Hurricane Gordon (2012)
Hurricane Gordon reached Category 2 in the North Atlantic between August 15, 2012 and August 21, 2012, with a lowest pressure of 965 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Hurricane Gordon. 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
- August 15, 2012 to August 21, 2012
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 95 kt (109 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 965 mb (28.50 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 8.6
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 110 nmi (204 km, 127 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
- 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
- Overall size
- 175 nmi (324 km, 201 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 115 kt (132 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 21 kt (24 mph)
- Identifier
- AL082012
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 05:30 | Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal, 97 km away | 37.0N 25.1W | 65 kt (75 mph) | 984 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 12:00 | 27.6N 54.6W | 30 kt | 1013 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 15, 18:00 | 29.1N 55.1W | 30 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 16, 00:00 | 30.5N 55.4W | 35 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 06:00 | 31.7N 55.2W | 40 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 12:00 | 32.9N 54.4W | 45 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 18:00 | 33.9N 53.0W | 55 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 00:00 | 34.3N 51.1W | 60 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 06:00 | 34.6N 49.1W | 55 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 12:00 | 34.4N 47.0W | 55 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 18:00 | 34.3N 45.0W | 55 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 18, 00:00 | 34.2N 43.1W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 18, 06:00 | 34.0N 41.5W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 18, 12:00 | 34.0N 39.6W | 75 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 18, 18:00 | 34.0N 37.5W | 90 kt | 969 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 19, 00:00 | 34.3N 35.0W | 95 kt | 965 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 19, 06:00 | 34.7N 32.6W | 90 kt | 969 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 19, 12:00 | 35.2N 30.6W | 90 kt | 969 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 19, 18:00 | 35.7N 28.5W | 80 kt | 977 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 20, 00:00 | 36.4N 26.6W | 70 kt | 981 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 20, 05:30 landfall | 37.0N 25.1W | 65 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 20, 06:00 | 37.1N 25.0W | 65 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 20, 12:00 | 37.9N 23.2W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 18:00 | 38.9N 21.1W | 45 kt | 996 mb | Low |
| Aug 21, 00:00 | 39.8N 19.3W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Low |
| Aug 21, 06:00 | 40.0N 17.7W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Low |
| Aug 21, 12:00 | 39.8N 16.6W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Low |
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- Hurricane LeslieNorth Atlantic · 2012
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- 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.