Hurricane Helene (2006)

Hurricane Helene reached Category 3 in the North Atlantic between September 12, 2006 and September 27, 2006, with a lowest pressure of 955 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Helene, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2006 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: September 12, 2006 to September 27, 2006
Peak strength: Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
Lowest pressure: 955 mb (28.20 inHg)
Landfall: Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy: 24.3
Tropical-storm-force wind reached: 350 nmi (648 km, 403 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-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: 400 nmi (741 km, 460 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track: 135 kt (155 mph)
Fastest the center moved: 33 kt (38 mph)
Identifier: AL092006

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Sep 12, 12:00	11.9N 22.0W	25 kt	1007 mb	Tropical depression
Sep 12, 18:00	11.9N 23.2W	30 kt	1007 mb	Tropical depression
Sep 13, 00:00	11.9N 24.6W	30 kt	1007 mb	Tropical depression
Sep 13, 06:00	12.0N 26.1W	30 kt	1007 mb	Tropical depression
Sep 13, 12:00	12.2N 28.0W	30 kt	1007 mb	Tropical depression
Sep 13, 18:00	12.5N 30.0W	30 kt	1006 mb	Tropical depression
Sep 14, 00:00	12.9N 31.9W	35 kt	1005 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 14, 06:00	13.2N 33.8W	35 kt	1005 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 14, 12:00	13.6N 35.6W	40 kt	1003 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 14, 18:00	14.0N 37.0W	40 kt	1003 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 15, 00:00	14.4N 38.3W	40 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 15, 06:00	14.8N 39.6W	45 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 15, 12:00	15.5N 40.8W	50 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 15, 18:00	16.2N 42.1W	55 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 16, 00:00	17.0N 43.3W	60 kt	992 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 16, 06:00	17.7N 44.3W	60 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 16, 12:00	18.4N 45.3W	65 kt	987 mb	Hurricane
Sep 16, 18:00	18.9N 46.2W	65 kt	986 mb	Hurricane
Sep 17, 00:00	19.4N 47.1W	70 kt	983 mb	Hurricane
Sep 17, 06:00	19.9N 47.9W	75 kt	979 mb	Hurricane
Sep 17, 12:00	20.3N 48.4W	80 kt	976 mb	Hurricane
Sep 17, 18:00	20.8N 48.8W	90 kt	970 mb	Hurricane
Sep 18, 00:00	21.4N 49.1W	100 kt	962 mb	Hurricane
Sep 18, 06:00	22.0N 49.4W	105 kt	955 mb	Hurricane
Sep 18, 12:00	22.7N 49.7W	105 kt	958 mb	Hurricane
Sep 18, 18:00	23.6N 50.4W	95 kt	962 mb	Hurricane
Sep 19, 00:00	24.0N 51.0W	95 kt	962 mb	Hurricane
Sep 19, 06:00	24.3N 51.7W	95 kt	960 mb	Hurricane
Sep 19, 12:00	24.4N 52.5W	95 kt	958 mb	Hurricane
Sep 19, 18:00	24.4N 53.5W	90 kt	956 mb	Hurricane
Sep 20, 00:00	24.5N 54.4W	90 kt	958 mb	Hurricane
Sep 20, 06:00	24.9N 55.2W	90 kt	958 mb	Hurricane
Sep 20, 12:00	25.4N 56.0W	90 kt	959 mb	Hurricane
Sep 20, 18:00	25.9N 56.7W	80 kt	960 mb	Hurricane
Sep 21, 00:00	26.8N 57.0W	80 kt	962 mb	Hurricane
Sep 21, 06:00	27.8N 57.0W	75 kt	964 mb	Hurricane
Sep 21, 12:00	29.0N 57.0W	75 kt	968 mb	Hurricane
Sep 21, 18:00	30.2N 57.0W	75 kt	970 mb	Hurricane
Sep 22, 00:00	31.4N 56.6W	75 kt	970 mb	Hurricane
Sep 22, 06:00	32.5N 55.9W	70 kt	970 mb	Hurricane
Sep 22, 12:00	33.6N 55.1W	70 kt	970 mb	Hurricane
Sep 22, 18:00	34.9N 53.7W	70 kt	968 mb	Hurricane
Sep 23, 00:00	35.7N 51.7W	75 kt	964 mb	Hurricane
Sep 23, 06:00	36.4N 49.6W	80 kt	962 mb	Hurricane
Sep 23, 12:00	37.1N 47.5W	80 kt	962 mb	Hurricane
Sep 23, 18:00	37.7N 45.4W	75 kt	963 mb	Hurricane
Sep 24, 00:00	38.6N 43.2W	70 kt	964 mb	Hurricane
Sep 24, 06:00	39.5N 40.9W	65 kt	964 mb	Hurricane
Sep 24, 12:00	40.6N 38.2W	65 kt	964 mb	Hurricane
Sep 24, 18:00	42.0N 35.9W	65 kt	964 mb	Extratropical
Sep 25, 00:00	43.2N 34.7W	65 kt	964 mb	Extratropical
Sep 25, 06:00	44.1N 33.3W	65 kt	966 mb	Extratropical
Sep 25, 12:00	44.7N 31.7W	60 kt	968 mb	Extratropical
Sep 25, 18:00	44.9N 29.8W	55 kt	972 mb	Extratropical
Sep 26, 00:00	45.0N 27.6W	50 kt	977 mb	Extratropical
Sep 26, 06:00	45.5N 25.2W	50 kt	980 mb	Extratropical
Sep 26, 12:00	46.0N 22.7W	50 kt	984 mb	Extratropical
Sep 26, 18:00	47.2N 20.1W	45 kt	986 mb	Extratropical
Sep 27, 00:00	49.0N 17.0W	45 kt	988 mb	Extratropical
Sep 27, 06:00	51.3N 13.3W	45 kt	988 mb	Extratropical
Sep 27, 12:00	53.9N 10.1W	40 kt	988 mb	Extratropical
Sep 27, 18:00	56.3N 7.6W	40 kt	988 mb	Extratropical

Other North Atlantic storms of 2006

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.