Hurricane Josephine (1984)
Hurricane Josephine reached Category 2 in the North Atlantic between October 7, 1984 and October 21, 1984, with a lowest pressure of 965 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Josephine, 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
- October 7, 1984 to October 21, 1984
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 965 mb (28.50 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 295 km (183 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 19.5
- Fastest the center moved
- 25 kt (29 mph)
- Identifier
- AL161984
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 06:00 | 24.1N 68.9W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Oct 7, 12:00 | 24.0N 69.4W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Oct 7, 18:00 | 23.9N 69.9W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Oct 8, 00:00 | 23.9N 70.4W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Oct 8, 06:00 | 24.0N 70.9W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Oct 8, 12:00 | 24.1N 71.4W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 8, 18:00 | 24.3N 71.9W | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 00:00 | 24.6N 72.2W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 06:00 | 25.2N 72.2W | 60 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 12:00 | 25.8N 72.1W | 60 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 18:00 | 26.4N 72.1W | 60 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 10, 00:00 | 26.9N 72.2W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 10, 06:00 | 27.2N 72.4W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 10, 12:00 | 27.5N 72.5W | 70 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 10, 18:00 | 28.0N 72.6W | 70 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 11, 00:00 | 28.6N 72.5W | 75 kt | 983 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 11, 06:00 | 29.3N 72.4W | 80 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 11, 12:00 | 30.0N 72.1W | 85 kt | 974 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 11, 18:00 | 30.7N 71.9W | 85 kt | 971 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 12, 00:00 | 31.4N 71.7W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 12, 06:00 | 32.2N 71.7W | 90 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 12, 12:00 | 33.0N 71.8W | 90 kt | 977 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 12, 18:00 | 33.7N 71.7W | 90 kt | 976 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 13, 00:00 | 34.3N 71.4W | 85 kt | 971 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 13, 06:00 | 34.8N 71.2W | 85 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 13, 12:00 | 35.4N 71.3W | 80 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 13, 18:00 | 36.0N 71.7W | 70 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 14, 00:00 | 36.6N 71.9W | 65 kt | 977 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 14, 06:00 | 36.8N 71.7W | 65 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 14, 12:00 | 36.6N 71.4W | 70 kt | 971 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 14, 18:00 | 36.3N 70.8W | 70 kt | 968 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 15, 00:00 | 35.9N 69.8W | 70 kt | 965 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 15, 06:00 | 36.2N 68.4W | 65 kt | 966 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 15, 12:00 | 36.8N 66.6W | 65 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 15, 18:00 | 37.6N 64.8W | 65 kt | 971 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 16, 00:00 | 38.3N 63.0W | 65 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 16, 06:00 | 39.2N 61.4W | 65 kt | 977 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 16, 12:00 | 39.9N 59.7W | 65 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 16, 18:00 | 40.6N 58.2W | 65 kt | 986 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 17, 00:00 | 41.3N 56.6W | 65 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 17, 06:00 | 42.0N 54.9W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 17, 12:00 | 43.0N 53.9W | 60 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 17, 18:00 | 43.6N 54.1W | 55 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 18, 00:00 | 44.0N 54.4W | 50 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 18, 06:00 | 44.0N 55.1W | 50 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 18, 12:00 | 44.1N 56.0W | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 18, 18:00 | 44.0N 57.1W | 45 kt | 995 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 19, 00:00 | 42.8N 57.7W | 45 kt | 995 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 19, 06:00 | 41.2N 56.8W | 45 kt | 995 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 19, 12:00 | 40.6N 55.1W | 40 kt | 995 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 19, 18:00 | 40.7N 53.1W | 40 kt | 995 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 20, 00:00 | 41.2N 50.9W | 35 kt | 995 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 20, 06:00 | 41.8N 48.5W | 30 kt | 996 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 20, 12:00 | 42.2N 45.7W | 30 kt | 997 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 20, 18:00 | 42.8N 42.8W | 30 kt | 997 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 21, 00:00 | 43.3N 39.5W | 30 kt | 998 mb | Extratropical |
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
- Tropical Storm GustavNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Hurricane HortenseNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Tropical Storm IsidoreNorth 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.