Tropical Storm Don (2017)
Tropical Storm Don peaked at 45 kt in the North Atlantic between July 17, 2017 and July 18, 2017, with a lowest pressure of 1005 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Don, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2017 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
- July 17, 2017 to July 18, 2017
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1005 mb (29.68 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 433 km (269 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.8
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 140 nmi (259 km, 161 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 17 kt (20 mph)
- Identifier
- AL052017
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 00:00 | 10.3N 47.7W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Low |
| Jul 17, 06:00 | 10.4N 49.1W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 17, 12:00 | 10.7N 50.6W | 35 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 17, 18:00 | 11.0N 52.2W | 40 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 18, 00:00 | 11.2N 53.8W | 45 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 18, 06:00 | 11.3N 55.4W | 40 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 18, 12:00 | 11.4N 57.1W | 35 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical storm |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2017
- Tropical Storm ArleneNorth Atlantic · 2017
- Tropical Storm BretNorth Atlantic · 2017
- Tropical Storm CindyNorth Atlantic · 2017
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2017
- Tropical Storm EmilyNorth Atlantic · 2017
- Hurricane FranklinNorth Atlantic · 2017
- Hurricane GertNorth Atlantic · 2017
- Hurricane HarveyNorth Atlantic · 2017 · 107 deaths · $150 billion
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 2017
- Hurricane IrmaNorth Atlantic · 2017 · 133 deaths · $77 billion
- Hurricane JoseNorth Atlantic · 2017
- Hurricane KatiaNorth Atlantic · 2017
- Hurricane LeeNorth Atlantic · 2017
- Hurricane MariaNorth Atlantic · 2017 · 4,645 deaths · $92 billion
- Hurricane NateNorth Atlantic · 2017
- Hurricane OpheliaNorth Atlantic · 2017
- Tropical Storm PhilippeNorth Atlantic · 2017
- Tropical Storm RinaNorth Atlantic · 2017
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.