 91.2°W | 107 mi SSW of Houma, Louisiana |
| Oct 10 11:00 | TS LANDFALL | 40 mph | 999 mb | 29.2°N 91.0°W | 32 mi SSW of Houma, Louisiana |
| Oct 10 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1000 mb | 29.4°N 90.9°W | 17 mi SW of Houma, Louisiana |
| Oct 10 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1002 mb | 30.4°N 90.9°W | near Shenandoah, Louisiana |
| Oct 11 00:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | 1003 mb | 32.0°N 91.0°W | 25 mi SSW of Vicksburg, Mississippi |
| Oct 11 06:00 | TD extratropical | 23 mph | 1005 mb | 33.6°N 91.9°W | 44 mi S of Pine Bluff, Arkansas |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
Matthew made landfall once: 32 mi SSW of Houma, Louisiana on October 10, 2004 at 11:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 40 mph winds.
At its peak on October 9, 2004, Matthew was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 46 mph (74 km/h) and a central pressure of 997 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.
2.8 days, from October 8, 2004 to October 11, 2004. It travelled about 816 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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