Atlantic 2024 season
Hurricane Oscar (2024)
Hurricane Oscar was a Category 1 hurricane at its peak, with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (75 kt) and a minimum central pressure of 984 mb. It was active from Oct 19, 2024 to Oct 22, 2024 and made 2 documented landfalls.
Storm facts
| Peak status | Hurricane — Category 1 |
|---|---|
| Max sustained winds | 75 kt / 86 mph / 139 km/h |
| Minimum central pressure | 984 mb |
| Active dates | Oct 19, 2024 – Oct 22, 2024 |
| Accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) | 5.7 |
| Documented landfalls | 2 |
Every value on this page is taken directly from the NHC HURDAT2 best-track record for Oscar 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 19, 2024 | Tropical storm | 35 kt (65 km/h) | 21.0N 66.5W |
| Oct 20, 2024 | Hurricane | 75 kt (139 km/h) | 21.5N 71.7W |
| Oct 21, 2024 | Hurricane | 65 kt (120 km/h) | 20.2N 74.5W |
| Oct 22, 2024 | Tropical storm | 35 kt (65 km/h) | 21.5N 75.6W |
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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.