Hurricane Paula (2010)
Hurricane Paula reached Category 2 in the North Atlantic between October 11, 2010 and October 15, 2010, with a lowest pressure of 981 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Paula, 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
- October 11, 2010 to October 15, 2010
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 981 mb (28.97 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 7.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 250 nmi (463 km, 288 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 105 kt (121 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- AL182010
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
NOAA Storm Events
0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)none recorded
What National Weather Service offices recorded county by county in 1 states and marine areas, in the United States only. Property and crop damage as each office estimated it, which is not a national loss total.
Landfalls
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 12:00 | Puerto Cabezas, North Caribbean Coast, Nicaragua, 109 km away | 15.0N 83.2W | 45 kt (52 mph) | 1004 mb |
| Oct 14, 15:00 | Minas de Matahambre, Pinar del Rio, Cuba, 13 km away | 22.7N 83.9W | 55 kt (63 mph) | 1000 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.
In the United States
NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled March 2026.
- Deaths
- 0 (0 direct, 0 indirect)
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- none recorded
- Crop damage
- none recorded
- Events recorded
- 1 in 1 reports from 1 states and marine areas
State by state
| State or marine area | Deaths | Injuries | Damage | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gulf of Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 |
What was recorded
1 waterspout.
Tornadoes and waterspouts
1 waterspout recorded in the United States.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 00:00 | 13.9N 81.8W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 11, 06:00 | 14.4N 82.5W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 11, 12:00 landfall | 15.0N 83.2W | 45 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 11, 18:00 | 15.7N 83.8W | 60 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 12, 00:00 | 16.5N 84.4W | 65 kt | 996 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 12, 06:00 | 17.3N 85.0W | 65 kt | 991 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 12, 12:00 | 18.1N 85.6W | 75 kt | 986 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 12, 18:00 | 18.8N 85.9W | 90 kt | 981 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 13, 00:00 | 19.6N 86.0W | 90 kt | 981 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 13, 06:00 | 20.3N 86.0W | 85 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 13, 12:00 | 20.9N 85.9W | 85 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 13, 18:00 | 21.4N 85.8W | 75 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 14, 00:00 | 21.8N 85.6W | 75 kt | 993 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 14, 06:00 | 22.2N 85.2W | 70 kt | 995 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 14, 12:00 | 22.6N 84.5W | 60 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 15:00 landfall | 22.7N 83.9W | 55 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 18:00 | 22.8N 83.5W | 50 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 15, 00:00 | 22.9N 82.0W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 15, 06:00 | 22.9N 80.9W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 15, 12:00 | 22.9N 79.9W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Oct 15, 18:00 | 23.0N 79.1W | 20 kt | 1009 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 JuliaNorth Atlantic · 2010
- 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 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.