Hurricane Julia (2010)
Hurricane Julia reached Category 4 in the North Atlantic between September 12, 2010 and September 24, 2010, with a lowest pressure of 948 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Julia, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2010 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 12, 2010 to September 24, 2010
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 948 mb (27.99 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 381 km (237 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 15.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 210 nmi (389 km, 242 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 250 nmi (463 km, 288 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 140 kt (161 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 23 kt (26 mph)
- Identifier
- AL122010
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, 06:00 | 12.9N 20.5W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 12, 12:00 | 13.0N 21.3W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 12, 18:00 | 13.1N 22.1W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 00:00 | 13.5N 23.1W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 06:00 | 14.0N 24.2W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 12:00 | 14.5N 25.4W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 15.0N 26.5W | 45 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 15.3N 27.5W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 15.6N 28.4W | 60 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 15.9N 29.2W | 70 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 16.1N 29.9W | 80 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 16.4N 30.6W | 90 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 16.9N 31.4W | 110 kt | 956 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 17.7N 32.2W | 120 kt | 948 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 18.8N 33.0W | 115 kt | 951 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 19.9N 34.1W | 105 kt | 958 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 20.9N 35.8W | 100 kt | 962 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 21.8N 37.7W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 22.7N 40.0W | 80 kt | 977 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 23.1N 42.0W | 75 kt | 981 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 23.5N 44.0W | 75 kt | 981 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 23.9N 45.8W | 70 kt | 983 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 24.6N 47.4W | 65 kt | 986 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 25.6N 48.7W | 60 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 26.9N 49.8W | 55 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 28.3N 50.7W | 50 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 29.8N 51.4W | 50 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 31.4N 51.8W | 55 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 32.8N 52.0W | 50 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 33.9N 51.4W | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 34.6N 50.2W | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 34.9N 49.2W | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 34.9N 48.0W | 40 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 34.7N 46.9W | 40 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 34.6N 46.0W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Low |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 34.4N 45.1W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Low |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 34.4N 44.1W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Low |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 34.5N 43.0W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Sep 21, 18:00 | 34.5N 41.9W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Sep 22, 00:00 | 34.3N 40.9W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Sep 22, 06:00 | 33.9N 39.9W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Sep 22, 12:00 | 33.6N 38.8W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Sep 22, 18:00 | 33.2N 38.0W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Sep 23, 00:00 | 33.0N 37.8W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Sep 23, 06:00 | 32.7N 37.7W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Sep 23, 12:00 | 32.4N 37.8W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 32.0N 38.6W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 31.5N 40.0W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Sep 24, 06:00 | 31.2N 41.6W | 30 kt | 1011 mb | Low |
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 30.9N 43.1W | 30 kt | 1011 mb | Low |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 30.6N 44.3W | 30 kt | 1012 mb | Low |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2010
- Hurricane AlexNorth Atlantic · 2010
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2010
- Tropical Storm BonnieNorth Atlantic · 2010 · 1 death
- Tropical Storm ColinNorth Atlantic · 2010
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2010
- Hurricane DanielleNorth Atlantic · 2010
- Hurricane EarlNorth Atlantic · 2010 · 8 deaths
- Tropical Storm FionaNorth Atlantic · 2010
- Tropical Storm GastonNorth Atlantic · 2010
- Hurricane IgorNorth Atlantic · 2010 · 4 deaths
- Hurricane KarlNorth Atlantic · 2010
- Hurricane LisaNorth Atlantic · 2010
- Tropical Storm MatthewNorth Atlantic · 2010 · 126 deaths
- Tropical Storm NicoleNorth Atlantic · 2010
- Hurricane OttoNorth Atlantic · 2010
- Hurricane PaulaNorth Atlantic · 2010
- Hurricane RichardNorth Atlantic · 2010
- Hurricane SharyNorth Atlantic · 2010
- Hurricane TomasNorth Atlantic · 2010
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.