Hurricane Franklin (2017)
Hurricane Franklin reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between August 6, 2017 and August 10, 2017, with a lowest pressure of 981 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Franklin, 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
- August 6, 2017 to August 10, 2017
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 981 mb (28.97 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.7
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 160 nmi (296 km, 184 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
- Overall size
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 90 kt (104 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 16 kt (18 mph)
- Identifier
- AL072017
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Landfalls
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 03:45 | Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo, Mexico, 71 km away | 19.1N 87.6W | 50 kt (58 mph) | 995 mb |
| Aug 10, 05:00 | Misantla, Veracruz, Mexico, 27 km away | 20.0N 96.6W | 70 kt (81 mph) | 990 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 18:00 | 15.5N 81.5W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Aug 7, 00:00 | 16.1N 82.7W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 7, 06:00 | 16.7N 83.6W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 7, 12:00 | 17.4N 84.4W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 7, 18:00 | 18.1N 85.3W | 50 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 8, 00:00 | 18.8N 86.6W | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 8, 03:45 landfall | 19.1N 87.6W | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 8, 06:00 | 19.2N 87.9W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 8, 12:00 | 19.6N 88.9W | 40 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 8, 18:00 | 19.9N 89.8W | 35 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 00:00 | 20.2N 90.9W | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 06:00 | 20.4N 92.2W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 12:00 | 20.2N 93.3W | 60 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 18:00 | 20.2N 94.4W | 65 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 10, 00:00 | 20.3N 95.5W | 75 kt | 981 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 10, 05:00 landfall | 20.0N 96.6W | 70 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 10, 06:00 | 20.0N 96.8W | 60 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 10, 12:00 | 19.8N 98.3W | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
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 DonNorth Atlantic · 2017
- Tropical Storm EmilyNorth 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.