Hurricane Katia (2017)
Hurricane Katia reached Category 2 in the North Atlantic between September 5, 2017 and September 9, 2017, with a lowest pressure of 972 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Katia, 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
- September 5, 2017 to September 9, 2017
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 972 mb (28.70 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 6.1
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 110 kt (127 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 7 kt (8 mph)
- Identifier
- AL132017
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 03:00 | Papantla de Olarte, Veracruz, Mexico, 29 km away | 20.6N 97.1W | 65 kt (75 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 12:00 | 22.2N 97.2W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 5, 18:00 | 22.4N 97.0W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 6, 00:00 | 22.4N 96.7W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 6, 06:00 | 22.2N 96.4W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 6, 12:00 | 22.0N 95.8W | 45 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 6, 18:00 | 21.8N 95.2W | 65 kt | 992 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 7, 00:00 | 21.7N 94.9W | 70 kt | 989 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 7, 06:00 | 21.6N 94.6W | 70 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 7, 12:00 | 21.6N 94.6W | 70 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 7, 18:00 | 21.6N 94.6W | 70 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 8, 00:00 | 21.5N 95.0W | 75 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 8, 06:00 | 21.4N 95.3W | 80 kt | 977 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 8, 12:00 | 21.1N 95.7W | 85 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 8, 18:00 | 21.1N 96.2W | 90 kt | 972 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 9, 00:00 | 20.8N 96.9W | 70 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 9, 03:00 landfall | 20.6N 97.1W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 9, 06:00 | 20.3N 97.4W | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 9, 12:00 | 20.1N 97.7W | 30 kt | 1004 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 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 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.