Hurricane Chris (1994)
Hurricane Chris reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between August 16, 1994 and August 23, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 979 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Chris, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1994 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
- August 16, 1994 to August 23, 1994
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 979 mb (28.91 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 230 km (143 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 7.5
- Fastest the center moved
- 36 kt (41 mph)
- Identifier
- AL041994
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 12:00 | 11.3N 39.4W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 16, 18:00 | 11.5N 40.3W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 17, 00:00 | 11.7N 41.2W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 06:00 | 12.1N 42.2W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 12:00 | 12.6N 43.3W | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 18:00 | 13.3N 44.5W | 60 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 18, 00:00 | 13.9N 45.6W | 60 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 18, 06:00 | 14.5N 46.8W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 18, 12:00 | 15.2N 48.0W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 18, 18:00 | 16.0N 49.3W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 19, 00:00 | 17.0N 50.6W | 70 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 19, 06:00 | 18.0N 51.9W | 70 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 19, 12:00 | 19.0N 53.2W | 70 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 19, 18:00 | 20.1N 54.4W | 70 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 20, 00:00 | 21.3N 55.6W | 65 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 20, 06:00 | 22.6N 56.8W | 60 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 12:00 | 23.8N 58.2W | 50 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 18:00 | 24.9N 59.7W | 45 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 21, 00:00 | 26.1N 61.0W | 40 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 21, 06:00 | 27.3N 62.3W | 35 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 21, 12:00 | 28.7N 63.1W | 35 kt | 1013 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 21, 18:00 | 30.4N 63.1W | 35 kt | 1013 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 22, 00:00 | 32.2N 62.8W | 35 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 22, 06:00 | 33.8N 62.8W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 22, 12:00 | 35.0N 63.0W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 22, 18:00 | 36.2N 62.3W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 23, 00:00 | 37.9N 60.7W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 23, 06:00 | 39.9N 58.4W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 23, 12:00 | 42.2N 55.5W | 45 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 23, 18:00 | 44.7N 52.0W | 45 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1994
- Tropical Storm AlbertoNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Tropical Storm BerylNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Tropical Storm DebbyNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Tropical Storm ErnestoNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Hurricane FlorenceNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Hurricane GordonNorth Atlantic · 1994 · 1,152 deaths · $594 million
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.