Hurricane Felix (2007)
Hurricane Felix reached Category 5 in the North Atlantic between August 31, 2007 and September 6, 2007, with a lowest pressure of 929 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Felix, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2007 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
- August 31, 2007 to September 6, 2007
- Peak strength
- Category 5, 150 kt (173 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 929 mb (27.43 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 18.0
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 100 nmi (185 km, 115 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 40 nmi (74 km, 46 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 175 kt (201 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 20 kt (23 mph)
- Identifier
- AL062007
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Landfalls
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 08:45 | Coast unnamed here | 12.1N 61.7W | 45 kt (52 mph) | 1001 mb |
| Sep 4, 12:00 | Puerto Cabezas, North Caribbean Coast, Nicaragua, 36 km away | 14.3N 83.2W | 140 kt (161 mph) | 934 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 12:00 | 11.5N 56.6W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 31, 18:00 | 11.5N 58.0W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 1, 00:00 | 12.1N 59.4W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 1, 06:00 | 12.1N 61.1W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 1, 08:45 landfall | 12.1N 61.7W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 1, 12:00 | 12.2N 62.8W | 50 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 1, 18:00 | 12.4N 64.5W | 60 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 00:00 | 12.6N 66.1W | 65 kt | 992 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 2, 06:00 | 12.7N 67.8W | 85 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 2, 12:00 | 13.0N 69.4W | 90 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 2, 18:00 | 13.4N 71.1W | 115 kt | 962 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 3, 00:00 | 13.8N 73.0W | 150 kt | 935 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 3, 06:00 | 14.0N 75.0W | 150 kt | 930 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 3, 12:00 | 14.2N 76.9W | 140 kt | 937 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 3, 18:00 | 14.3N 78.7W | 115 kt | 951 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 4, 00:00 | 14.4N 80.4W | 115 kt | 950 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 4, 06:00 | 14.3N 81.9W | 135 kt | 939 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 4, 12:00 landfall | 14.3N 83.2W | 140 kt | 934 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 4, 18:00 | 14.3N 84.4W | 85 kt | 962 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 5, 00:00 | 14.6N 85.4W | 50 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 5, 06:00 | 15.0N 86.4W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 5, 12:00 | 15.5N 87.3W | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Sep 5, 18:00 | 16.1N 88.3W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Sep 6, 00:00 | 16.5N 89.5W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Sep 6, 06:00 | 16.7N 90.8W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Sep 6, 12:00 | 17.2N 92.4W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Sep 6, 18:00 | 17.7N 93.8W | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2007
- Hurricane AndreaNorth Atlantic · 2007
- Tropical Storm BarryNorth Atlantic · 2007
- Tropical Storm ChantalNorth Atlantic · 2007
- Hurricane DeanNorth Atlantic · 2007
- Tropical Storm ErinNorth Atlantic · 2007
- Tropical Storm GabrielleNorth Atlantic · 2007
- Tropical Storm IngridNorth Atlantic · 2007
- Hurricane HumbertoNorth Atlantic · 2007
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2007
- Tropical Storm JerryNorth Atlantic · 2007
- Hurricane KarenNorth Atlantic · 2007
- Hurricane LorenzoNorth Atlantic · 2007
- Tropical Storm MelissaNorth Atlantic · 2007
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 2007
- Hurricane NoelNorth Atlantic · 2007
- Tropical Storm OlgaNorth Atlantic · 2007
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.