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.
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) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 10.4N 23.1W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 10.6N 24.7W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 11.1N 26.2W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 11.7N 27.6W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 12.4N 29.0W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 12.6N 30.5W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 12.6N 31.9W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 12.5N 33.1W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 12.6N 33.9W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 12.7N 34.6W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 12.8N 35.4W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 12.9N 36.2W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 13.1N 37.0W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 13.4N 37.9W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 13.8N 39.0W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 14.2N 40.2W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 14.5N 41.5W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 14.9N 42.6W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 15.5N 43.3W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 16.1N 43.8W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 16.8N 44.4W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 17.6N 45.0W | 40 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 18.3N 45.2W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 20.4N 44.1W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 22.0N 43.9W | 30 kt | 1011 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 23.8N 43.9W | 25 kt | 1015 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 26.5N 45.3W | 25 kt | 1016 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 27.8N 46.5W | 25 kt | 1016 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 21, 18:00 | 28.8N 47.5W | 25 kt | 1016 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 22, 00:00 | 29.3N 48.3W | 25 kt | 1016 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 22, 06:00 | 29.6N 48.7W | 25 kt | 1016 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 22, 12:00 | 30.0N 48.9W | 25 kt | 1014 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 22, 18:00 | 30.5N 49.1W | 30 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 23, 00:00 | 31.1N 49.2W | 35 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 06:00 | 31.5N 49.3W | 35 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 12:00 | 31.8N 49.4W | 40 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 32.0N 49.8W | 45 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 31.9N 50.1W | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 06:00 | 31.7N 50.2W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 31.5N 50.1W | 75 kt | 983 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 31.3N 49.8W | 80 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 31.2N 49.6W | 85 kt | 976 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 31.0N 49.5W | 80 kt | 978 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 30.8N 49.7W | 80 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 30.6N 50.2W | 75 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 30.3N 51.0W | 80 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 30.1N 52.0W | 85 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 26, 12:00 | 29.9N 53.2W | 90 kt | 976 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 29.9N 54.2W | 95 kt | 972 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 29.9N 55.1W | 95 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 30.1N 56.0W | 95 kt | 967 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 27, 12:00 | 30.3N 56.6W | 100 kt | 963 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 27, 18:00 | 30.8N 57.0W | 100 kt | 962 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 31.4N 57.2W | 95 kt | 965 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 28, 06:00 | 32.1N 57.3W | 90 kt | 969 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 28, 12:00 | 33.0N 57.2W | 85 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 28, 18:00 | 34.3N 56.6W | 80 kt | 977 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 35.7N 55.5W | 75 kt | 981 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 29, 06:00 | 37.3N 53.8W | 70 kt | 983 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 39.0N 51.2W | 65 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 29, 18:00 | 41.0N 48.2W | 55 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 00:00 | 43.2N 44.5W | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 06:00 | 45.8N 38.9W | 45 kt | 993 mb | Low |
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 KatiaNorth 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.