Atlantic 2024 season
Hurricane Francine (2024)
Hurricane Francine was a Category 2 hurricane at its peak, with maximum sustained winds of 104 mph (90 kt) and a minimum central pressure of 972 mb. It was active from Sep 8, 2024 to Sep 14, 2024 and made 1 documented landfall.
Storm facts
| Peak status | Hurricane — Category 2 |
|---|---|
| Max sustained winds | 90 kt / 104 mph / 167 km/h |
| Minimum central pressure | 972 mb |
| Active dates | Sep 8, 2024 – Sep 14, 2024 |
| Accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) | 5.6 |
| Documented landfalls | 1 |
Every value on this page is taken directly from the NHC HURDAT2 best-track record for Francine 2024. 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 9, 2024 | Post-tropical low | 45 kt (83 km/h) | 22.0N 94.8W |
| Sep 10, 2024 | Tropical storm | 55 kt (102 km/h) | 23.9N 96.1W |
| Sep 11, 2024 | Hurricane | 65 kt (120 km/h) | 26.0N 94.7W |
| Sep 12, 2024 | Hurricane | 70 kt (130 km/h) | 29.6N 90.9W |
| Sep 13, 2024 | Extratropical | 25 kt (46 km/h) | 34.7N 90.5W |
| Sep 14, 2024 | Extratropical | 15 kt (28 km/h) | 34.9N 91.7W |
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Wind speeds above are in knots, the unit NHC uses in HURDAT2. For what a Category 2 wind field actually does, see hurricane categories explained; for why the wind number alone never tells the danger story, see storm surge vs. flooding.