Hurricane Isaac (2024)
Hurricane Isaac reached Category 2 in the North Atlantic between September 24, 2024 and October 3, 2024, with a lowest pressure of 963 mb.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Hurricane Isaac. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- September 24, 2024 to October 3, 2024
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 963 mb (28.44 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 714 km (444 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 7.9
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 250 nmi (463 km, 288 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 40 nmi (74 km, 46 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 240 nmi (444 km, 276 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 110 kt (127 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 18 kt (21 mph)
- Identifier
- AL102024
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 24, 12:00 | 38.7N 58.4W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 38.6N 58.6W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 38.1N 58.8W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 37.3N 58.5W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 37.0N 57.2W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 36.9N 55.7W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 37.0N 54.5W | 45 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 37.1N 53.4W | 45 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 26, 12:00 | 37.2N 52.3W | 45 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 37.3N 51.2W | 50 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 37.2N 50.1W | 55 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 37.1N 49.1W | 60 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 12:00 | 37.1N 47.7W | 65 kt | 981 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 27, 18:00 | 37.5N 46.2W | 75 kt | 976 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 38.0N 44.4W | 85 kt | 965 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 28, 06:00 | 38.8N 42.3W | 90 kt | 963 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 28, 12:00 | 39.7N 40.4W | 90 kt | 963 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 28, 18:00 | 40.6N 39.1W | 85 kt | 965 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 41.5N 38.0W | 75 kt | 967 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 29, 06:00 | 42.3N 37.0W | 70 kt | 969 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 43.0N 36.1W | 65 kt | 971 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 29, 18:00 | 43.7N 35.1W | 60 kt | 973 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 00:00 | 44.1N 33.8W | 55 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 06:00 | 44.4N 32.0W | 55 kt | 978 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 30, 12:00 | 44.7N 30.1W | 50 kt | 980 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 30, 18:00 | 45.2N 28.0W | 45 kt | 983 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 1, 00:00 | 46.1N 26.3W | 45 kt | 987 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 1, 06:00 | 47.0N 25.1W | 45 kt | 991 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 1, 12:00 | 47.8N 24.4W | 45 kt | 993 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 1, 18:00 | 48.4N 23.7W | 40 kt | 995 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 2, 00:00 | 49.1N 23.0W | 40 kt | 996 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 2, 06:00 | 49.7N 22.5W | 40 kt | 996 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 2, 12:00 | 50.4N 22.1W | 40 kt | 997 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 2, 18:00 | 51.2N 21.6W | 40 kt | 997 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 3, 00:00 | 51.9N 21.0W | 40 kt | 998 mb | Extratropical |
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- Hurricane BerylNorth Atlantic · 2024 · 35 deaths · $7.2 billion
- Tropical Storm ChrisNorth Atlantic · 2024 · 5 deaths
- Hurricane DebbyNorth Atlantic · 2024 · 12 deaths · $2.5 billion
- Hurricane ErnestoNorth Atlantic · 2024 · 3 deaths
- Hurricane FrancineNorth Atlantic · 2024 · $1.3 billion
- Tropical Storm GordonNorth Atlantic · 2024
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 2024
- Hurricane HeleneNorth Atlantic · 2024 · 175 deaths · $79 billion
- Tropical Storm JoyceNorth Atlantic · 2024
- Hurricane KirkNorth Atlantic · 2024
- Hurricane LeslieNorth Atlantic · 2024
- Hurricane MiltonNorth Atlantic · 2024 · 15 deaths · $34 billion
- Tropical Storm NadineNorth Atlantic · 2024 · 7 deaths
- Hurricane OscarNorth Atlantic · 2024 · 8 deaths
- Tropical Storm PattyNorth Atlantic · 2024
- Hurricane RafaelNorth Atlantic · 2024 · 2 deaths
- Tropical Storm SaraNorth Atlantic · 2024 · 9 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.