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Atlantic 2019 season

Hurricane Dorian (2019)

Hurricane Dorian was a Category 5 hurricane at its peak, with maximum sustained winds of 184 mph (160 kt) and a minimum central pressure of 910 mb. It was active from Aug 24, 2019 to Sep 9, 2019 and made 7 documented landfalls.

Storm facts

Peak statusHurricane — Category 5
Max sustained winds160 kt / 184 mph / 296 km/h
Minimum central pressure910 mb
Active datesAug 24, 2019 – Sep 9, 2019
Accumulated cyclone energy (ACE)55.5
Documented landfalls7

Every value on this page is taken directly from the NHC HURDAT2 best-track record for Dorian 2019. 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)

DateStatusMax windsPosition
Aug 25, 2019Tropical storm35 kt (65 km/h)10.8N 49.9W
Aug 26, 2019Tropical storm45 kt (83 km/h)11.6N 54.7W
Aug 27, 2019Tropical storm45 kt (83 km/h)13.0N 59.2W
Aug 28, 2019Tropical storm50 kt (93 km/h)15.7N 62.8W
Aug 29, 2019Hurricane75 kt (139 km/h)19.2N 65.7W
Aug 30, 2019Hurricane80 kt (148 km/h)22.8N 68.0W
Aug 31, 2019Hurricane115 kt (213 km/h)25.3N 71.1W
Sep 1, 2019Hurricane135 kt (250 km/h)26.3N 74.7W
Sep 2, 2019Hurricane155 kt (287 km/h)26.6N 77.7W
Sep 3, 2019Hurricane115 kt (213 km/h)26.9N 78.5W
Sep 4, 2019Hurricane90 kt (167 km/h)28.1N 78.8W
Sep 5, 2019Hurricane100 kt (185 km/h)30.7N 79.7W
Sep 6, 2019Hurricane90 kt (167 km/h)33.4N 77.9W
Sep 7, 2019Hurricane85 kt (157 km/h)37.4N 71.2W
Sep 8, 2019Post-tropical low80 kt (148 km/h)45.2N 62.9W
Sep 9, 2019Extratropical50 kt (93 km/h)51.6N 54.8W

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Wind speeds above are in knots, the unit NHC uses in HURDAT2. For what a Category 5 wind field actually does, see hurricane categories explained; for why the wind number alone never tells the danger story, see storm surge vs. flooding.