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Atlantic 2020 season

Hurricane Eta (2020)

Hurricane Eta was a Category 4 hurricane at its peak, with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (130 kt) and a minimum central pressure of 922 mb. It was active from Oct 31, 2020 to Nov 14, 2020 and made 4 documented landfalls.

Compiled by HurriTrack Editorial Data: Source: NOAA National Hurricane Center

Storm facts

Peak statusHurricane — Category 4
Max sustained winds130 kt / 150 mph / 241 km/h
Minimum central pressure922 mb
Active datesOct 31, 2020 – Nov 14, 2020
Accumulated cyclone energy (ACE)20.4
Documented landfalls4

Every value on this page is taken directly from the NHC HURDAT2 best-track record for Eta 2020. 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
Nov 1, 2020Tropical storm35 kt (65 km/h)14.9N 73.6W
Nov 2, 2020Tropical storm60 kt (111 km/h)14.9N 79.4W
Nov 3, 2020Hurricane130 kt (241 km/h)14.3N 82.5W
Nov 4, 2020Hurricane95 kt (176 km/h)13.8N 83.7W
Nov 5, 2020Tropical depression30 kt (56 km/h)14.0N 86.0W
Nov 6, 2020Disturbance30 kt (56 km/h)16.2N 87.8W
Nov 7, 2020Tropical depression30 kt (56 km/h)17.5N 86.4W
Nov 8, 2020Tropical storm55 kt (102 km/h)20.4N 80.2W
Nov 9, 2020Tropical storm55 kt (102 km/h)24.5N 80.1W
Nov 10, 2020Tropical storm45 kt (83 km/h)23.4N 85.0W
Nov 11, 2020Tropical storm55 kt (102 km/h)23.5N 84.6W
Nov 12, 2020Tropical storm55 kt (102 km/h)27.9N 83.5W
Nov 13, 2020Tropical storm40 kt (74 km/h)31.9N 79.9W
Nov 14, 2020Extratropical35 kt (65 km/h)35.7N 69.2W

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Wind speeds above are in knots, the unit NHC uses in HURDAT2. For what a Category 4 wind field actually does, see hurricane categories explained; for why the wind number alone never tells the danger story, see storm surge vs. flooding.