Hurricane Klaus (1984)

Hurricane Klaus reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between November 5, 1984 and November 13, 1984, with a lowest pressure of 971 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Klaus, 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.

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The storm

Basin: North Atlantic
Dates: November 5, 1984 to November 13, 1984
Peak strength: Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure: 971 mb (28.67 inHg)
Landfall: Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy: 11.5
Fastest the center moved: 26 kt (30 mph)
Identifier: AL181984

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
Nov 5, 18:00	14.7N 68.8W	15 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Nov 6, 00:00	15.2N 68.1W	15 kt	1003 mb	Tropical depression
Nov 6, 06:00	15.8N 67.7W	20 kt	1003 mb	Tropical depression
Nov 6, 12:00	16.4N 67.1W	25 kt	1002 mb	Tropical depression
Nov 6, 18:00	17.0N 66.7W	35 kt	1001 mb	Tropical storm
Nov 7, 00:00	17.4N 66.2W	40 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Nov 7, 06:00	18.0N 65.8W	45 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Nov 7, 12:00	18.5N 65.2W	50 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Nov 7, 18:00	19.1N 64.7W	60 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
Nov 8, 00:00	19.4N 64.0W	65 kt	992 mb	Hurricane
Nov 8, 06:00	19.6N 63.1W	70 kt	989 mb	Hurricane
Nov 8, 12:00	19.7N 62.2W	75 kt	986 mb	Hurricane
Nov 8, 18:00	19.9N 61.4W	80 kt	984 mb	Hurricane
Nov 9, 00:00	20.4N 60.8W	80 kt	982 mb	Hurricane
Nov 9, 06:00	21.1N 60.1W	80 kt	981 mb	Hurricane
Nov 9, 12:00	21.8N 59.5W	80 kt	980 mb	Hurricane
Nov 9, 18:00	22.7N 58.7W	80 kt	980 mb	Hurricane
Nov 10, 00:00	23.8N 57.8W	80 kt	979 mb	Hurricane
Nov 10, 06:00	24.8N 56.6W	75 kt	978 mb	Hurricane
Nov 10, 12:00	26.2N 55.2W	75 kt	977 mb	Hurricane
Nov 10, 18:00	28.0N 54.0W	75 kt	975 mb	Hurricane
Nov 11, 00:00	29.5N 53.0W	75 kt	971 mb	Hurricane
Nov 11, 06:00	31.0N 52.5W	70 kt	975 mb	Hurricane
Nov 11, 12:00	32.2N 52.4W	70 kt	977 mb	Hurricane
Nov 11, 18:00	33.4N 52.7W	70 kt	980 mb	Hurricane
Nov 12, 00:00	34.6N 53.4W	70 kt	982 mb	Hurricane
Nov 12, 06:00	34.8N 54.2W	70 kt	983 mb	Hurricane
Nov 12, 12:00	35.0N 55.0W	65 kt	984 mb	Hurricane
Nov 12, 18:00	35.5N 54.2W	60 kt	985 mb	Subtropical storm
Nov 13, 00:00	36.5N 52.8W	60 kt	986 mb	Subtropical storm
Nov 13, 06:00	38.0N 51.0W	55 kt	987 mb	Subtropical storm
Nov 13, 12:00	40.0N 49.0W	55 kt	988 mb	Subtropical storm
Nov 13, 18:00	42.0N 47.0W	50 kt	989 mb	Extratropical

Other North Atlantic storms of 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.

Wikipedia article: Hurricane Klaus