Atlantic 2024 season
Hurricane Milton (2024)
Hurricane Milton was a Category 5 hurricane at its peak, with maximum sustained winds of 178 mph (155 kt) and a minimum central pressure of 895 mb. It was active from Oct 4, 2024 to Oct 11, 2024 and made 1 documented landfall.
Storm facts
| Peak status | Hurricane — Category 5 |
|---|---|
| Max sustained winds | 155 kt / 178 mph / 287 km/h |
| Minimum central pressure | 895 mb |
| Active dates | Oct 4, 2024 – Oct 11, 2024 |
| Accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) | 31.9 |
| Documented landfalls | 1 |
Every value on this page is taken directly from the NHC HURDAT2 best-track record for Milton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2024 | Post-tropical low | 30 kt (56 km/h) | 20.8N 95.2W |
| Oct 6, 2024 | Tropical storm | 35 kt (65 km/h) | 22.7N 95.5W |
| Oct 7, 2024 | Hurricane | 75 kt (139 km/h) | 22.5N 93.4W |
| Oct 8, 2024 | Hurricane | 145 kt (269 km/h) | 21.8N 90.4W |
| Oct 9, 2024 | Hurricane | 140 kt (259 km/h) | 23.0N 86.9W |
| Oct 10, 2024 | Hurricane | 105 kt (194 km/h) | 27.3N 82.7W |
| Oct 11, 2024 | Extratropical | 60 kt (111 km/h) | 29.5N 75.0W |
Read this like a pro
Wind speeds above are in knots, the unit NHC uses in HURDAT2. For what a Category 5 wind field actually does, see hurricane categories explained; for why the wind number alone never tells the danger story, see storm surge vs. flooding.