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Atlantic 2023 season

Hurricane Franklin (2023)

Hurricane Franklin was a Category 4 hurricane at its peak, with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (130 kt) and a minimum central pressure of 926 mb. It was active from Aug 19, 2023 to Sep 9, 2023 and made 1 documented landfall.

Storm facts

Peak statusHurricane — Category 4
Max sustained winds130 kt / 150 mph / 241 km/h
Minimum central pressure926 mb
Active datesAug 19, 2023 – Sep 9, 2023
Accumulated cyclone energy (ACE)26.6
Documented landfalls1

Every value on this page is taken directly from the NHC HURDAT2 best-track record for Franklin 2023. 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 20, 2023Post-tropical low25 kt (46 km/h)13.1N 62.1W
Aug 21, 2023Tropical storm45 kt (83 km/h)14.8N 67.9W
Aug 22, 2023Tropical storm45 kt (83 km/h)14.0N 70.4W
Aug 23, 2023Tropical storm35 kt (65 km/h)16.5N 71.4W
Aug 24, 2023Tropical storm40 kt (74 km/h)20.6N 70.6W
Aug 25, 2023Tropical storm50 kt (93 km/h)22.4N 68.5W
Aug 26, 2023Tropical storm50 kt (93 km/h)22.2N 66.5W
Aug 27, 2023Hurricane75 kt (139 km/h)23.9N 67.9W
Aug 28, 2023Hurricane85 kt (157 km/h)26.0N 70.3W
Aug 29, 2023Hurricane130 kt (241 km/h)28.9N 71.1W
Aug 30, 2023Hurricane100 kt (185 km/h)31.8N 69.5W
Aug 31, 2023Hurricane90 kt (167 km/h)34.4N 65.2W
Sep 1, 2023Hurricane75 kt (139 km/h)36.4N 59.7W
Sep 2, 2023Extratropical70 kt (130 km/h)39.6N 52.0W
Sep 3, 2023Extratropical65 kt (120 km/h)45.8N 41.0W
Sep 4, 2023Extratropical50 kt (93 km/h)47.8N 30.8W
Sep 5, 2023Extratropical40 kt (74 km/h)46.0N 26.6W
Sep 6, 2023Extratropical35 kt (65 km/h)40.1N 21.6W
Sep 7, 2023Extratropical50 kt (93 km/h)45.4N 16.0W
Sep 8, 2023Extratropical35 kt (65 km/h)48.5N 17.2W
Sep 9, 2023Extratropical30 kt (56 km/h)46.3N 19.1W

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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.