Hurricane Don (2023)
Hurricane Don reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between July 11, 2023 and July 25, 2023, with a lowest pressure of 986 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Don, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2023 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
- July 11, 2023 to July 25, 2023
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 986 mb (29.12 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 497 km (309 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 5.1
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 270 nmi (500 km, 311 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 80 kt (92 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 32 kt (37 mph)
- Identifier
- AL052023
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 12:00 | 36.5N 55.5W | 25 kt | 1013 mb | Low |
| Jul 11, 18:00 | 36.6N 55.0W | 25 kt | 1013 mb | Low |
| Jul 12, 00:00 | 36.2N 54.4W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Low |
| Jul 12, 06:00 | 35.3N 53.6W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Jul 12, 12:00 | 34.0N 52.6W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Jul 12, 18:00 | 32.9N 51.9W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Jul 13, 00:00 | 32.0N 51.0W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Jul 13, 06:00 | 31.3N 50.2W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Jul 13, 12:00 | 31.2N 48.7W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Low |
| Jul 13, 18:00 | 31.7N 47.3W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Low |
| Jul 14, 00:00 | 32.5N 46.7W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Jul 14, 06:00 | 32.9N 46.8W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Jul 14, 12:00 | 33.4N 47.0W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Jul 14, 18:00 | 33.8N 47.2W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Jul 15, 00:00 | 34.3N 47.2W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Jul 15, 06:00 | 35.3N 47.7W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Jul 15, 12:00 | 36.2N 48.4W | 40 kt | 1006 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Jul 15, 18:00 | 37.1N 48.7W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Jul 16, 00:00 | 37.8N 48.8W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Jul 16, 06:00 | 38.4N 48.7W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Jul 16, 12:00 | 38.9N 48.5W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Jul 16, 18:00 | 39.4N 47.5W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Jul 17, 00:00 | 39.5N 46.4W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Jul 17, 06:00 | 39.3N 45.0W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 17, 12:00 | 38.9N 43.6W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 17, 18:00 | 38.4N 42.2W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 18, 00:00 | 37.8N 40.9W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 18, 06:00 | 36.8N 39.9W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 18, 12:00 | 36.0N 39.4W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 18, 18:00 | 35.3N 39.2W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 19, 00:00 | 34.6N 39.1W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 19, 06:00 | 34.2N 39.1W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 19, 12:00 | 33.9N 39.3W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 19, 18:00 | 33.8N 39.9W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 20, 00:00 | 33.8N 40.6W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 20, 06:00 | 34.0N 41.3W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 20, 12:00 | 34.3N 42.2W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 20, 18:00 | 34.5N 43.3W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 21, 00:00 | 34.6N 44.2W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 21, 06:00 | 35.0N 45.1W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 21, 12:00 | 35.4N 46.0W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 21, 18:00 | 36.2N 47.0W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 00:00 | 36.9N 48.2W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 06:00 | 37.7N 49.3W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 12:00 | 38.5N 49.9W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 18:00 | 39.5N 50.1W | 65 kt | 986 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 23, 00:00 | 40.7N 49.9W | 65 kt | 986 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 23, 06:00 | 42.0N 49.4W | 60 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 12:00 | 43.3N 48.5W | 55 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 18:00 | 44.7N 47.3W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 00:00 | 45.9N 45.7W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 06:00 | 46.7N 44.1W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Jul 24, 12:00 | 47.3N 41.9W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Jul 24, 18:00 | 47.8N 39.7W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Jul 25, 00:00 | 48.5N 36.8W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Jul 25, 06:00 | 49.1N 33.7W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Jul 25, 12:00 | 49.8N 29.4W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Jul 25, 18:00 | 50.4N 24.5W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2023
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 2023
- Tropical Storm ArleneNorth Atlantic · 2023
- Tropical Storm BretNorth Atlantic · 2023
- Tropical Storm CindyNorth Atlantic · 2023
- Tropical Storm EmilyNorth Atlantic · 2023
- Tropical Storm GertNorth Atlantic · 2023
- Hurricane FranklinNorth Atlantic · 2023 · 3 deaths
- Tropical Storm HaroldNorth Atlantic · 2023
- Hurricane IdaliaNorth Atlantic · 2023 · 8 deaths · $3.6 billion
- Tropical Storm JoseNorth Atlantic · 2023
- Tropical Storm KatiaNorth Atlantic · 2023
- Hurricane LeeNorth Atlantic · 2023 · 4 deaths
- Hurricane MargotNorth Atlantic · 2023
- Hurricane NigelNorth Atlantic · 2023
- Tropical Storm OpheliaNorth Atlantic · 2023 · $450 million
- Tropical Storm PhilippeNorth Atlantic · 2023
- Tropical Storm RinaNorth Atlantic · 2023
- Tropical Storm SeanNorth Atlantic · 2023
- Hurricane TammyNorth Atlantic · 2023
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2023
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2023
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.