Tropical Storm Odette (2003)
Tropical Storm Odette peaked at 55 kt in the North Atlantic between December 4, 2003 and December 9, 2003, with a lowest pressure of 993 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Tropical Storm Odette. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- December 4, 2003 to December 9, 2003
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 993 mb (29.32 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.8
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 33 kt (38 mph)
- Identifier
- AL202003
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
NOAA Storm Events
0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)none recorded
What National Weather Service offices recorded county by county in 1 states and marine areas, in the United States only. Property and crop damage as each office estimated it, which is not a national loss total.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 23:00 | Grand Gosier, Sud-Est, Haiti, 62 km away | 17.8N 71.5W | 50 kt (58 mph) | 995 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.
In the United States
NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled March 2026.
- Deaths
- 0 (0 direct, 0 indirect)
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- none recorded
- Crop damage
- none recorded
- Events recorded
- 1 in 1 reports from 1 states and marine areas
State by state
| State or marine area | Deaths | Injuries | Damage | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 1 |
What was recorded
1 debris flow.
What forecast offices wrote
From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.
A landslide was reported along road PR 909 at Barrio Mariana in the municipality of Humacao, near the entrance of the municipal cemetery.
Northeast, Puerto Rico · Debris Flow · Dec 7, 00:00 UTC
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 4, 12:00 | 12.9N 76.2W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 4, 18:00 | 13.3N 75.7W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 5, 00:00 | 13.7N 75.2W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 5, 06:00 | 13.9N 74.8W | 50 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 5, 12:00 | 14.1N 74.4W | 50 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 5, 18:00 | 14.3N 73.8W | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 6, 00:00 | 15.0N 73.0W | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 6, 06:00 | 15.9N 72.5W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 6, 12:00 | 16.6N 72.2W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 6, 18:00 | 17.2N 72.0W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 6, 23:00 landfall | 17.8N 71.5W | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 7, 00:00 | 17.9N 71.4W | 45 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 7, 06:00 | 18.9N 70.6W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 7, 12:00 | 20.5N 69.5W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 7, 18:00 | 22.4N 68.1W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Extratropical |
| Dec 8, 00:00 | 23.5N 65.9W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Extratropical |
| Dec 8, 06:00 | 24.4N 63.7W | 45 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
| Dec 8, 12:00 | 25.4N 61.6W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Extratropical |
| Dec 8, 18:00 | 26.3N 59.5W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Extratropical |
| Dec 9, 00:00 | 27.4N 57.1W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Extratropical |
| Dec 9, 06:00 | 28.9N 54.2W | 40 kt | 1006 mb | Extratropical |
| Dec 9, 12:00 | 30.4N 51.1W | 40 kt | 1006 mb | Extratropical |
| Dec 9, 18:00 | 31.9N 47.7W | 40 kt | 1006 mb | Extratropical |
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 JuanNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Hurricane KateNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Tropical Storm LarryNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Tropical Storm MindyNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Tropical Storm NicholasNorth 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.