Hurricane Kirk (2012)
Hurricane Kirk reached Category 2 in the North Atlantic between August 28, 2012 and September 3, 2012, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Kirk, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2012 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
- August 28, 2012 to September 3, 2012
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 970 mb (28.64 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1077 km (669 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 7.7
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 110 kt (127 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 43 kt (49 mph)
- Identifier
- AL112012
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 18:00 | 23.9N 43.4W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 29, 00:00 | 24.0N 44.5W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 29, 06:00 | 24.3N 45.5W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 29, 12:00 | 24.6N 46.3W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 29, 18:00 | 25.1N 47.1W | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 30, 00:00 | 25.6N 47.9W | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 30, 06:00 | 26.1N 48.6W | 55 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 30, 12:00 | 26.8N 49.3W | 65 kt | 989 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 30, 18:00 | 27.6N 50.1W | 75 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 31, 00:00 | 28.5N 50.5W | 80 kt | 981 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 31, 06:00 | 29.6N 50.7W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 31, 12:00 | 30.6N 50.9W | 90 kt | 972 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 31, 18:00 | 31.7N 50.6W | 80 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 1, 00:00 | 33.1N 50.0W | 70 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 1, 06:00 | 34.6N 48.9W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 1, 12:00 | 36.5N 47.3W | 60 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 1, 18:00 | 38.4N 45.4W | 55 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 00:00 | 40.3N 43.0W | 55 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 06:00 | 42.4N 40.6W | 50 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 12:00 | 45.0N 38.1W | 50 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 18:00 | 48.1N 34.6W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 3, 00:00 | 51.7N 30.9W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2012
- Tropical Storm AlbertoNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Tropical Storm BerylNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane ChrisNorth 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 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.