Hurricane Chantal (1983)
Hurricane Chantal reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between September 10, 1983 and September 15, 1983, with a lowest pressure of 994 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Chantal, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1983 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- September 10, 1983 to September 15, 1983
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 994 mb (29.35 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 647 km (402 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.3
- Fastest the center moved
- 20 kt (23 mph)
- Identifier
- AL051983
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 12:00 | 30.2N 64.4W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 10, 18:00 | 30.9N 64.0W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 11, 00:00 | 31.6N 63.3W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 11, 06:00 | 32.0N 62.4W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 11, 12:00 | 32.4N 61.2W | 55 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 11, 18:00 | 32.8N 60.0W | 65 kt | 994 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 12, 00:00 | 33.1N 58.9W | 65 kt | 994 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 12, 06:00 | 33.6N 57.6W | 65 kt | 994 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 12, 12:00 | 34.0N 56.3W | 65 kt | 994 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 12, 18:00 | 34.4N 55.5W | 65 kt | 994 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 13, 00:00 | 34.8N 54.9W | 55 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 06:00 | 35.3N 54.5W | 55 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 12:00 | 35.9N 54.2W | 45 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 36.3N 53.9W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 36.8N 53.8W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 37.4N 53.8W | 40 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 38.7N 53.8W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 39.5N 52.5W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 40.4N 50.7W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 41.7N 48.8W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1983
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.