Atlantic 2023 season
Tropical Storm Ophelia (2023)
Tropical Storm Ophelia never reached hurricane strength — it peaked at 69 mph sustained winds and was active from Sep 21, 2023 to Sep 24, 2023, with 1 documented landfall.
Storm facts
| Peak status | Tropical storm |
|---|---|
| Max sustained winds | 60 kt / 69 mph / 111 km/h |
| Minimum central pressure | 981 mb |
| Active dates | Sep 21, 2023 – Sep 24, 2023 |
| Accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) | 1.9 |
| Documented landfalls | 1 |
Every value on this page is taken directly from the NHC HURDAT2 best-track record for Ophelia 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)
| Date | Status | Max winds | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2023 | Extratropical | 35 kt (65 km/h) | 29.5N 75.3W |
| Sep 23, 2023 | Tropical storm | 60 kt (111 km/h) | 33.3N 76.6W |
| Sep 24, 2023 | Extratropical | 30 kt (56 km/h) | 36.8N 77.6W |
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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.