Tropical Storm Andrew (1986)
Tropical Storm Andrew peaked at 45 kt in the North Atlantic between June 5, 1986 and June 8, 1986, with a lowest pressure of 999 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Andrew, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1986 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
- June 5, 1986 to June 8, 1986
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 999 mb (29.50 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 127 km (79 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.2
- Fastest the center moved
- 24 kt (28 mph)
- Identifier
- AL011986
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 00:00 | 26.2N 75.8W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Jun 5, 06:00 | 27.4N 76.0W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Jun 5, 12:00 | 28.4N 76.4W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Jun 5, 18:00 | 29.1N 77.0W | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Jun 6, 00:00 | 29.7N 77.5W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 6, 06:00 | 30.2N 77.8W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 6, 12:00 | 30.7N 78.0W | 45 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 6, 18:00 | 31.4N 77.9W | 45 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 7, 00:00 | 31.9N 77.8W | 45 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 7, 06:00 | 32.8N 76.9W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 7, 12:00 | 33.6N 76.0W | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 7, 18:00 | 34.3N 75.0W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 8, 00:00 | 35.2N 73.9W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 8, 06:00 | 36.3N 72.7W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 8, 12:00 | 37.9N 71.0W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 8, 18:00 | 39.6N 68.9W | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1986
- Hurricane BonnieNorth Atlantic · 1986
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1986
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1986
- Hurricane CharleyNorth Atlantic · 1986 · 15 deaths
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1986
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1986
- Tropical Storm DanielleNorth Atlantic · 1986
- Hurricane EarlNorth Atlantic · 1986
- Hurricane FrancesNorth Atlantic · 1986
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.