The 2017 season

Hurricane Lee (2017)

Hurricane Lee reached Category 3 in the North Atlantic between September 14, 2017 and September 30, 2017, with a lowest pressure of 962 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Lee, 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.

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The storm

Basin
North Atlantic
Dates
September 14, 2017 to September 30, 2017
Peak strength
Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
Lowest pressure
962 mb (28.41 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 722 km (449 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
17.9
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
130 nmi (241 km, 150 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
15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
Overall size
180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
120 kt (138 mph)
Fastest the center moved
50 kt (58 mph)
Identifier
AL142017

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Sep 14, 18:0010.4N 23.1W25 kt1011 mbTropical depression
Sep 15, 00:0010.6N 24.7W30 kt1010 mbTropical depression
Sep 15, 06:0011.1N 26.2W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Sep 15, 12:0011.7N 27.6W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Sep 15, 18:0012.4N 29.0W30 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Sep 16, 00:0012.6N 30.5W30 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Sep 16, 06:0012.6N 31.9W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Sep 16, 12:0012.5N 33.1W35 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 18:0012.6N 33.9W35 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 00:0012.7N 34.6W35 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 06:0012.8N 35.4W35 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 12:0012.9N 36.2W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Sep 17, 18:0013.1N 37.0W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Sep 18, 00:0013.4N 37.9W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Sep 18, 06:0013.8N 39.0W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Sep 18, 12:0014.2N 40.2W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Sep 18, 18:0014.5N 41.5W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Sep 19, 00:0014.9N 42.6W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Sep 19, 06:0015.5N 43.3W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Sep 19, 12:0016.1N 43.8W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Sep 19, 18:0016.8N 44.4W35 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Sep 20, 00:0017.6N 45.0W40 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Sep 20, 06:0018.3N 45.2W35 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Sep 20, 12:0020.4N 44.1W30 kt1009 mbDisturbance
Sep 20, 18:0022.0N 43.9W30 kt1011 mbDisturbance
Sep 21, 00:0023.8N 43.9W25 kt1015 mbDisturbance
Sep 21, 06:0026.5N 45.3W25 kt1016 mbDisturbance
Sep 21, 12:0027.8N 46.5W25 kt1016 mbDisturbance
Sep 21, 18:0028.8N 47.5W25 kt1016 mbDisturbance
Sep 22, 00:0029.3N 48.3W25 kt1016 mbDisturbance
Sep 22, 06:0029.6N 48.7W25 kt1016 mbDisturbance
Sep 22, 12:0030.0N 48.9W25 kt1014 mbTropical depression
Sep 22, 18:0030.5N 49.1W30 kt1012 mbTropical depression
Sep 23, 00:0031.1N 49.2W35 kt1010 mbTropical storm
Sep 23, 06:0031.5N 49.3W35 kt1009 mbTropical storm
Sep 23, 12:0031.8N 49.4W40 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Sep 23, 18:0032.0N 49.8W45 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Sep 24, 00:0031.9N 50.1W50 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 24, 06:0031.7N 50.2W65 kt990 mbHurricane
Sep 24, 12:0031.5N 50.1W75 kt983 mbHurricane
Sep 24, 18:0031.3N 49.8W80 kt980 mbHurricane
Sep 25, 00:0031.2N 49.6W85 kt976 mbHurricane
Sep 25, 06:0031.0N 49.5W80 kt978 mbHurricane
Sep 25, 12:0030.8N 49.7W80 kt980 mbHurricane
Sep 25, 18:0030.6N 50.2W75 kt984 mbHurricane
Sep 26, 00:0030.3N 51.0W80 kt982 mbHurricane
Sep 26, 06:0030.1N 52.0W85 kt979 mbHurricane
Sep 26, 12:0029.9N 53.2W90 kt976 mbHurricane
Sep 26, 18:0029.9N 54.2W95 kt972 mbHurricane
Sep 27, 00:0029.9N 55.1W95 kt970 mbHurricane
Sep 27, 06:0030.1N 56.0W95 kt967 mbHurricane
Sep 27, 12:0030.3N 56.6W100 kt963 mbHurricane
Sep 27, 18:0030.8N 57.0W100 kt962 mbHurricane
Sep 28, 00:0031.4N 57.2W95 kt965 mbHurricane
Sep 28, 06:0032.1N 57.3W90 kt969 mbHurricane
Sep 28, 12:0033.0N 57.2W85 kt973 mbHurricane
Sep 28, 18:0034.3N 56.6W80 kt977 mbHurricane
Sep 29, 00:0035.7N 55.5W75 kt981 mbHurricane
Sep 29, 06:0037.3N 53.8W70 kt983 mbHurricane
Sep 29, 12:0039.0N 51.2W65 kt985 mbHurricane
Sep 29, 18:0041.0N 48.2W55 kt987 mbTropical storm
Sep 30, 00:0043.2N 44.5W50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 30, 06:0045.8N 38.9W45 kt993 mbLow

Other North Atlantic storms of 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.