Hurricane Ivan (1998)
Hurricane Ivan reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between September 19, 1998 and September 27, 1998, with a lowest pressure of 975 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Ivan, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- September 19, 1998 to September 27, 1998
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 975 mb (28.79 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 532 km (331 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 9.3
- Fastest the center moved
- 30 kt (35 mph)
- Identifier
- AL091998
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 13.4N 26.6W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 13.1N 27.5W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 12.9N 28.2W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 13.1N 29.0W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 13.4N 29.6W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 14.3N 30.6W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 15.2N 31.5W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 16.0N 32.6W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 16.8N 33.7W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 17.4N 34.9W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 18.2N 35.6W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 18:00 | 19.0N 36.0W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 00:00 | 20.0N 36.1W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 06:00 | 21.3N 36.1W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 12:00 | 22.9N 36.4W | 45 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 18:00 | 24.2N 37.1W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 00:00 | 25.6N 37.7W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 06:00 | 26.9N 38.4W | 45 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 12:00 | 28.3N 39.2W | 55 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 29.6N 40.2W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 30.5N 40.9W | 65 kt | 986 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 24, 06:00 | 31.3N 41.6W | 70 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 32.3N 42.0W | 70 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 33.4N 42.3W | 70 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 34.4N 42.3W | 70 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 35.3N 41.9W | 70 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 36.3N 41.3W | 70 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 37.2N 40.2W | 75 kt | 983 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 38.1N 38.7W | 75 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 39.2N 36.3W | 80 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 26, 12:00 | 40.1N 33.1W | 75 kt | 977 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 40.7N 29.7W | 75 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 40.7N 25.7W | 60 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 40.9N 22.7W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 27, 12:00 | 41.3N 19.2W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 27, 18:00 | 41.5N 15.5W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1998
- Tropical Storm AlexNorth Atlantic · 1998
- Hurricane BonnieNorth Atlantic · 1998
- Tropical Storm CharleyNorth Atlantic · 1998
- Hurricane DanielleNorth Atlantic · 1998
- Hurricane EarlNorth Atlantic · 1998
- Tropical Storm FrancesNorth Atlantic · 1998
- Hurricane GeorgesNorth Atlantic · 1998 · 827 deaths
- Tropical Storm HermineNorth Atlantic · 1998
- Hurricane JeanneNorth Atlantic · 1998
- Hurricane KarlNorth Atlantic · 1998
- Hurricane LisaNorth Atlantic · 1998
- Hurricane MitchNorth Atlantic · 1998 · 19,325 deaths
- Hurricane NicoleNorth Atlantic · 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.