Tropical Storm Kyle (1996)
Tropical Storm Kyle peaked at 45 kt in the North Atlantic between October 11, 1996 and October 12, 1996, with a lowest pressure of 1001 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Kyle, 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
- October 11, 1996 to October 12, 1996
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1001 mb (29.56 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.5
- Fastest the center moved
- 7 kt (8 mph)
- Identifier
- AL111996
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 12:00 | Omoa, Cortes Department, Honduras, 26 km away | 16.0N 88.1W | 30 kt (35 mph) | 1008 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 12:00 | 17.3N 86.5W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 11, 18:00 | 16.9N 87.1W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 12, 00:00 | 16.6N 87.5W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 12, 06:00 | 16.3N 87.8W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 12, 12:00 landfall | 16.0N 88.1W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 12, 18:00 | 15.7N 88.4W | 25 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1996
- Tropical Storm ArthurNorth Atlantic · 1996
- Hurricane BerthaNorth Atlantic · 1996
- Hurricane CesarNorth 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
- 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.