The 2004 season

Hurricane Danielle (2004)

Hurricane Danielle reached Category 2 in the North Atlantic between August 13, 2004 and August 24, 2004, with a lowest pressure of 964 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Danielle, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2004 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
August 13, 2004 to August 24, 2004
Peak strength
Category 2, 95 kt (109 mph)
Lowest pressure
964 mb (28.47 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 537 km (334 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
12.1
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi) from the center at its widest
Overall size
150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
110 kt (127 mph)
Fastest the center moved
17 kt (20 mph)
Identifier
AL042004

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 13, 12:0012.3N 21.8W30 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Aug 13, 18:0012.4N 23.0W30 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Aug 14, 00:0012.6N 24.2W35 kt1009 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 06:0012.9N 25.5W40 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 12:0013.2N 26.8W45 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 18:0013.5N 28.1W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 00:0013.8N 29.3W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Aug 15, 06:0014.1N 30.8W75 kt981 mbHurricane
Aug 15, 12:0014.7N 32.1W80 kt978 mbHurricane
Aug 15, 18:0015.2N 33.5W85 kt975 mbHurricane
Aug 16, 00:0016.0N 34.8W90 kt970 mbHurricane
Aug 16, 06:0016.8N 36.0W90 kt970 mbHurricane
Aug 16, 12:0017.7N 37.2W90 kt970 mbHurricane
Aug 16, 18:0019.0N 38.2W95 kt964 mbHurricane
Aug 17, 00:0020.3N 38.9W95 kt965 mbHurricane
Aug 17, 06:0021.7N 39.6W90 kt970 mbHurricane
Aug 17, 12:0023.3N 40.0W90 kt970 mbHurricane
Aug 17, 18:0024.6N 40.3W85 kt974 mbHurricane
Aug 18, 00:0025.9N 40.6W75 kt981 mbHurricane
Aug 18, 06:0027.3N 40.3W65 kt985 mbHurricane
Aug 18, 12:0028.1N 39.8W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 18:0028.9N 38.9W45 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 00:0029.3N 37.8W40 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 06:0029.7N 37.7W40 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 12:0029.9N 37.7W35 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 18:0029.9N 37.2W35 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 00:0029.8N 36.8W35 kt1009 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 06:0030.2N 37.0W35 kt1010 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 12:0030.5N 37.2W35 kt1011 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 18:0030.9N 37.6W30 kt1012 mbTropical depression
Aug 21, 00:0030.9N 38.0W30 kt1012 mbTropical depression
Aug 21, 06:0030.6N 38.6W30 kt1013 mbTropical depression
Aug 21, 12:0030.7N 38.9W25 kt1014 mbTropical depression
Aug 21, 18:0030.5N 39.2W25 kt1014 mbLow
Aug 22, 00:0030.3N 39.8W25 kt1015 mbLow
Aug 22, 06:0030.2N 40.3W25 kt1015 mbLow
Aug 22, 12:0030.3N 40.8W25 kt1015 mbLow
Aug 22, 18:0030.4N 41.2W25 kt1016 mbLow
Aug 23, 00:0030.8N 42.0W25 kt1016 mbLow
Aug 23, 06:0031.7N 42.5W25 kt1017 mbLow
Aug 23, 12:0032.3N 43.3W25 kt1017 mbLow
Aug 23, 18:0033.1N 43.8W25 kt1017 mbLow
Aug 24, 00:0033.9N 44.2W20 kt1018 mbLow
Aug 24, 06:0034.7N 44.6W20 kt1018 mbLow
Aug 24, 12:0035.5N 45.0W20 kt1019 mbLow
Aug 24, 18:0036.4N 45.2W20 kt1019 mbLow

Other North Atlantic storms of 2004

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.