Tropical Storm Ida (2015)
Tropical Storm Ida peaked at 45 kt in the North Atlantic between September 15, 2015 and September 28, 2015, with a lowest pressure of 1001 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Ida, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2015 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 15, 2015 to September 28, 2015
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1001 mb (29.56 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 875 km (544 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.1
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 40 nmi (74 km, 46 mi)
- Overall size
- 250 nmi (463 km, 288 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 15 kt (17 mph)
- Identifier
- AL102015
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 9.4N 24.2W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 9.7N 25.5W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 10.1N 26.6W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 10.4N 27.6W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 10.7N 28.6W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 11.0N 29.6W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 11.3N 30.7W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 11.6N 31.8W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 12.0N 32.9W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 12.3N 33.9W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 12.6N 34.9W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 12.9N 35.7W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 13.2N 36.4W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 13.4N 37.0W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 13.7N 37.6W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 14.1N 38.4W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 14.6N 39.4W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 15.1N 40.6W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 15.6N 41.9W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 16.2N 43.1W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 16.9N 44.4W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 17.8N 45.6W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 18.8N 46.5W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 19.7N 47.3W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 20.5N 48.1W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 18:00 | 20.9N 48.7W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 00:00 | 21.3N 48.9W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 06:00 | 21.4N 48.5W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 12:00 | 21.4N 47.9W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 18:00 | 21.1N 47.4W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 00:00 | 20.9N 47.2W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 06:00 | 20.6N 47.2W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 12:00 | 20.3N 47.2W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 19.9N 46.9W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 19.7N 46.4W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 06:00 | 19.7N 45.7W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 20.0N 45.2W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 20.5N 45.0W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 21.0N 45.0W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 21.4N 45.0W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 21.8N 45.1W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 22.2N 45.2W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 22.6N 45.5W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 23.1N 45.8W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 26, 12:00 | 23.6N 46.2W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 24.0N 46.7W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 24.3N 47.2W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 24.5N 47.7W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 27, 12:00 | 24.6N 48.1W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Sep 27, 18:00 | 24.5N 48.7W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 24.1N 49.3W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2015
- Tropical Storm AnaNorth Atlantic · 2015
- Tropical Storm BillNorth Atlantic · 2015
- Tropical Storm ClaudetteNorth Atlantic · 2015
- Hurricane DannyNorth Atlantic · 2015
- Tropical Storm ErikaNorth Atlantic · 2015 · 25 deaths
- Hurricane FredNorth Atlantic · 2015
- Tropical Storm GraceNorth Atlantic · 2015
- Tropical Storm HenriNorth Atlantic · 2015
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2015
- Hurricane JoaquinNorth Atlantic · 2015 · 34 deaths · $200 million
- Hurricane KateNorth Atlantic · 2015
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.