Hurricane Kate (2015)
Hurricane Kate reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between November 8, 2015 and November 13, 2015, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Kate, 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
- November 8, 2015 to November 13, 2015
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 980 mb (28.94 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 178 km (111 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.7
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 710 nmi (1315 km, 817 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 40 nmi (74 km, 46 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
- Overall size
- 170 nmi (315 km, 196 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 80 kt (92 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 43 kt (49 mph)
- Identifier
- AL122015
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 18:00 | 22.2N 71.5W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 9, 00:00 | 22.8N 72.6W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 9, 06:00 | 23.4N 73.7W | 35 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 9, 12:00 | 24.1N 74.8W | 40 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 9, 18:00 | 25.0N 75.7W | 45 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 10, 00:00 | 26.4N 76.2W | 50 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 10, 06:00 | 28.0N 76.2W | 55 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 10, 12:00 | 29.5N 75.4W | 60 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 10, 18:00 | 31.2N 74.0W | 60 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 11, 00:00 | 33.1N 71.3W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 11, 06:00 | 35.2N 67.6W | 70 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 11, 12:00 | 36.2N 62.5W | 75 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 11, 18:00 | 37.6N 58.2W | 65 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 12, 00:00 | 38.9N 55.0W | 65 kt | 980 mb | Extratropical |
| Nov 12, 06:00 | 40.0N 52.0W | 65 kt | 980 mb | Extratropical |
| Nov 12, 12:00 | 41.3N 50.4W | 55 kt | 981 mb | Extratropical |
| Nov 12, 18:00 | 41.9N 49.9W | 55 kt | 983 mb | Extratropical |
| Nov 13, 00:00 | 41.5N 49.2W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Extratropical |
| Nov 13, 06:00 | 40.8N 47.5W | 45 kt | 985 mb | Extratropical |
| Nov 13, 12:00 | 40.7N 45.4W | 45 kt | 987 mb | Extratropical |
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
- Tropical Storm IdaNorth Atlantic · 2015
- Hurricane JoaquinNorth Atlantic · 2015 · 34 deaths · $200 million
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.