The 1995 season

Hurricane Iris (1995)

Hurricane Iris reached Category 2 in the North Atlantic between August 22, 1995 and September 7, 1995, with a lowest pressure of 957 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Iris, 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
August 22, 1995 to September 7, 1995
Peak strength
Category 2, 95 kt (109 mph)
Lowest pressure
957 mb (28.26 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
22.7
Fastest the center moved
50 kt (58 mph)
Identifier
AL101995

Deaths and damage

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

Landfalls

Time (UTC)WherePositionWindPressure
Aug 27, 18:00Saint John’s, Saint John Parish, Antigua and Barbuda, 15 km away17.0N 61.9W50 kt (58 mph)995 mb
Aug 27, 23:00Saint John’s, Saint John Parish, Antigua and Barbuda, 66 km away17.7N 62.0W55 kt (63 mph)993 mb

Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 22, 12:0013.2N 49.3W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Aug 22, 18:0013.3N 50.6W35 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 00:0013.7N 51.8W35 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 06:0014.0N 52.5W40 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 12:0014.5N 53.0W55 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 18:0015.0N 53.4W75 kt991 mbHurricane
Aug 24, 00:0015.2N 53.8W70 kt992 mbHurricane
Aug 24, 06:0015.0N 54.3W70 kt992 mbHurricane
Aug 24, 12:0014.8N 55.1W65 kt992 mbHurricane
Aug 24, 18:0014.6N 56.0W60 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 00:0014.5N 56.8W55 kt995 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 06:0014.3N 57.8W55 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 12:0014.2N 58.8W55 kt999 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 18:0014.2N 59.8W50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 00:0014.0N 60.3W50 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 06:0014.2N 60.2W45 kt999 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 12:0014.6N 60.5W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 18:0014.9N 61.0W40 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 00:0015.0N 61.2W35 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 06:0015.6N 61.2W40 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 12:0016.2N 61.2W45 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 18:00 landfall17.0N 61.9W50 kt995 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 23:00 landfall17.7N 62.0W55 kt993 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 00:0017.8N 62.0W55 kt993 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 06:0018.6N 62.0W55 kt989 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 12:0019.4N 62.1W60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 18:0020.4N 62.4W65 kt983 mbHurricane
Aug 29, 00:0021.3N 62.5W70 kt981 mbHurricane
Aug 29, 06:0022.0N 62.5W80 kt974 mbHurricane
Aug 29, 12:0022.6N 62.5W75 kt973 mbHurricane
Aug 29, 18:0023.1N 62.3W70 kt975 mbHurricane
Aug 30, 00:0023.6N 62.1W70 kt976 mbHurricane
Aug 30, 06:0023.8N 61.8W70 kt977 mbHurricane
Aug 30, 12:0024.0N 61.4W75 kt972 mbHurricane
Aug 30, 18:0024.2N 60.8W75 kt971 mbHurricane
Aug 31, 00:0024.5N 60.1W75 kt971 mbHurricane
Aug 31, 06:0024.7N 59.6W75 kt971 mbHurricane
Aug 31, 12:0024.9N 59.1W75 kt971 mbHurricane
Aug 31, 18:0025.0N 58.9W85 kt968 mbHurricane
Sep 1, 00:0025.2N 58.8W90 kt967 mbHurricane
Sep 1, 06:0025.5N 58.8W95 kt965 mbHurricane
Sep 1, 12:0025.6N 59.0W90 kt967 mbHurricane
Sep 1, 18:0025.7N 59.7W85 kt969 mbHurricane
Sep 2, 00:0026.0N 60.2W85 kt971 mbHurricane
Sep 2, 06:0026.6N 60.2W85 kt973 mbHurricane
Sep 2, 12:0027.8N 59.9W80 kt978 mbHurricane
Sep 2, 18:0029.1N 59.7W75 kt983 mbHurricane
Sep 3, 00:0031.3N 59.0W75 kt982 mbHurricane
Sep 3, 06:0034.2N 58.6W75 kt982 mbHurricane
Sep 3, 12:0036.9N 57.5W75 kt982 mbHurricane
Sep 3, 18:0039.2N 55.5W70 kt985 mbHurricane
Sep 4, 00:0041.0N 52.3W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Sep 4, 06:0043.1N 49.4W60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 4, 12:0045.0N 46.0W60 kt995 mbExtratropical
Sep 4, 18:0047.1N 42.0W55 kt997 mbExtratropical
Sep 5, 00:0048.7N 35.7W50 kt999 mbExtratropical
Sep 5, 06:0048.9N 28.1W50 kt998 mbExtratropical
Sep 5, 12:0048.6N 25.0W50 kt987 mbExtratropical
Sep 5, 18:0048.5N 21.5W55 kt979 mbExtratropical
Sep 6, 00:0048.3N 18.0W55 kt972 mbExtratropical
Sep 6, 06:0048.0N 14.2W60 kt967 mbExtratropical
Sep 6, 12:0048.0N 12.6W60 kt963 mbExtratropical
Sep 6, 18:0048.2N 11.1W65 kt960 mbExtratropical
Sep 7, 00:0048.4N 8.7W65 kt957 mbExtratropical
Sep 7, 06:0048.9N 6.9W65 kt962 mbExtratropical
Sep 7, 12:0049.3N 4.4W60 kt968 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.