The 1995 season

Tropical Storm Chantal (1995)

Tropical Storm Chantal peaked at 60 kt in the North Atlantic between July 12, 1995 and July 22, 1995, with a lowest pressure of 991 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Chantal, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1995 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
July 12, 1995 to July 22, 1995
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
Lowest pressure
991 mb (29.26 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 304 km (189 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
6.5
Fastest the center moved
72 kt (83 mph)
Identifier
AL031995

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 12, 00:0017.1N 54.9W25 kt1012 mbTropical depression
Jul 12, 06:0017.5N 56.5W25 kt1012 mbTropical depression
Jul 12, 12:0018.1N 58.3W25 kt1012 mbTropical depression
Jul 12, 18:0018.7N 59.9W30 kt1011 mbTropical depression
Jul 13, 00:0019.2N 61.0W30 kt1011 mbTropical depression
Jul 13, 06:0019.6N 61.9W30 kt1011 mbTropical depression
Jul 13, 12:0020.1N 62.7W30 kt1010 mbTropical depression
Jul 13, 18:0020.6N 63.6W30 kt1010 mbTropical depression
Jul 14, 00:0021.1N 64.4W35 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 14, 06:0021.1N 64.9W35 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Jul 14, 12:0021.1N 65.2W35 kt1009 mbTropical storm
Jul 14, 18:0021.3N 65.5W40 kt1010 mbTropical storm
Jul 15, 00:0021.8N 66.0W40 kt1009 mbTropical storm
Jul 15, 06:0022.3N 66.7W45 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 15, 12:0022.7N 67.5W45 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 15, 18:0023.2N 67.9W45 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Jul 16, 00:0023.7N 68.2W45 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 16, 06:0024.5N 68.4W50 kt999 mbTropical storm
Jul 16, 12:0025.3N 68.8W50 kt999 mbTropical storm
Jul 16, 18:0026.2N 69.1W55 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jul 17, 00:0027.2N 69.4W60 kt991 mbTropical storm
Jul 17, 06:0028.2N 69.6W60 kt995 mbTropical storm
Jul 17, 12:0029.3N 69.8W60 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jul 17, 18:0030.5N 69.8W55 kt995 mbTropical storm
Jul 18, 00:0031.6N 69.7W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 18, 06:0032.6N 69.0W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 18, 12:0033.6N 68.1W50 kt995 mbTropical storm
Jul 18, 18:0034.6N 67.3W50 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 19, 00:0035.4N 65.8W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jul 19, 06:0036.2N 64.1W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jul 19, 12:0037.1N 62.4W50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 19, 18:0038.2N 60.2W50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 00:0039.5N 57.6W50 kt999 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 06:0041.1N 54.7W50 kt999 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 12:0043.0N 51.7W50 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 18:0045.4N 48.8W50 kt1000 mbExtratropical
Jul 21, 00:0047.7N 45.2W50 kt1001 mbExtratropical
Jul 21, 06:0049.7N 41.6W50 kt1002 mbExtratropical
Jul 21, 12:0051.4N 37.0W50 kt1003 mbExtratropical
Jul 21, 18:0053.0N 31.0W50 kt1005 mbExtratropical
Jul 22, 00:0055.0N 20.0W50 kt1005 mbExtratropical

Other North Atlantic storms of 1995

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.