Hurricane Jose (2017)

Basin

North Atlantic

Dates

September 4, 2017 to September 25, 2017

Peak strength

Category 4, 135 kt (155 mph)

Lowest pressure

938 mb (27.70 inHg)

Landfall

No; closest approach 230 km (143 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

43.3

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

210 nmi (389 km, 242 mi) from the center at its widest

Hurricane-force wind reached

50 nmi (93 km, 58 mi) from the center at its widest

Eyewall radius at its peak

15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)

Overall size

300 nmi (556 km, 345 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Peak gust in the best track

160 kt (184 mph)

Fastest the center moved

17 kt (20 mph)

Identifier

AL122017

Radar at KBOX as it neared land, Sep 23, 00:00 UTC

The sources count different things and are not added together.

NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled May 2026.

Deaths

1 (1 direct, 0 indirect)

Injuries

0

Property damage

$500,000

Crop damage

none recorded

Events recorded

7 in 4 reports from 3 states and marine areas

State by state

What was recorded

3 marine tropical storm, 2 high surf, 1 rip current, 1 flash flood.

The Weather Prediction Center attributes 921 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 6.48 inches (165 mm).

WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.

From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.

Saint Croix police department reported serious flooding occurring from Mid Island all the way to the west with up to three feet of water on roadways near the Home Depot store.

St. Croix, Virgin Islands · Flash Flood · Sep 15, 02:51 UTC

A 42 year old female was swimming off Asbury Park, New Jersey, near the Deal Lake intersection drive with the beach around 3PM Wednesday, September 20th. She was caught in a rip current and passed away the following day. This was indirectly caused by Tropical Storm Jose, which was located around 140 miles south-southeast of Nantucket at the time. The incident occurred within about 45 minutes of low tide, with a storm tide around +1.5 feet. Waves in the surf zone were estimated to be in the 5 to 7 foot range, with a period near 11 seconds from the east-southeast, based on offshore buoy data. Both air and water temperatures were above normal at the time, with a north-northwest wind gusting 15 to 20 mph.

Eastern Monmouth, New Jersey · Rip Current · Sep 20, 19:00 UTC

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• Tropical Storm BretNorth Atlantic · 2017Tropical Storm45 kt · 1007 mb
• Tropical Storm CindyNorth Atlantic · 2017Tropical Storm50 kt · 991 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2017Tropical Depression25 kt · 1009 mb
• Tropical Storm DonNorth Atlantic · 2017Tropical Storm45 kt · 1005 mb
• Tropical Storm EmilyNorth Atlantic · 2017Tropical Storm50 kt · 1001 mb
• Hurricane FranklinNorth Atlantic · 2017Cat 175 kt · 981 mb
• Hurricane GertNorth Atlantic · 2017Cat 295 kt · 962 mb
• Hurricane HarveyNorth Atlantic · 2017 · 107 deaths · $150 billionCat 4115 kt · 937 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 2017Tropical Storm40 kt · 1004 mb
• Hurricane IrmaNorth Atlantic · 2017 · 133 deaths · $77 billionCat 5155 kt · 914 mb
• Hurricane KatiaNorth Atlantic · 2017Cat 290 kt · 972 mb
• Hurricane LeeNorth Atlantic · 2017Cat 3100 kt · 962 mb
• Hurricane MariaNorth Atlantic · 2017 · 4,645 deaths · $92 billionCat 5150 kt · 908 mb
• Hurricane NateNorth Atlantic · 2017Cat 180 kt · 981 mb
• Hurricane OpheliaNorth Atlantic · 2017Cat 3100 kt · 957 mb
• Tropical Storm PhilippeNorth Atlantic · 2017Tropical Storm35 kt · 1000 mb
• Tropical Storm RinaNorth Atlantic · 2017Tropical Storm50 kt · 991 mb

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.

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.

• Tropical cyclone report, National Hurricane Center
• Every advisory and discussion NHC issued while it was live
• Best track as KMZ, National Hurricane Center
• Best track as a shapefile, National Hurricane Center
• Wikipedia article: Hurricane Jose