Hurricane Ophelia (2017)
Hurricane Ophelia reached Category 3 in the North Atlantic between October 6, 2017 and October 17, 2017, with a lowest pressure of 957 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Ophelia, 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
- October 6, 2017 to October 17, 2017
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 957 mb (28.26 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 14.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 360 nmi (667 km, 414 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 320 nmi (593 km, 368 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 120 kt (138 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Identifier
- AL172017
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 11:00 | Tralee, Munster, Ireland, 63 km away | 51.9N 10.4W | 65 kt (75 mph) | 957 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 12:00 | 31.8N 39.5W | 20 kt | 1013 mb | Low |
| Oct 6, 18:00 | 32.3N 38.6W | 20 kt | 1012 mb | Low |
| Oct 7, 00:00 | 32.9N 37.3W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Low |
| Oct 7, 06:00 | 32.7N 38.5W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Oct 7, 12:00 | 32.3N 39.5W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Oct 7, 18:00 | 31.5N 39.5W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Oct 8, 00:00 | 31.3N 39.5W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Oct 8, 06:00 | 31.0N 39.6W | 35 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Oct 8, 12:00 | 30.6N 39.7W | 35 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Oct 8, 18:00 | 30.4N 40.1W | 35 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Oct 9, 00:00 | 30.5N 40.1W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Oct 9, 06:00 | 30.9N 40.0W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 12:00 | 31.3N 40.0W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 18:00 | 31.7N 39.6W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 10, 00:00 | 32.0N 39.1W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 10, 06:00 | 31.9N 38.8W | 45 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 10, 12:00 | 31.6N 38.5W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 10, 18:00 | 31.3N 38.2W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 11, 00:00 | 30.9N 37.8W | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 11, 06:00 | 30.4N 37.2W | 55 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 11, 12:00 | 30.0N 36.7W | 60 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 11, 18:00 | 29.8N 36.2W | 65 kt | 991 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 12, 00:00 | 29.9N 35.8W | 70 kt | 986 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 12, 06:00 | 30.2N 35.7W | 75 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 12, 12:00 | 30.4N 35.7W | 80 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 12, 18:00 | 30.5N 35.6W | 85 kt | 971 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 13, 00:00 | 30.5N 35.1W | 90 kt | 967 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 13, 06:00 | 30.9N 34.4W | 90 kt | 966 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 13, 12:00 | 31.4N 33.4W | 80 kt | 974 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 13, 18:00 | 32.0N 32.5W | 80 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 14, 00:00 | 32.6N 31.5W | 85 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 14, 06:00 | 33.4N 29.7W | 95 kt | 963 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 14, 12:00 | 34.2N 27.7W | 100 kt | 959 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 14, 18:00 | 35.3N 25.2W | 100 kt | 959 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 15, 00:00 | 36.4N 22.6W | 95 kt | 959 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 15, 06:00 | 37.9N 19.8W | 90 kt | 959 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 15, 12:00 | 39.9N 17.0W | 85 kt | 959 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 15, 18:00 | 43.1N 14.3W | 80 kt | 959 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 16, 00:00 | 47.6N 13.4W | 75 kt | 958 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 16, 06:00 | 50.0N 12.1W | 70 kt | 957 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 16, 11:00 landfall | 51.9N 10.4W | 65 kt | 957 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 16, 12:00 | 52.3N 10.0W | 65 kt | 959 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 16, 18:00 | 55.3N 8.3W | 60 kt | 969 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 17, 00:00 | 57.3N 6.1W | 50 kt | 977 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 17, 06:00 | 58.7N 2.9W | 45 kt | 987 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 17, 12:00 | 59.3N 1.5E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 17, 18:00 | 60.1N 5.3E | 40 kt | 997 mb | Extratropical |
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 LeeNorth Atlantic · 2017
- Hurricane MariaNorth Atlantic · 2017 · 4,645 deaths · $92 billion
- Hurricane NateNorth 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.