Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · September 7–28, 2020
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 Paulette (2020) was a Category 2 hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic season. It formed on September 7, 2020, reached its peak of 104 mph (167 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 965 mb on September 14, 2020, and made landfall near Smith's Parish, Bermuda on September 14, 2020 as a Category 2 hurricane (98 mph). The storm lasted 21.5 days and travelled about 7,057 miles (11,355 km). According to Wikidata, it caused 1 deaths.
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 14, 2020 · 09:00 UTC | near Smith's Parish, Bermuda | Cat 2 98 mph | 971 mb |
04 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 16.9°N 41.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 17.0°N 41.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 17.1°N 42.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 17.3°N 42.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1004 mb | 17.6°N 42.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 17.9°N 42.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 18.3°N 43.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 18.6°N 43.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 18.9°N 44.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 19.2°N 45.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 996 mb | 19.6°N 46.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 996 mb | 20.0°N 46.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 996 mb | 20.4°N 47.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 996 mb | 20.8°N 48.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 998 mb | 21.3°N 48.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 998 mb | 21.8°N 49.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 994 mb | 22.3°N 50.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 991 mb | 22.8°N 51.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 990 mb | 23.4°N 52.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 989 mb | 24.3°N 53.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 987 mb | 25.4°N 54.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 986 mb | 26.4°N 55.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 985 mb | 27.3°N 56.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 984 mb | 28.0°N 57.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 981 mb | 28.6°N 59.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 980 mb | 29.1°N 60.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 976 mb | 29.6°N 61.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 974 mb | 30.2°N 62.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 974 mb | 30.9°N 63.6°W | 120 mi SE of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 14 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 973 mb | 31.8°N 64.4°W | 41 mi SSE of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 14 09:00 | Cat 2 LANDFALL | 98 mph | 971 mb | 32.3°N 64.7°W | near Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 14 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 968 mb | 32.9°N 64.9°W | 42 mi N of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 14 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 965 mb | 33.9°N 64.4°W | 113 mi NNE of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 15 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 965 mb | 35.1°N 63.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 965 mb | 36.3°N 62.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 12:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 965 mb | 37.6°N 59.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 18:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 966 mb | 38.7°N 56.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 00:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 966 mb | 40.0°N 54.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 968 mb | 41.2°N 50.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 12:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 86 mph | 973 mb | 42.6°N 46.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 18:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 81 mph | 974 mb | 44.3°N 43.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 00:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 75 mph | 975 mb | 45.9°N 39.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 06:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | 977 mb | 47.0°N 36.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 12:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | 979 mb | 47.0°N 34.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 18:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | 982 mb | 46.6°N 33.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 00:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | 986 mb | 46.0°N 31.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 06:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | 989 mb | 44.6°N 31.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 12:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 997 mb | 42.8°N 31.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 18:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 999 mb | 41.0°N 31.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 00:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 1002 mb | 39.1°N 31.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 06:00 | TS low/wave | 46 mph | 1002 mb | 37.7°N 31.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 12:00 | TS low/wave | 46 mph | 1006 mb | 36.5°N 30.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 18:00 | TS low/wave | 40 mph | 1008 mb | 35.9°N 29.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 00:00 | TS low/wave | 40 mph | 1008 mb | 35.7°N 29.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 06:00 | TS low/wave | 40 mph | 1008 mb | 35.5°N 29.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 12:00 | TS low/wave | 40 mph | 1008 mb | 35.1°N 29.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1008 mb | 34.7°N 30.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1008 mb | 34.1°N 31.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1008 mb | 33.3°N 31.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1008 mb | 32.9°N 29.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1008 mb | 33.3°N 28.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1004 mb | 33.8°N 26.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1002 mb | 34.5°N 24.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 12:00 | TS low/wave | 46 mph | 1004 mb | 34.8°N 23.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 18:00 | TS low/wave | 40 mph | 1006 mb | 34.7°N 21.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 00:00 | TS low/wave | 40 mph | 1006 mb | 34.8°N 20.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 06:00 | TS low/wave | 46 mph | 1006 mb | 35.0°N 19.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 12:00 | TS low/wave | 52 mph | 1003 mb | 35.6°N 18.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 18:00 | TS low/wave | 52 mph | 1003 mb | 36.2°N 17.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 00:00 | TS low/wave | 46 mph | 1008 mb | 36.2°N 16.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 06:00 | TS low/wave | 40 mph | 1010 mb | 35.9°N 16.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 12:00 | TS low/wave | 40 mph | 1012 mb | 35.4°N 17.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 18:00 | TS low/wave | 40 mph | 1013 mb | 34.6°N 18.4°W | 158 mi NNW of Funchal, Portugal |
| Sep 25 00:00 | TS low/wave | 40 mph | 1016 mb | 33.7°N 19.8°W | 181 mi WNW of Funchal, Portugal |
| Sep 25 06:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1017 mb | 33.4°N 21.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 12:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1017 mb | 33.0°N 23.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 18:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1017 mb | 33.0°N 25.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 00:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1017 mb | 33.2°N 26.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 06:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1017 mb | 33.7°N 28.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 12:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1017 mb | 34.6°N 29.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 18:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1017 mb | 35.4°N 30.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 00:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1017 mb | 36.3°N 30.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 06:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1017 mb | 36.7°N 29.5°W | 184 mi SW of Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal |
| Sep 27 12:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1017 mb | 37.0°N 28.4°W | 131 mi SSW of Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal |
| Sep 27 18:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1018 mb | 36.9°N 27.3°W | 107 mi WSW of Ponta Delgada, Portugal |
| Sep 28 00:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1018 mb | 36.8°N 26.4°W | 76 mi SSW of Ponta Delgada, Portugal |
| Sep 28 06:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1018 mb | 36.5°N 25.8°W | 86 mi S of Ponta Delgada, Portugal |
| Sep 28 12:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1018 mb | 36.1°N 25.5°W | 114 mi S of Ponta Delgada, Portugal |
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Paulette made landfall once: near Smith's Parish, Bermuda on September 14, 2020 at 09:00 UTC, as a Category 2 hurricane with 98 mph winds.
At its peak on September 14, 2020, Paulette was a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 104 mph (167 km/h) and a central pressure of 965 mb. At its first landfall it was a Category 2 hurricane.
21.5 days, from September 7, 2020 to September 28, 2020, including 84 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 7,057 miles.
Wikidata records 1 deaths for Hurricane Paulette. 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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