Atlantic 2024 season
Hurricane Helene (2024)
Hurricane Helene was a Category 4 hurricane at its peak, with maximum sustained winds of 138 mph (120 kt) and a minimum central pressure of 939 mb. It was active from Sep 23, 2024 to Sep 28, 2024 and made 1 documented landfall.
Storm facts
| Peak status | Hurricane — Category 4 |
|---|---|
| Max sustained winds | 120 kt / 138 mph / 222 km/h |
| Minimum central pressure | 939 mb |
| Active dates | Sep 23, 2024 – Sep 28, 2024 |
| Accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) | 9.7 |
| Documented landfalls | 1 |
Every value on this page is taken directly from the NHC HURDAT2 best-track record for Helene 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 24, 2024 | Disturbance | 35 kt (65 km/h) | 18.2N 82.2W |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Tropical storm | 50 kt (93 km/h) | 19.7N 85.2W |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Hurricane | 70 kt (130 km/h) | 22.8N 86.7W |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Hurricane | 120 kt (222 km/h) | 28.7N 84.3W |
| Sep 28, 2024 | Post-tropical low | 40 kt (74 km/h) | 38.1N 86.6W |
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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.