Hurricane Fay (2014)
Hurricane Fay reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between October 10, 2014 and October 13, 2014, with a lowest pressure of 983 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Fay, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2014 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 10, 2014 to October 13, 2014
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 983 mb (29.03 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.9
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 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
- 50 nmi (93 km, 58 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
- 25 kt (29 mph)
- Identifier
- AL072014
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 08:10 | Coast unnamed here | 32.3N 64.7W | 70 kt (81 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 00:00 | 22.0N 61.2W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Oct 10, 06:00 | 22.7N 62.4W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Oct 10, 12:00 | 23.5N 63.3W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Oct 10, 18:00 | 24.3N 64.0W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Oct 11, 00:00 | 25.1N 64.5W | 50 kt | 999 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Oct 11, 06:00 | 26.0N 65.0W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 11, 12:00 | 27.2N 65.3W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 11, 18:00 | 28.7N 65.4W | 60 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 12, 00:00 | 30.2N 65.2W | 60 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 12, 06:00 | 31.7N 64.9W | 65 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 12, 08:10 landfall | 32.3N 64.7W | 70 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 12, 12:00 | 33.1N 63.9W | 70 kt | 983 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 12, 18:00 | 33.6N 61.9W | 60 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 00:00 | 33.9N 59.0W | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2014
- Hurricane ArthurNorth Atlantic · 2014
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2014
- Hurricane BerthaNorth Atlantic · 2014 · 4 deaths
- Hurricane CristobalNorth Atlantic · 2014
- Tropical Storm DollyNorth Atlantic · 2014
- Hurricane EdouardNorth Atlantic · 2014
- Hurricane GonzaloNorth Atlantic · 2014
- Tropical Storm HannaNorth Atlantic · 2014
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.