Hurricane Isaac (2006)
Hurricane Isaac reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between September 27, 2006 and October 3, 2006, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Isaac, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- September 27, 2006 to October 3, 2006
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 985 mb (29.09 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 54 km (34 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 6.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 225 nmi (417 km, 259 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 35 nmi (65 km, 40 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 250 nmi (463 km, 288 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 90 kt (104 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Identifier
- AL102006
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 27, 18:00 | 26.1N 52.6W | 30 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 26.8N 53.4W | 30 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 28, 06:00 | 27.4N 54.0W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 12:00 | 28.0N 54.4W | 40 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 18:00 | 28.6N 54.6W | 40 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 28.9N 54.9W | 40 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 06:00 | 29.0N 55.4W | 40 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 29.2N 55.8W | 45 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 18:00 | 29.5N 56.5W | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 00:00 | 29.8N 57.1W | 60 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 06:00 | 30.1N 57.7W | 60 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 12:00 | 30.6N 58.5W | 65 kt | 992 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 30, 18:00 | 31.3N 59.2W | 70 kt | 989 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 1, 00:00 | 32.0N 59.8W | 75 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 1, 06:00 | 32.8N 60.2W | 75 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 1, 12:00 | 33.8N 60.3W | 70 kt | 986 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 1, 18:00 | 35.2N 60.3W | 70 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 2, 00:00 | 37.2N 59.6W | 65 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 2, 06:00 | 39.8N 58.0W | 65 kt | 989 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 2, 12:00 | 42.5N 56.2W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 2, 18:00 | 45.5N 53.7W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 3, 00:00 | 47.6N 51.0W | 55 kt | 996 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 3, 06:00 | 48.6N 49.0W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 3, 12:00 | 49.5N 47.0W | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2006
- Tropical Storm AlbertoNorth Atlantic · 2006
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 2006
- Tropical Storm BerylNorth Atlantic · 2006
- Tropical Storm ChrisNorth Atlantic · 2006
- Tropical Storm DebbyNorth Atlantic · 2006
- Hurricane ErnestoNorth Atlantic · 2006
- Hurricane FlorenceNorth Atlantic · 2006
- Hurricane GordonNorth Atlantic · 2006 · $3.8 million
- Hurricane HeleneNorth Atlantic · 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.