The 2003 season

Hurricane Danny (2003)

Hurricane Danny reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between July 16, 2003 and July 27, 2003, with a lowest pressure of 1000 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Danny, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2003 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
July 16, 2003 to July 27, 2003
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
1000 mb (29.53 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 652 km (405 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
4.6
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
100 nmi (185 km, 115 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
Overall size
180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved
19 kt (22 mph)
Identifier
AL052003

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 16, 12:0030.8N 54.1W25 kt1017 mbTropical depression
Jul 16, 18:0031.7N 54.7W30 kt1015 mbTropical depression
Jul 17, 00:0032.5N 55.2W35 kt1013 mbTropical storm
Jul 17, 06:0033.4N 55.6W45 kt1011 mbTropical storm
Jul 17, 12:0034.4N 56.4W50 kt1009 mbTropical storm
Jul 17, 18:0035.3N 56.6W55 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Jul 18, 00:0036.2N 56.4W55 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Jul 18, 06:0037.1N 56.0W55 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 18, 12:0038.1N 54.9W60 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Jul 18, 18:0039.2N 53.4W65 kt1002 mbHurricane
Jul 19, 00:0040.1N 51.7W65 kt1001 mbHurricane
Jul 19, 06:0041.1N 50.0W65 kt1000 mbHurricane
Jul 19, 12:0042.1N 47.8W65 kt1001 mbHurricane
Jul 19, 18:0042.7N 45.8W60 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 00:0042.7N 44.0W55 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 06:0042.5N 42.4W45 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 12:0041.9N 40.7W40 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 18:0040.9N 39.2W30 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Jul 21, 00:0039.8N 37.9W30 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Jul 21, 06:0038.8N 36.8W30 kt1010 mbLow
Jul 21, 12:0037.9N 36.3W25 kt1011 mbLow
Jul 21, 18:0037.1N 35.9W25 kt1013 mbLow
Jul 22, 00:0036.3N 35.8W25 kt1015 mbLow
Jul 22, 06:0035.7N 36.2W25 kt1017 mbLow
Jul 22, 12:0035.3N 36.7W25 kt1018 mbLow
Jul 22, 18:0035.1N 37.2W25 kt1019 mbLow
Jul 23, 00:0035.0N 37.8W20 kt1020 mbLow
Jul 23, 06:0034.9N 38.6W20 kt1020 mbLow
Jul 23, 12:0035.5N 39.0W20 kt1020 mbLow
Jul 23, 18:0036.0N 40.0W20 kt1020 mbLow
Jul 24, 00:0036.0N 40.5W20 kt1021 mbLow
Jul 24, 06:0036.6N 40.5W20 kt1021 mbLow
Jul 24, 12:0036.5N 40.0W20 kt1021 mbLow
Jul 24, 18:0036.4N 39.5W20 kt1021 mbLow
Jul 25, 00:0036.5N 38.9W20 kt1022 mbLow
Jul 25, 06:0036.3N 39.2W20 kt1022 mbLow
Jul 25, 12:0036.0N 39.0W20 kt1022 mbLow
Jul 25, 18:0035.5N 39.0W20 kt1022 mbLow
Jul 26, 00:0034.5N 39.5W20 kt1023 mbLow
Jul 26, 06:0033.8N 40.0W20 kt1023 mbLow
Jul 26, 12:0033.0N 40.5W20 kt1023 mbLow
Jul 26, 18:0032.0N 41.0W20 kt1023 mbLow
Jul 27, 00:0031.0N 42.0W20 kt1024 mbLow
Jul 27, 06:0031.0N 43.5W20 kt1024 mbLow

Other North Atlantic storms of 2003

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.