Atlantic 2018 season
Tropical Storm Joyce (2018)
Tropical Storm Joyce never reached hurricane strength — it peaked at 52 mph sustained winds and was active from Sep 12, 2018 to Sep 21, 2018.
Storm facts
| Peak status | Tropical storm |
|---|---|
| Max sustained winds | 45 kt / 52 mph / 83 km/h |
| Minimum central pressure | 995 mb |
| Active dates | Sep 12, 2018 – Sep 21, 2018 |
| Accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) | 1.5 |
| Documented landfalls | 0 |
Every value on this page is taken directly from the NHC HURDAT2 best-track record for Joyce 2018. Nothing is estimated. The best-track table below shows one entry per day at 00:00 UTC; the full six-hourly record lives in the HURDAT2 database.
Best-track table (daily, 00:00 UTC)
| Date | Status | Max winds | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 2018 | Extratropical | 45 kt (83 km/h) | 37.0N 39.8W |
| Sep 13, 2018 | Subtropical storm | 40 kt (74 km/h) | 34.3N 42.4W |
| Sep 14, 2018 | Tropical storm | 35 kt (65 km/h) | 33.1N 44.4W |
| Sep 15, 2018 | Tropical storm | 45 kt (83 km/h) | 31.4N 43.9W |
| Sep 16, 2018 | Tropical storm | 35 kt (65 km/h) | 33.2N 38.8W |
| Sep 17, 2018 | Tropical depression | 30 kt (56 km/h) | 34.3N 31.4W |
| Sep 18, 2018 | Tropical depression | 30 kt (56 km/h) | 33.5N 27.5W |
| Sep 19, 2018 | Post-tropical low | 25 kt (46 km/h) | 30.4N 27.9W |
| Sep 20, 2018 | Post-tropical low | 20 kt (37 km/h) | 29.8N 30.6W |
| Sep 21, 2018 | Post-tropical low | 20 kt (37 km/h) | 29.7N 34.0W |
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Wind speeds above are in knots, the unit NHC uses in HURDAT2. For what a Category 1 wind field actually does, see hurricane categories explained; for why the wind number alone never tells the danger story, see storm surge vs. flooding.