The 1998 season

Hurricane Danielle (1998)

Hurricane Danielle reached Category 2 in the North Atlantic between August 24, 1998 and September 8, 1998, with a lowest pressure of 960 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Danielle, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1998 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 24, 1998 to September 8, 1998
Peak strength
Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
Lowest pressure
960 mb (28.35 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 243 km (151 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
23.1
Fastest the center moved
35 kt (40 mph)
Identifier
AL041998

Deaths and damage

The sources count different things and are not added together.

NOAA Storm Events

0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)$50,000

What National Weather Service offices recorded county by county in 1 states and marine areas, in the United States only. Property and crop damage as each office estimated it, which is not a national loss total.

In the United States

NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled March 2026.

Deaths
0 (0 direct, 0 indirect)
Injuries
0
Property damage
$50,000
Crop damage
none recorded
Events recorded
1 in 1 reports from 1 states and marine areas

State by state

State or marine areaDeathsInjuriesDamageEvents
Puerto Rico00$50,0001

What was recorded

1 flash flood.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 24, 06:0013.4N 34.3W25 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Aug 24, 12:0013.8N 36.1W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Aug 24, 18:0014.2N 37.9W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 00:0014.8N 39.8W40 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 06:0015.3N 41.6W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 12:0016.2N 43.3W65 kt990 mbHurricane
Aug 25, 18:0016.9N 45.3W75 kt982 mbHurricane
Aug 26, 00:0017.6N 47.3W80 kt980 mbHurricane
Aug 26, 06:0018.4N 49.1W90 kt975 mbHurricane
Aug 26, 12:0019.1N 51.1W85 kt980 mbHurricane
Aug 26, 18:0019.7N 52.8W80 kt985 mbHurricane
Aug 27, 00:0020.1N 54.9W80 kt993 mbHurricane
Aug 27, 06:0020.6N 56.7W85 kt994 mbHurricane
Aug 27, 12:0021.2N 58.5W90 kt994 mbHurricane
Aug 27, 18:0021.8N 60.1W85 kt994 mbHurricane
Aug 28, 00:0022.4N 61.7W80 kt992 mbHurricane
Aug 28, 06:0022.7N 63.2W80 kt992 mbHurricane
Aug 28, 12:0023.0N 64.4W80 kt989 mbHurricane
Aug 28, 18:0023.4N 65.7W80 kt986 mbHurricane
Aug 29, 00:0023.9N 66.9W75 kt989 mbHurricane
Aug 29, 06:0024.3N 68.2W70 kt990 mbHurricane
Aug 29, 12:0024.8N 69.4W70 kt988 mbHurricane
Aug 29, 18:0025.4N 70.5W70 kt987 mbHurricane
Aug 30, 00:0025.9N 71.4W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Aug 30, 06:0026.4N 72.2W65 kt988 mbHurricane
Aug 30, 12:0026.9N 73.1W65 kt990 mbHurricane
Aug 30, 18:0027.5N 73.9W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Aug 31, 00:0027.9N 74.1W70 kt983 mbHurricane
Aug 31, 06:0028.4N 74.3W75 kt980 mbHurricane
Aug 31, 12:0029.2N 74.1W90 kt977 mbHurricane
Aug 31, 18:0030.0N 73.7W85 kt975 mbHurricane
Sep 1, 00:0030.9N 73.3W85 kt973 mbHurricane
Sep 1, 06:0031.7N 72.7W85 kt972 mbHurricane
Sep 1, 12:0032.2N 72.0W85 kt968 mbHurricane
Sep 1, 18:0032.9N 70.7W90 kt965 mbHurricane
Sep 2, 00:0033.7N 69.1W80 kt967 mbHurricane
Sep 2, 06:0034.6N 67.6W75 kt970 mbHurricane
Sep 2, 12:0036.0N 65.4W70 kt975 mbHurricane
Sep 2, 18:0037.9N 63.1W70 kt975 mbHurricane
Sep 3, 00:0039.9N 60.1W70 kt970 mbHurricane
Sep 3, 06:0042.1N 57.5W70 kt960 mbHurricane
Sep 3, 12:0043.4N 54.8W70 kt965 mbHurricane
Sep 3, 18:0044.6N 51.9W65 kt965 mbHurricane
Sep 4, 00:0044.8N 48.5W65 kt975 mbExtratropical
Sep 4, 06:0044.9N 44.0W60 kt985 mbExtratropical
Sep 4, 12:0045.0N 40.5W60 kt978 mbExtratropical
Sep 4, 18:0045.3N 37.0W60 kt976 mbExtratropical
Sep 5, 00:0045.9N 33.0W60 kt975 mbExtratropical
Sep 5, 06:0046.5N 28.0W60 kt973 mbExtratropical
Sep 5, 12:0047.0N 25.0W60 kt970 mbExtratropical
Sep 5, 18:0048.0N 22.0W60 kt967 mbExtratropical
Sep 6, 00:0050.0N 19.0W60 kt964 mbExtratropical
Sep 6, 06:0051.5N 18.0W55 kt965 mbExtratropical
Sep 6, 12:0052.8N 17.1W55 kt965 mbExtratropical
Sep 6, 18:0053.3N 16.7W55 kt967 mbExtratropical
Sep 7, 00:0053.8N 16.2W50 kt970 mbExtratropical
Sep 7, 06:0054.5N 16.0W45 kt975 mbExtratropical
Sep 7, 12:0055.0N 15.0W40 kt977 mbExtratropical
Sep 7, 18:0055.8N 14.0W35 kt979 mbExtratropical
Sep 8, 00:0056.4N 13.1W30 kt980 mbExtratropical
Sep 8, 06:0057.0N 12.0W30 kt980 mbExtratropical

Other North Atlantic storms of 1998

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.