Tropical Storm Wilfred (2020)
Tropical Storm Wilfred peaked at 35 kt in the North Atlantic between September 17, 2020 and September 21, 2020, with a lowest pressure of 1006 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Wilfred, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- September 17, 2020 to September 21, 2020
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1006 mb (29.71 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 927 km (576 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.3
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 130 nmi (241 km, 150 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 80 nmi (148 km, 92 mi)
- Overall size
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 18 kt (21 mph)
- Identifier
- AL232020
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.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 10.2N 25.0W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 10.3N 25.9W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 10.5N 27.0W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 10.8N 28.1W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 11.1N 29.3W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 11.4N 30.6W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 11.7N 32.0W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 12.0N 33.5W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 12.4N 35.0W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 12.8N 36.2W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 13.2N 37.3W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 13.7N 38.5W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 14.3N 39.9W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 14.9N 41.5W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 15.4N 43.2W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 15.8N 45.0W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 15.8N 46.7W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2020
- Tropical Storm ArthurNorth Atlantic · 2020
- Tropical Storm BerthaNorth Atlantic · 2020
- Tropical Storm CristobalNorth Atlantic · 2020 · 6 deaths · $310 million
- Tropical Storm DollyNorth Atlantic · 2020
- Tropical Storm EdouardNorth Atlantic · 2020
- Tropical Storm FayNorth Atlantic · 2020 · 2 deaths · $220 million
- Tropical Storm GonzaloNorth Atlantic · 2020
- Hurricane HannaNorth Atlantic · 2020 · 4 deaths · $1.1 billion
- Hurricane IsaiasNorth Atlantic · 2020 · 12 deaths · $5.0 billion
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2020
- Tropical Storm JosephineNorth Atlantic · 2020
- Tropical Storm KyleNorth Atlantic · 2020
- Hurricane LauraNorth Atlantic · 2020 · 47 deaths · $19 billion
- Hurricane MarcoNorth Atlantic · 2020
- Tropical Storm OmarNorth Atlantic · 2020
- Hurricane NanaNorth Atlantic · 2020
- Tropical Storm ReneNorth Atlantic · 2020
- Hurricane PauletteNorth Atlantic · 2020 · 2 deaths
- Hurricane SallyNorth Atlantic · 2020 · 4 deaths · $7.3 billion
- Hurricane TeddyNorth Atlantic · 2020 · 2 deaths · $20 million
- Tropical Storm VickyNorth Atlantic · 2020
- Tropical Storm AlphaNorth Atlantic · 2020
- Tropical Storm BetaNorth Atlantic · 2020 · $225 million
- Hurricane GammaNorth Atlantic · 2020 · 6 deaths
- Hurricane DeltaNorth Atlantic · 2020 · 2 deaths · $2.9 billion
- Hurricane EpsilonNorth Atlantic · 2020 · 1 death
- Hurricane ZetaNorth Atlantic · 2020 · 5 deaths · $4.4 billion
- Hurricane EtaNorth Atlantic · 2020 · 172 deaths · $1.5 billion
- Tropical Storm ThetaNorth Atlantic · 2020
- Hurricane IotaNorth Atlantic · 2020 · 67 deaths
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.