Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 12–24, 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 Teddy (2020) was a Category 4 hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic season. It formed on September 12, 2020, reached its peak of 138 mph (222 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 945 mb on September 18, 2020, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 40 mph in 24 hours (to 138 mph on September 18, 2020). The storm lasted 12.0 days and travelled about 4,394 miles (7,070 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | 56 mi | Sep 23 · 10:00 UTC | TS 65 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 12 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1007 mb | 11.0°N 31.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 11.2°N 32.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 11.4°N 33.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 11.6°N 34.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 11.9°N 35.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 12.2°N 36.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 12.6°N 37.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1004 mb | 12.9°N 38.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1004 mb | 12.9°N 40.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1004 mb | 12.9°N 42.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 12.9°N 43.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1002 mb | 13.0°N 44.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1001 mb | 13.4°N 45.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 999 mb | 13.8°N 46.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 997 mb | 14.2°N 47.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 987 mb | 14.7°N 48.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 978 mb | 15.4°N 48.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 972 mb | 16.1°N 49.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 18:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 972 mb | 16.8°N 50.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 00:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 970 mb | 17.4°N 51.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 966 mb | 18.1°N 52.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 12:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 960 mb | 18.9°N 52.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 18:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 948 mb | 19.7°N 53.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 00:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | 945 mb | 20.4°N 54.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 06:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 946 mb | 21.1°N 55.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 12:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | 947 mb | 21.7°N 55.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 18:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | 949 mb | 22.5°N 56.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 00:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | 945 mb | 23.5°N 57.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 06:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 947 mb | 24.4°N 57.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 12:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 950 mb | 25.4°N 58.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 18:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 953 mb | 26.2°N 59.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 00:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 956 mb | 26.9°N 60.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 958 mb | 27.5°N 61.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 963 mb | 28.0°N 62.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 964 mb | 28.5°N 63.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 963 mb | 29.0°N 63.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 962 mb | 29.7°N 63.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 12:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 960 mb | 30.5°N 62.9°W | 167 mi SE of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 21 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 958 mb | 32.2°N 61.8°W | 175 mi E of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 22 00:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 956 mb | 34.6°N 61.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 952 mb | 37.6°N 62.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 12:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 949 mb | 39.1°N 63.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 952 mb | 40.3°N 64.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 954 mb | 41.8°N 64.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 06:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | 957 mb | 43.2°N 63.3°W | 101 mi S of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Sep 23 12:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | 964 mb | 45.0°N 62.1°W | 48 mi SSE of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Sep 23 18:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | 974 mb | 47.4°N 60.4°W | 68 mi E of Cap-aux-Meules, Quebec, Canada |
| Sep 24 00:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | 975 mb | 49.7°N 58.2°W | 53 mi NNW of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
| Sep 24 06:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 977 mb | 52.8°N 55.8°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Teddy. Its closest approach to a major city was 56 miles from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
At its peak on September 18, 2020, Teddy was a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 138 mph (222 km/h) and a central pressure of 945 mb.
12.0 days, from September 12, 2020 to September 24, 2020, including 174 hours at hurricane strength (60 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 4,394 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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