Hurricane Chris (2012)
Hurricane Chris reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between June 17, 2012 and June 24, 2012, with a lowest pressure of 974 mb.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Hurricane Chris. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- June 17, 2012 to June 24, 2012
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 974 mb (28.76 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 496 km (308 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.6
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 80 nmi (148 km, 92 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
- 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
- 80 kt (92 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 22 kt (25 mph)
- Identifier
- AL032012
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 00:00 | 28.8N 68.8W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Jun 17, 06:00 | 29.3N 66.9W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Jun 17, 12:00 | 30.4N 65.4W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Jun 17, 18:00 | 31.8N 64.2W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Low |
| Jun 18, 00:00 | 33.4N 63.5W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Low |
| Jun 18, 06:00 | 35.1N 62.8W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Low |
| Jun 18, 12:00 | 36.7N 62.0W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Low |
| Jun 18, 18:00 | 38.0N 61.3W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Jun 19, 00:00 | 38.6N 60.4W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Jun 19, 06:00 | 39.1N 59.6W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Jun 19, 12:00 | 39.4N 58.7W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 19, 18:00 | 39.5N 58.0W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 20, 00:00 | 38.9N 56.7W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 20, 06:00 | 38.3N 54.7W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 20, 12:00 | 38.1N 52.5W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 20, 18:00 | 38.2N 50.2W | 50 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 21, 00:00 | 38.6N 47.5W | 60 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 21, 06:00 | 39.5N 45.5W | 70 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 21, 12:00 | 40.5N 43.9W | 75 kt | 974 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 21, 18:00 | 41.9N 42.9W | 70 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 22, 00:00 | 43.3N 42.8W | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 22, 06:00 | 44.5N 43.9W | 50 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 22, 12:00 | 44.8N 45.8W | 45 kt | 985 mb | Extratropical |
| Jun 22, 18:00 | 44.2N 47.8W | 40 kt | 988 mb | Extratropical |
| Jun 23, 00:00 | 42.6N 48.4W | 35 kt | 989 mb | Extratropical |
| Jun 23, 06:00 | 40.9N 47.4W | 35 kt | 989 mb | Extratropical |
| Jun 23, 12:00 | 40.0N 45.0W | 35 kt | 990 mb | Extratropical |
| Jun 23, 18:00 | 40.5N 42.5W | 30 kt | 991 mb | Extratropical |
| Jun 24, 00:00 | 41.4N 40.2W | 30 kt | 991 mb | Extratropical |
| Jun 24, 06:00 | 42.9N 38.5W | 25 kt | 993 mb | Extratropical |
| Jun 24, 12:00 | 43.7N 38.2W | 20 kt | 995 mb | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2012
- Tropical Storm AlbertoNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Tropical Storm BerylNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Tropical Storm DebbyNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane ErnestoNorth Atlantic · 2012 · 12 deaths
- Tropical Storm FlorenceNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Tropical Storm HeleneNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane GordonNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane IsaacNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Tropical Storm JoyceNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane LeslieNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane KirkNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane MichaelNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane NadineNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Tropical Storm OscarNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Tropical Storm PattyNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane RafaelNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane SandyNorth Atlantic · 2012 · 254 deaths · $69 billion
- Tropical Storm TonyNorth Atlantic · 2012
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.