Hurricane Luis (1995)
Hurricane Luis reached Category 4 in the North Atlantic between August 28, 1995 and September 12, 1995, with a lowest pressure of 935 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Luis, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- August 28, 1995 to September 12, 1995
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 130 kt (150 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 935 mb (27.61 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 53.7
- Fastest the center moved
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Identifier
- AL131995
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 18:00 | 11.4N 27.5W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 29, 00:00 | 11.6N 29.0W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 29, 06:00 | 11.8N 30.5W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 29, 12:00 | 12.2N 31.9W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 29, 18:00 | 12.7N 33.1W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 30, 00:00 | 13.0N 34.2W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 30, 06:00 | 13.2N 35.3W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 30, 12:00 | 13.4N 36.2W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 30, 18:00 | 13.7N 37.0W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 31, 00:00 | 14.0N 37.9W | 55 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 31, 06:00 | 14.3N 38.8W | 75 kt | 992 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 31, 12:00 | 14.6N 39.7W | 80 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 31, 18:00 | 15.0N 40.7W | 90 kt | 971 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 1, 00:00 | 15.4N 41.7W | 100 kt | 965 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 1, 06:00 | 15.8N 42.6W | 105 kt | 958 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 1, 12:00 | 16.2N 43.6W | 115 kt | 950 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 1, 18:00 | 16.5N 44.7W | 115 kt | 948 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 2, 00:00 | 16.8N 45.8W | 115 kt | 948 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 2, 06:00 | 17.0N 46.9W | 115 kt | 948 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 2, 12:00 | 17.2N 48.0W | 120 kt | 948 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 2, 18:00 | 17.3N 49.2W | 120 kt | 948 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 3, 00:00 | 17.3N 50.5W | 120 kt | 948 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 3, 06:00 | 17.4N 51.8W | 120 kt | 948 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 3, 12:00 | 17.3N 53.1W | 120 kt | 948 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 3, 18:00 | 17.3N 54.3W | 125 kt | 945 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 4, 00:00 | 17.1N 55.6W | 125 kt | 942 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 4, 06:00 | 17.0N 56.8W | 130 kt | 940 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 4, 12:00 | 17.0N 58.0W | 130 kt | 945 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 4, 18:00 | 17.0N 59.1W | 125 kt | 943 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 5, 00:00 | 17.1N 60.1W | 125 kt | 940 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 5, 06:00 | 17.3N 61.0W | 120 kt | 939 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 5, 12:00 | 17.5N 61.7W | 115 kt | 945 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 5, 18:00 | 18.0N 62.4W | 115 kt | 944 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 6, 00:00 | 18.4N 63.0W | 115 kt | 942 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 6, 06:00 | 18.9N 63.6W | 120 kt | 939 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 6, 12:00 | 19.4N 64.2W | 120 kt | 943 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 6, 18:00 | 20.1N 64.9W | 125 kt | 940 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 7, 00:00 | 20.7N 65.4W | 125 kt | 938 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 7, 06:00 | 21.3N 66.0W | 120 kt | 936 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 7, 12:00 | 22.0N 66.6W | 115 kt | 941 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 7, 18:00 | 22.8N 67.2W | 115 kt | 938 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 8, 00:00 | 24.3N 68.0W | 115 kt | 935 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 8, 06:00 | 25.8N 68.8W | 115 kt | 939 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 8, 12:00 | 26.4N 69.3W | 110 kt | 941 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 8, 18:00 | 26.5N 69.5W | 105 kt | 944 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 9, 00:00 | 27.1N 69.8W | 100 kt | 945 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 9, 06:00 | 29.1N 69.5W | 95 kt | 949 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 9, 12:00 | 31.0N 69.1W | 90 kt | 952 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 9, 18:00 | 32.7N 68.6W | 85 kt | 955 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 10, 00:00 | 34.5N 67.2W | 85 kt | 959 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 10, 06:00 | 36.5N 65.4W | 85 kt | 963 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 10, 12:00 | 38.4N 63.7W | 85 kt | 961 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 10, 18:00 | 40.9N 60.9W | 85 kt | 966 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 11, 00:00 | 43.9N 57.7W | 95 kt | 965 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 11, 06:00 | 47.1N 54.2W | 105 kt | 963 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 11, 12:00 | 51.5N 48.5W | 90 kt | 960 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 11, 18:00 | 55.0N 46.0W | 75 kt | 958 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 12, 00:00 | 57.0N 45.0W | 60 kt | 955 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 12, 06:00 | 58.0N 44.0W | 60 kt | 950 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 12, 12:00 | 59.0N 42.0W | 60 kt | 955 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 12, 18:00 | 60.0N 40.0W | 50 kt | 960 mb | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1995
- Hurricane AllisonNorth Atlantic · 1995
- Tropical Storm BarryNorth Atlantic · 1995
- Tropical Storm ChantalNorth Atlantic · 1995
- Tropical Storm DeanNorth Atlantic · 1995
- Hurricane ErinNorth Atlantic · 1995
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1995
- Hurricane FelixNorth Atlantic · 1995
- Tropical Storm GabrielleNorth Atlantic · 1995
- Hurricane HumbertoNorth Atlantic · 1995
- Hurricane IrisNorth Atlantic · 1995
- Tropical Storm JerryNorth Atlantic · 1995
- Tropical Storm KarenNorth Atlantic · 1995
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1995
- Hurricane MarilynNorth Atlantic · 1995
- Hurricane NoelNorth Atlantic · 1995
- Hurricane OpalNorth Atlantic · 1995 · 63 deaths
- Tropical Storm PabloNorth Atlantic · 1995
- Hurricane RoxanneNorth Atlantic · 1995
- Tropical Storm SebastienNorth Atlantic · 1995
- Hurricane TanyaNorth Atlantic · 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.