The 1996 season

Hurricane Marco (1996)

Hurricane Marco reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between November 13, 1996 and November 26, 1996, with a lowest pressure of 983 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Marco, 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.

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The storm

Basin
North Atlantic
Dates
November 13, 1996 to November 26, 1996
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
983 mb (29.03 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 148 km (92 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
6.1
Fastest the center moved
15 kt (17 mph)
Identifier
AL131996

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 13, 12:0010.5N 77.5W20 kt1009 mbLow
Nov 13, 18:0011.3N 78.0W20 kt1009 mbLow
Nov 14, 00:0012.0N 78.5W20 kt1009 mbLow
Nov 14, 06:0012.8N 78.9W20 kt1009 mbLow
Nov 14, 12:0013.5N 79.0W20 kt1008 mbLow
Nov 14, 18:0014.0N 79.0W20 kt1008 mbLow
Nov 15, 00:0014.3N 79.0W20 kt1008 mbLow
Nov 15, 06:0014.7N 79.0W20 kt1008 mbLow
Nov 15, 12:0015.0N 79.0W20 kt1008 mbLow
Nov 15, 18:0015.5N 79.0W20 kt1008 mbLow
Nov 16, 00:0015.8N 79.0W20 kt1008 mbLow
Nov 16, 06:0016.2N 79.0W20 kt1008 mbLow
Nov 16, 12:0016.5N 79.0W25 kt1007 mbLow
Nov 16, 18:0017.0N 79.0W30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Nov 17, 00:0016.8N 79.8W30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Nov 17, 06:0016.3N 80.5W30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Nov 17, 12:0015.8N 80.8W30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Nov 17, 18:0015.0N 81.0W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Nov 18, 00:0014.9N 81.0W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Nov 18, 06:0014.7N 81.0W30 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Nov 18, 12:0014.6N 81.0W30 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 18, 18:0014.5N 81.0W30 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Nov 19, 00:0014.2N 81.0W30 kt1001 mbTropical depression
Nov 19, 06:0013.8N 80.9W35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 12:0013.5N 80.7W45 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 18:0013.5N 80.2W55 kt995 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 00:0013.8N 79.5W60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 06:0013.8N 78.5W65 kt983 mbHurricane
Nov 20, 12:0014.2N 77.8W65 kt989 mbHurricane
Nov 20, 18:0014.6N 77.4W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 00:0014.9N 77.1W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 06:0015.1N 76.8W45 kt995 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 12:0015.3N 76.6W50 kt993 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 18:0015.6N 76.5W50 kt995 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 00:0015.8N 76.3W55 kt992 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 06:0015.9N 76.0W55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 12:0015.9N 75.4W60 kt987 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 18:0015.9N 75.0W50 kt995 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 00:0016.0N 74.7W45 kt995 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 06:0015.9N 74.5W35 kt995 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 12:0015.7N 74.5W35 kt995 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 18:0015.6N 74.8W30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 24, 00:0015.8N 76.0W30 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 24, 06:0015.9N 77.0W30 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Nov 24, 12:0016.0N 78.0W35 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 18:0016.0N 78.9W35 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 00:0016.7N 80.2W45 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 06:0017.5N 81.5W50 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 12:0018.3N 82.6W55 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 18:0019.2N 83.5W45 kt1009 mbTropical storm
Nov 26, 00:0019.7N 84.0W40 kt1009 mbTropical storm
Nov 26, 06:0020.1N 84.4W35 kt1010 mbTropical storm
Nov 26, 12:0020.1N 84.3W30 kt1010 mbTropical depression
Nov 26, 18:0019.6N 84.8W25 kt1010 mbTropical depression

Other North Atlantic storms of 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.