Hurricane Cesar (1996)
Hurricane Cesar reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between July 24, 1996 and July 28, 1996, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Cesar, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1996 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
- July 24, 1996 to July 28, 1996
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 985 mb (29.09 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.0
- Fastest the center moved
- 21 kt (24 mph)
- Identifier
- AL031996
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 04:00 | Bluefields, South Caribbean Coast, Nicaragua, 25 km away | 12.2N 83.9W | 75 kt (86 mph) | 985 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) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 18:00 | 11.8N 62.6W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 25, 00:00 | 11.9N 64.7W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 25, 06:00 | 11.9N 66.5W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 25, 12:00 | 12.1N 68.1W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 18:00 | 12.3N 69.6W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 00:00 | 12.4N 71.0W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 06:00 | 12.4N 72.7W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 12:00 | 12.3N 74.5W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 18:00 | 11.9N 76.1W | 50 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 27, 00:00 | 11.7N 77.2W | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 27, 06:00 | 11.6N 78.1W | 60 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 27, 12:00 | 11.6N 79.5W | 70 kt | 992 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 27, 18:00 | 11.8N 81.0W | 65 kt | 994 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 28, 00:00 | 12.0N 82.6W | 70 kt | 992 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 28, 04:00 landfall | 12.2N 83.9W | 75 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 28, 06:00 | 12.3N 84.2W | 70 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 28, 12:00 | 12.7N 86.2W | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 28, 18:00 | 13.1N 87.9W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1996
- Tropical Storm ArthurNorth Atlantic · 1996
- Hurricane BerthaNorth Atlantic · 1996
- Hurricane DollyNorth Atlantic · 1996
- Hurricane EdouardNorth Atlantic · 1996
- Hurricane FranNorth Atlantic · 1996
- Tropical Storm GustavNorth Atlantic · 1996
- Hurricane HortenseNorth Atlantic · 1996
- Hurricane IsidoreNorth Atlantic · 1996
- Tropical Storm JosephineNorth Atlantic · 1996
- Tropical Storm KyleNorth Atlantic · 1996
- Hurricane LiliNorth Atlantic · 1996 · 22 deaths · $662 million
- Hurricane MarcoNorth Atlantic · 1996
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.