Tropical Storm Sara (2024)
Tropical Storm Sara peaked at 45 kt in the North Atlantic between November 13, 2024 and November 18, 2024, with a lowest pressure of 997 mb, and made landfall. It killed 9 people directly, by the National Hurricane Center’s count.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Sara, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2024 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
- November 13, 2024 to November 18, 2024
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 997 mb (29.44 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.0
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 100 nmi (185 km, 115 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
- Overall size
- 200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- AL192024
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
National Hurricane Center
9 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.
Landfalls
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 01:20 | Iriona, Colon Department, Honduras, 87 km away | 15.8N 84.3W | 40 kt (46 mph) | 999 mb |
| Nov 17, 14:00 | Belize City, Belize District, Belize, 57 km away | 17.0N 88.3W | 35 kt (40 mph) | 1001 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) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 13, 18:00 | 16.1N 78.4W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 14, 00:00 | 16.0N 79.7W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 14, 06:00 | 15.9N 81.1W | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 14, 12:00 | 15.8N 82.2W | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 14, 18:00 | 15.8N 83.1W | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 15, 00:00 | 15.7N 84.0W | 40 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 15, 01:20 landfall | 15.8N 84.3W | 40 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 15, 06:00 | 16.0N 85.0W | 40 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 15, 12:00 | 16.1N 85.6W | 45 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 15, 18:00 | 16.1N 86.1W | 45 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 16, 00:00 | 16.1N 86.1W | 45 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 16, 06:00 | 16.2N 86.2W | 40 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 16, 12:00 | 16.2N 86.4W | 40 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 16, 18:00 | 16.3N 86.8W | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 17, 00:00 | 16.4N 87.1W | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 17, 06:00 | 16.5N 87.5W | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 17, 12:00 | 16.8N 87.9W | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 17, 14:00 landfall | 17.0N 88.3W | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 17, 18:00 | 17.4N 89.1W | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 18, 00:00 | 17.9N 90.2W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2024
- Tropical Storm AlbertoNorth Atlantic · 2024 · 2 deaths · $125 million
- 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
- Hurricane IsaacNorth Atlantic · 2024
- 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
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.