Tropical Storm Ian (2016)
Tropical Storm Ian peaked at 55 kt in the North Atlantic between September 12, 2016 and September 17, 2016, with a lowest pressure of 984 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Ian, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2016 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 12, 2016 to September 17, 2016
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 984 mb (29.06 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 787 km (489 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 210 nmi (389 km, 242 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 80 nmi (148 km, 92 mi)
- Overall size
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Identifier
- AL102016
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 12, 00:00 | 20.0N 48.5W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Sep 12, 06:00 | 20.5N 49.3W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 12, 12:00 | 21.2N 50.2W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 12, 18:00 | 22.2N 50.6W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 00:00 | 23.0N 51.2W | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 06:00 | 23.9N 51.7W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 12:00 | 24.8N 52.1W | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 26.0N 52.4W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 27.3N 52.6W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 28.9N 53.0W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 30.5N 53.5W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 32.1N 53.8W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 33.5N 53.5W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 34.9N 53.0W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 36.3N 51.5W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 38.3N 49.2W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 41.2N 46.8W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 44.0N 42.8W | 50 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 46.8N 38.6W | 55 kt | 990 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 50.4N 34.4W | 55 kt | 985 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 55.1N 30.3W | 55 kt | 984 mb | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2016
- Hurricane AlexNorth Atlantic · 2016
- Tropical Storm BonnieNorth Atlantic · 2016
- Tropical Storm ColinNorth Atlantic · 2016
- Tropical Storm DanielleNorth Atlantic · 2016
- Hurricane EarlNorth Atlantic · 2016 · 65 deaths
- Tropical Storm FionaNorth Atlantic · 2016
- Hurricane GastonNorth Atlantic · 2016
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2016
- Hurricane HermineNorth Atlantic · 2016
- Tropical Storm KarlNorth Atlantic · 2016
- Tropical Storm JuliaNorth Atlantic · 2016
- Tropical Storm LisaNorth Atlantic · 2016
- Hurricane MatthewNorth Atlantic · 2016 · 603 deaths · $15 billion
- Hurricane NicoleNorth Atlantic · 2016
- Hurricane OttoNorth Atlantic · 2016 · 23 deaths · $192 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.