The 2020 season

Hurricane Nana (2020)

Hurricane Nana reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between September 1, 2020 and September 4, 2020, with a lowest pressure of 994 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Nana, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2020 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 1, 2020 to September 4, 2020
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
994 mb (29.35 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
2.5
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
Overall size
120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
80 kt (92 mph)
Fastest the center moved
17 kt (20 mph)
Identifier
AL162020

Deaths and damage

The sources count different things and are not added together.

National Hurricane Center

0 direct deathsnone recorded in the United States

The season table in NHC’s report archive, final report. Direct deaths are those caused by the storm’s own wind, water or surge, anywhere in the world.

Landfall

Time (UTC)WherePositionWindPressure
Sep 3, 06:00Belize City, Belize District, Belize, 79 km away16.8N 88.3W65 kt (75 mph)994 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)PositionWindPressureStatus
Sep 1, 06:0015.9N 75.2W35 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Sep 1, 12:0016.3N 76.8W40 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Sep 1, 18:0016.7N 78.4W50 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 00:0017.0N 80.1W50 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 06:0017.0N 81.9W50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 12:0017.1N 83.7W50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 18:0017.1N 85.3W50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Sep 3, 00:0017.0N 86.8W60 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 3, 06:00 landfall16.8N 88.3W65 kt994 mbHurricane
Sep 3, 12:0016.4N 89.6W45 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Sep 3, 18:0016.1N 90.5W30 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Sep 4, 00:0015.8N 91.4W20 kt1007 mbLow

Other North Atlantic storms of 2020

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.