Hurricane Juan (2003)
Hurricane Juan reached Category 2 in the North Atlantic between September 24, 2003 and September 29, 2003, with a lowest pressure of 969 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Juan, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- September 24, 2003 to September 29, 2003
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 969 mb (28.61 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 9.4
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 175 nmi (324 km, 201 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 41 kt (47 mph)
- Identifier
- AL152003
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 03:00 | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 32 km away | 44.4N 63.8W | 85 kt (98 mph) | 973 mb |
Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 28.2N 62.4W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 28.3N 62.2W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 28.4N 62.0W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 28.8N 61.7W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 29.2N 61.4W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 30.4N 61.6W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 30.9N 61.8W | 55 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 31.1N 61.8W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 26, 12:00 | 31.8N 62.0W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 32.5N 62.0W | 70 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 33.3N 62.0W | 75 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 34.4N 62.2W | 75 kt | 981 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 27, 12:00 | 35.2N 62.8W | 75 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 27, 18:00 | 35.5N 63.2W | 90 kt | 969 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 36.3N 63.6W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 28, 06:00 | 37.1N 64.0W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 28, 12:00 | 38.5N 64.1W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 28, 18:00 | 40.2N 64.1W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 42.8N 63.9W | 85 kt | 972 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 29, 03:00 landfall | 44.4N 63.8W | 85 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 29, 06:00 | 46.0N 63.8W | 65 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 49.8N 62.4W | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2003
- Tropical Storm AnaNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Tropical Storm BillNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Hurricane ClaudetteNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Hurricane DannyNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Hurricane ErikaNorth Atlantic · 2003 · 2 deaths · $12,000
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Hurricane FabianNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Tropical Storm GraceNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Tropical Storm HenriNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Hurricane IsabelNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Hurricane KateNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Tropical Storm LarryNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Tropical Storm MindyNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Tropical Storm NicholasNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Tropical Storm OdetteNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Tropical Storm PeterNorth Atlantic · 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.