Tropical Storm Gustav (1984)
Tropical Storm Gustav peaked at 45 kt in the North Atlantic between September 16, 1984 and September 19, 1984, with a lowest pressure of 1006 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Gustav, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1984 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 16, 1984 to September 19, 1984
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1006 mb (29.71 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1017 km (632 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.6
- Fastest the center moved
- 17 kt (20 mph)
- Identifier
- AL131984
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 16, 18:00 | 28.6N 65.5W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 29.6N 65.5W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 30.3N 65.5W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 31.3N 65.2W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 32.1N 64.7W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 32.1N 64.7W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 32.1N 64.7W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 32.1N 64.7W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 32.1N 64.7W | 45 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 33.2N 63.6W | 45 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 34.6N 62.6W | 45 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1984
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Tropical Storm ArthurNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Tropical Storm BerthaNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Tropical Storm CesarNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Hurricane DianaNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Tropical Storm EdouardNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Tropical Storm FranNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Hurricane HortenseNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Tropical Storm IsidoreNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Hurricane JosephineNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Hurricane KlausNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Hurricane LiliNorth Atlantic · 1984
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.