Hurricane Paloma (2008)
Hurricane Paloma reached Category 4 in the North Atlantic between November 5, 2008 and November 14, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 944 mb, and made landfall. It killed 19 people, as Wikidata records it.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Paloma, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2008 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
- November 5, 2008 to November 14, 2008
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 944 mb (27.88 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 9.2
- 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
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 210 nmi (389 km, 242 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 145 kt (167 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 22 kt (25 mph)
- Identifier
- AL172008
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
Wikidata
19 deathsno damage figure
A community-maintained total, usually direct and indirect deaths together and damage worldwide. Joined to this storm by its IBTrACS serial, not by name.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 01:00 | Santa Cruz del Sur, Camaguey, Cuba, 2 km away | 20.7N 78.0W | 85 kt (98 mph) | 970 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 18:00 | 13.7N 81.7W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 6, 00:00 | 14.2N 82.0W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 6, 06:00 | 14.8N 82.1W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 6, 12:00 | 15.4N 82.0W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 6, 18:00 | 16.1N 81.9W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 7, 00:00 | 16.8N 81.8W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 7, 06:00 | 17.4N 81.7W | 65 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 7, 12:00 | 18.0N 81.6W | 75 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 7, 18:00 | 18.6N 81.4W | 80 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 8, 00:00 | 19.0N 81.0W | 100 kt | 964 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 8, 06:00 | 19.4N 80.4W | 110 kt | 951 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 8, 12:00 | 19.8N 79.6W | 125 kt | 944 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 8, 18:00 | 20.2N 78.8W | 125 kt | 951 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 9, 00:00 | 20.7N 78.0W | 90 kt | 968 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 9, 01:00 landfall | 20.7N 78.0W | 85 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 9, 06:00 | 21.0N 77.7W | 55 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 9, 12:00 | 21.3N 77.8W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 9, 18:00 | 21.6N 77.9W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 10, 00:00 | 21.8N 77.9W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Nov 10, 06:00 | 22.1N 77.8W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Nov 10, 12:00 | 22.4N 77.7W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Nov 10, 18:00 | 22.5N 77.6W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Nov 11, 00:00 | 22.4N 77.5W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Nov 11, 06:00 | 22.1N 77.6W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Nov 11, 12:00 | 21.8N 77.9W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Nov 11, 18:00 | 21.3N 78.3W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Nov 12, 00:00 | 20.9N 78.8W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Nov 12, 06:00 | 20.8N 79.7W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Nov 12, 12:00 | 21.0N 80.7W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Nov 12, 18:00 | 21.4N 81.7W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Nov 13, 00:00 | 22.1N 82.8W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Nov 13, 06:00 | 22.8N 83.8W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Nov 13, 12:00 | 23.8N 84.7W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Nov 13, 18:00 | 25.0N 85.5W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Nov 14, 00:00 | 26.8N 85.9W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Nov 14, 06:00 | 28.9N 85.6W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2008
- Tropical Storm ArthurNorth Atlantic · 2008
- Hurricane BerthaNorth Atlantic · 2008
- Tropical Storm CristobalNorth Atlantic · 2008
- Hurricane DollyNorth Atlantic · 2008
- Tropical Storm EdouardNorth Atlantic · 2008
- Tropical Storm FayNorth Atlantic · 2008
- Hurricane GustavNorth Atlantic · 2008
- Hurricane HannaNorth Atlantic · 2008
- Hurricane IkeNorth Atlantic · 2008 · 195 deaths · $38 billion
- Tropical Storm JosephineNorth Atlantic · 2008
- Hurricane KyleNorth Atlantic · 2008
- Hurricane LauraNorth Atlantic · 2008
- Tropical Storm MarcoNorth Atlantic · 2008
- Tropical Storm NanaNorth Atlantic · 2008
- Hurricane OmarNorth Atlantic · 2008
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2008
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.