Hurricane Leslie (2018)
Hurricane Leslie reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between September 22, 2018 and October 14, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 968 mb, and made landfall. It killed 11 people, as Wikidata records it.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Leslie, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2018 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 22, 2018 to October 14, 2018
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 968 mb (28.59 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 19.7
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 450 nmi (833 km, 518 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 40 nmi (74 km, 46 mi)
- Overall size
- 420 nmi (778 km, 483 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 100 kt (115 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 38 kt (44 mph)
- Identifier
- AL132018
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
Wikidata
11 deathsno damage figure
A community-maintained total, usually direct and indirect deaths together and damage worldwide. Joined to this storm by its IBTrACS serial, not by name.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 00:00 | 35.0N 45.0W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 22, 06:00 | 34.4N 44.2W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 22, 12:00 | 33.7N 44.2W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 22, 18:00 | 33.3N 44.6W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 23, 00:00 | 33.2N 45.2W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 23, 06:00 | 33.0N 45.9W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 23, 12:00 | 33.2N 46.5W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 33.5N 47.0W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 33.5N 47.8W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Sep 24, 06:00 | 32.9N 48.5W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 32.8N 47.9W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 33.0N 47.6W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 32.7N 47.2W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 32.1N 46.7W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 31.7N 45.2W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 32.9N 44.3W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 32.6N 42.6W | 50 kt | 998 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 32.3N 40.3W | 55 kt | 992 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 26, 12:00 | 33.8N 38.5W | 55 kt | 987 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 36.1N 38.6W | 60 kt | 978 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 37.3N 40.4W | 65 kt | 970 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 37.1N 41.6W | 65 kt | 970 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 27, 12:00 | 37.0N 42.5W | 65 kt | 970 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 27, 18:00 | 37.0N 43.4W | 60 kt | 978 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 36.9N 44.5W | 50 kt | 983 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 28, 06:00 | 36.6N 45.3W | 50 kt | 983 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 28, 12:00 | 36.4N 46.4W | 45 kt | 986 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Sep 28, 18:00 | 36.3N 47.4W | 45 kt | 986 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 35.9N 48.9W | 40 kt | 991 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Sep 29, 06:00 | 35.4N 50.0W | 40 kt | 991 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 34.7N 50.6W | 40 kt | 991 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Sep 29, 18:00 | 34.3N 51.3W | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 00:00 | 34.0N 51.7W | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 06:00 | 33.8N 52.2W | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 12:00 | 33.7N 52.6W | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 18:00 | 33.6N 53.0W | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 1, 00:00 | 33.5N 53.4W | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 1, 06:00 | 33.3N 53.7W | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 1, 12:00 | 33.1N 54.1W | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 1, 18:00 | 32.8N 54.4W | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 2, 00:00 | 32.4N 54.9W | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 2, 06:00 | 31.9N 55.4W | 55 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 2, 12:00 | 31.2N 55.9W | 55 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 2, 18:00 | 30.4N 56.2W | 60 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 3, 00:00 | 29.8N 56.6W | 60 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 3, 06:00 | 29.6N 56.8W | 65 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 3, 12:00 | 29.5N 56.8W | 75 kt | 972 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 3, 18:00 | 29.8N 56.9W | 75 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 4, 00:00 | 30.3N 57.0W | 75 kt | 972 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 4, 06:00 | 30.9N 57.1W | 70 kt | 976 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 4, 12:00 | 31.7N 57.2W | 65 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 4, 18:00 | 32.8N 57.3W | 60 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 5, 00:00 | 34.2N 57.6W | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 5, 06:00 | 35.2N 58.2W | 55 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 5, 12:00 | 35.9N 58.3W | 55 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 5, 18:00 | 36.2N 58.1W | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 6, 00:00 | 36.5N 57.6W | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 6, 06:00 | 36.9N 57.0W | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 6, 12:00 | 37.4N 56.4W | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 6, 18:00 | 37.5N 55.1W | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 7, 00:00 | 37.4N 53.7W | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 7, 06:00 | 37.1N 52.5W | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 7, 12:00 | 36.5N 51.6W | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 7, 18:00 | 36.1N 50.5W | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 8, 00:00 | 35.8N 49.4W | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 8, 06:00 | 35.5N 48.5W | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 8, 12:00 | 34.9N 47.4W | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 8, 18:00 | 34.3N 46.2W | 50 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 00:00 | 33.5N 45.1W | 55 kt | 983 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 06:00 | 32.7N 44.2W | 55 kt | 983 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 12:00 | 31.6N 43.6W | 55 kt | 983 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 18:00 | 30.7N 43.1W | 60 kt | 983 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 10, 00:00 | 29.8N 42.7W | 65 kt | 981 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 10, 06:00 | 28.8N 42.7W | 65 kt | 981 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 10, 12:00 | 28.1N 42.5W | 65 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 10, 18:00 | 27.7N 42.2W | 65 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 11, 00:00 | 27.7N 41.6W | 70 kt | 978 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 11, 06:00 | 28.1N 40.7W | 70 kt | 978 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 11, 12:00 | 28.8N 39.3W | 70 kt | 978 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 11, 18:00 | 29.5N 37.5W | 75 kt | 976 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 12, 00:00 | 30.4N 35.2W | 80 kt | 968 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 12, 06:00 | 31.4N 32.5W | 80 kt | 968 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 12, 12:00 | 32.6N 29.6W | 75 kt | 971 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 12, 18:00 | 33.4N 26.3W | 75 kt | 971 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 13, 00:00 | 34.2N 22.4W | 70 kt | 976 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 13, 06:00 | 35.5N 18.3W | 65 kt | 977 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 13, 12:00 | 37.2N 14.1W | 65 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 13, 18:00 | 39.3N 10.5W | 60 kt | 984 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 14, 00:00 | 41.1N 7.6W | 40 kt | 998 mb | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2018
- Tropical Storm AlbertoNorth Atlantic · 2018
- Hurricane BerylNorth Atlantic · 2018
- Hurricane ChrisNorth Atlantic · 2018
- Tropical Storm DebbyNorth Atlantic · 2018
- Tropical Storm ErnestoNorth Atlantic · 2018
- Hurricane FlorenceNorth Atlantic · 2018 · 32 deaths
- Tropical Storm GordonNorth Atlantic · 2018
- Hurricane IsaacNorth Atlantic · 2018
- Hurricane HeleneNorth Atlantic · 2018
- Tropical Storm JoyceNorth Atlantic · 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2018
- Tropical Storm KirkNorth Atlantic · 2018
- Hurricane MichaelNorth Atlantic · 2018 · 72 deaths · $15 billion
- Tropical Storm NadineNorth Atlantic · 2018
- Hurricane OscarNorth Atlantic · 2018
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.