Hurricane Igor (2010)

Basin

North Atlantic

Dates

September 8, 2010 to September 23, 2010

Peak strength

Category 4, 135 kt (155 mph)

Lowest pressure

924 mb (27.29 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

41.9

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

450 nmi (833 km, 518 mi) from the center at its widest

Hurricane-force wind reached

90 nmi (167 km, 104 mi) from the center at its widest

Eyewall radius at its peak

25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)

Overall size

410 nmi (759 km, 472 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Peak gust in the best track

165 kt (190 mph)

Fastest the center moved

40 kt (46 mph)

Identifier

AL112010

The sources count different things and are not added together.

Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.

NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled March 2026.

Deaths

2 (2 direct, 0 indirect)

Injuries

1

Property damage

none recorded

Crop damage

none recorded

Events recorded

20 in 5 reports from 4 states and marine areas

State by state

What was recorded

14 high surf, 4 rip current, 2 coastal flood.

From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.

An 18 year old female and a 19 year old male were overtaken by a large wave at la Poza del Obispo beach in Arecibo, when the couple was seated near the shore, and a large wave sucked them out to sea. The male was rescued but the female's body was never found.

North Central, Puerto Rico · High Surf · Sep 17, 18:00 UTC

The coastal road along La Pared sector of Luquillo near the Sandy Hills Condo was occasionally flooded by the breaking swells. Several body surfers had to be rescued since they could not paddle back to shore. Residents of Playa Fortuna also reported swells breaking into their neighborhood.

Northeast, Puerto Rico · Coastal Flood · Sep 17, 20:00 UTC

Damage to several shops at the Hibiscus and Palms resorts across northeastern sections of Saint Croix due to coastal flooding.

St. Croix, Virgin Islands · Coastal Flood · Sep 17, 21:00 UTC

Breaking surf reached 5 to 9 feet due to long period swells of 15 to 17 seconds associated with Hurricane Igor passing well offshore and parallel to the Florida east coast.

Volusia, Florida · High Surf · Sep 19, 06:00 UTC

Breaking surf reached 5 to 9 feet due to long period swells of 15 to 17 seconds associated with Hurricane Igor passing well offshore and parallel to the Florida east coast.

Brevard, Florida · High Surf · Sep 19, 06:00 UTC

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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.

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.

• Tropical cyclone report, National Hurricane Center
• Every advisory and discussion NHC issued while it was live
• Best track as KMZ, National Hurricane Center
• Wikipedia article: Hurricane Igor