Hurricane Nate (2011)
Hurricane Nate reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between September 6, 2011 and September 12, 2011, with a lowest pressure of 994 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Nate, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2011 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 6, 2011 to September 12, 2011
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 994 mb (29.35 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.3
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 120 nmi (222 km, 138 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
- 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
- Overall size
- 200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 10 kt (12 mph)
- Identifier
- AL152011
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 16:00 | Papantla de Olarte, Veracruz, Mexico, 34 km away | 20.5N 97.0W | 40 kt (46 mph) | 1006 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 18:00 | 20.3N 93.9W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Sep 7, 00:00 | 20.3N 93.7W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Sep 7, 06:00 | 20.3N 93.3W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Sep 7, 12:00 | 20.3N 92.9W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Sep 7, 18:00 | 20.3N 92.6W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 8, 00:00 | 20.2N 92.5W | 45 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 8, 06:00 | 20.1N 92.4W | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 8, 12:00 | 19.9N 92.3W | 55 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 8, 18:00 | 19.7N 92.3W | 65 kt | 995 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 9, 00:00 | 19.7N 92.1W | 65 kt | 994 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 9, 06:00 | 19.9N 92.2W | 55 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 9, 12:00 | 20.0N 92.4W | 50 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 9, 18:00 | 20.0N 92.7W | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 10, 00:00 | 20.0N 93.0W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 10, 06:00 | 20.0N 93.4W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 10, 12:00 | 20.1N 93.8W | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 10, 18:00 | 20.1N 94.2W | 55 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 11, 00:00 | 20.1N 94.7W | 55 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 11, 06:00 | 20.0N 95.4W | 50 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 11, 12:00 | 20.3N 96.4W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 11, 16:00 landfall | 20.5N 97.0W | 40 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 11, 18:00 | 20.5N 97.2W | 35 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 12, 00:00 | 20.5N 97.8W | 25 kt | 1012 mb | Low |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2011
- Tropical Storm ArleneNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm BretNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm CindyNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm DonNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm EmilyNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm FranklinNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm GertNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm HarveyNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Hurricane IreneNorth Atlantic · 2011 · 56 deaths
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm JoseNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Hurricane KatiaNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm LeeNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Hurricane MariaNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Hurricane OpheliaNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Hurricane PhilippeNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Hurricane RinaNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm SeanNorth Atlantic · 2011
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.