The 1998 season

Hurricane Jeanne (1998)

Hurricane Jeanne reached Category 2 in the North Atlantic between September 21, 1998 and October 4, 1998, with a lowest pressure of 969 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Jeanne, 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
September 21, 1998 to October 4, 1998
Peak strength
Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
Lowest pressure
969 mb (28.61 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
18.8
Fastest the center moved
19 kt (22 mph)
Identifier
AL101998

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Sep 21, 06:009.6N 17.4W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Sep 21, 12:0010.5N 18.2W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Sep 21, 18:0011.0N 19.4W35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Sep 22, 00:0011.5N 20.7W40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 22, 06:0012.1N 22.2W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 22, 12:0012.7N 23.8W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 22, 18:0013.1N 25.2W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Sep 23, 00:0013.6N 26.7W70 kt983 mbHurricane
Sep 23, 06:0014.1N 28.1W75 kt980 mbHurricane
Sep 23, 12:0014.5N 29.5W80 kt975 mbHurricane
Sep 23, 18:0015.0N 30.8W85 kt973 mbHurricane
Sep 24, 00:0015.4N 32.1W85 kt972 mbHurricane
Sep 24, 06:0015.9N 33.4W90 kt971 mbHurricane
Sep 24, 12:0016.4N 34.4W90 kt970 mbHurricane
Sep 24, 18:0017.0N 35.4W90 kt969 mbHurricane
Sep 25, 00:0017.5N 36.3W90 kt971 mbHurricane
Sep 25, 06:0018.0N 37.2W90 kt973 mbHurricane
Sep 25, 12:0018.6N 37.9W85 kt975 mbHurricane
Sep 25, 18:0019.3N 38.6W80 kt977 mbHurricane
Sep 26, 00:0020.0N 39.4W75 kt979 mbHurricane
Sep 26, 06:0020.8N 40.0W70 kt983 mbHurricane
Sep 26, 12:0021.6N 40.6W70 kt983 mbHurricane
Sep 26, 18:0022.4N 41.2W75 kt980 mbHurricane
Sep 27, 00:0023.4N 41.6W75 kt980 mbHurricane
Sep 27, 06:0024.4N 42.0W70 kt983 mbHurricane
Sep 27, 12:0025.6N 41.8W70 kt983 mbHurricane
Sep 27, 18:0027.1N 41.5W70 kt983 mbHurricane
Sep 28, 00:0028.8N 41.2W70 kt983 mbHurricane
Sep 28, 06:0030.6N 40.7W70 kt983 mbHurricane
Sep 28, 12:0032.3N 39.6W75 kt980 mbHurricane
Sep 28, 18:0033.8N 38.4W80 kt977 mbHurricane
Sep 29, 00:0035.0N 37.2W80 kt977 mbHurricane
Sep 29, 06:0035.8N 36.2W75 kt980 mbHurricane
Sep 29, 12:0036.2N 35.3W65 kt985 mbHurricane
Sep 29, 18:0036.6N 34.6W60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 30, 00:0036.9N 33.4W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Sep 30, 06:0037.2N 32.1W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 30, 12:0037.6N 30.7W40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 30, 18:0038.0N 29.4W35 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 1, 00:0038.2N 28.0W30 kt1008 mbExtratropical
Oct 1, 06:0038.3N 26.3W30 kt1008 mbExtratropical
Oct 1, 12:0038.5N 24.5W35 kt1006 mbExtratropical
Oct 1, 18:0038.7N 22.5W35 kt1005 mbExtratropical
Oct 2, 00:0038.8N 21.0W35 kt1003 mbExtratropical
Oct 2, 06:0038.9N 19.5W35 kt1003 mbExtratropical
Oct 2, 12:0039.0N 18.2W40 kt1003 mbExtratropical
Oct 2, 18:0039.0N 16.8W40 kt1003 mbExtratropical
Oct 3, 00:0039.0N 15.5W40 kt1003 mbExtratropical
Oct 3, 06:0039.0N 14.3W40 kt1003 mbExtratropical
Oct 3, 12:0039.0N 13.0W40 kt1003 mbExtratropical
Oct 3, 18:0039.0N 11.0W35 kt1003 mbExtratropical
Oct 4, 00:0039.1N 9.0W30 kt1003 mbExtratropical
Oct 4, 06:0039.3N 7.0W30 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Oct 4, 12:0039.5N 5.0W25 kt1004 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.