Hurricane Floyd (1993)
Hurricane Floyd reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between September 7, 1993 and September 13, 1993, with a lowest pressure of 966 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Floyd, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1993 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 7, 1993 to September 13, 1993
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 966 mb (28.53 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 22 km (14 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.1
- Fastest the center moved
- 43 kt (49 mph)
- Identifier
- AL071993
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 7, 12:00 | 24.7N 67.5W | 25 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 7, 18:00 | 26.2N 68.2W | 40 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 8, 00:00 | 27.8N 68.9W | 45 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 8, 06:00 | 29.4N 69.4W | 45 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 8, 12:00 | 31.0N 69.8W | 40 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 8, 18:00 | 33.2N 69.2W | 40 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 9, 00:00 | 35.3N 67.8W | 40 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 9, 06:00 | 37.5N 65.7W | 40 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 9, 12:00 | 39.3N 62.4W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 9, 18:00 | 41.7N 58.3W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 10, 00:00 | 43.8N 53.9W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 10, 06:00 | 45.4N 48.3W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 10, 12:00 | 46.5N 42.5W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 10, 18:00 | 47.3N 37.8W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 11, 00:00 | 47.5N 32.5W | 65 kt | 989 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 11, 06:00 | 47.5N 27.0W | 65 kt | 988 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 11, 12:00 | 47.5N 22.5W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 11, 18:00 | 47.5N 18.5W | 65 kt | 986 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 12, 00:00 | 47.5N 14.5W | 65 kt | 983 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 12, 06:00 | 47.5N 10.5W | 65 kt | 980 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 12, 12:00 | 48.0N 7.5W | 70 kt | 972 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 12, 18:00 | 48.0N 6.0W | 70 kt | 966 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 13, 00:00 | 48.0N 5.0W | 70 kt | 966 mb | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1993
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1993
- Tropical Storm ArleneNorth Atlantic · 1993
- Tropical Storm BretNorth Atlantic · 1993
- Tropical Storm CindyNorth Atlantic · 1993 · $19 million
- Hurricane EmilyNorth Atlantic · 1993
- Tropical Storm DennisNorth Atlantic · 1993
- Hurricane GertNorth Atlantic · 1993
- Hurricane HarveyNorth Atlantic · 1993
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1993
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.