Atlantic 2024 season
Tropical Storm Joyce (2024)
Tropical Storm Joyce never reached hurricane strength — it peaked at 52 mph sustained winds and was active from Sep 27, 2024 to Sep 30, 2024.
Storm facts
| Peak status | Tropical storm |
|---|---|
| Max sustained winds | 45 kt / 52 mph / 83 km/h |
| Minimum central pressure | 1001 mb |
| Active dates | Sep 27, 2024 – Sep 30, 2024 |
| Accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) | 1.7 |
| Documented landfalls | 0 |
Every value on this page is taken directly from the NHC HURDAT2 best-track record for Joyce 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 28, 2024 | Tropical storm | 45 kt (83 km/h) | 18.8N 44.3W |
| Sep 29, 2024 | Tropical storm | 40 kt (74 km/h) | 20.6N 47.1W |
| Sep 30, 2024 | Tropical depression | 30 kt (56 km/h) | 22.1N 49.5W |
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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.