Hurricane Noel (2001)
Hurricane Noel reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between November 4, 2001 and November 6, 2001, with a lowest pressure of 986 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Noel, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2001 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
- November 4, 2001 to November 6, 2001
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 986 mb (29.12 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 434 km (270 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 225 nmi (417 km, 259 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 75 nmi (139 km, 86 mi)
- Overall size
- 225 nmi (417 km, 259 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 21 kt (24 mph)
- Identifier
- AL162001
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 00:00 | 33.9N 50.4W | 45 kt | 988 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Nov 4, 06:00 | 34.1N 50.4W | 45 kt | 990 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Nov 4, 12:00 | 34.3N 50.4W | 45 kt | 993 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Nov 4, 18:00 | 35.2N 50.3W | 50 kt | 993 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Nov 5, 00:00 | 36.1N 50.1W | 55 kt | 991 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Nov 5, 06:00 | 37.0N 50.1W | 60 kt | 988 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Nov 5, 12:00 | 37.8N 50.3W | 65 kt | 986 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 5, 18:00 | 38.8N 50.2W | 65 kt | 986 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 6, 00:00 | 39.7N 49.7W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 6, 06:00 | 41.3N 49.2W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 6, 12:00 | 43.0N 48.5W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Extratropical |
| Nov 6, 18:00 | 45.0N 48.0W | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2001
- Tropical Storm AllisonNorth Atlantic · 2001 · 52 deaths · $9.0 billion
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2001
- Tropical Storm BarryNorth Atlantic · 2001 · 9 deaths · $30 million
- Tropical Storm ChantalNorth Atlantic · 2001
- Tropical Storm DeanNorth Atlantic · 2001
- Hurricane ErinNorth Atlantic · 2001
- Hurricane FelixNorth Atlantic · 2001
- Hurricane GabrielleNorth Atlantic · 2001 · 3 deaths
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2001
- Hurricane HumbertoNorth Atlantic · 2001
- Hurricane IrisNorth Atlantic · 2001
- Tropical Storm JerryNorth Atlantic · 2001
- Hurricane KarenNorth Atlantic · 2001
- Tropical Storm LorenzoNorth Atlantic · 2001
- Hurricane MichelleNorth Atlantic · 2001
- Hurricane OlgaNorth Atlantic · 2001
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.