Tropical Storm Cristobal (2026)
Tropical Storm Cristobal peaked at 40 kt in the North Atlantic between August 10, 2026 and August 13, 2026, with a lowest pressure of 1008 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Cristobal, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2026 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
- August 10, 2026 to August 13, 2026
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1008 mb (29.77 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 804 km (500 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.4
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 80 nmi (148 km, 92 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 80 nmi (148 km, 92 mi)
- Overall size
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 26 kt (30 mph)
- Identifier
- AL032026
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 18:00 | 36.4N 63.5W | 15 kt | 1012 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 11, 00:00 | 36.7N 61.3W | 15 kt | 1012 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 11, 06:00 | 37.0N 58.8W | 15 kt | 1012 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 11, 12:00 | 37.0N 56.0W | 25 kt | 1012 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 11, 18:00 | 37.0N 53.0W | 30 kt | 1011 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 12, 00:00 | 37.0N 49.7W | 30 kt | 1011 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 12, 06:00 | 37.0N 46.6W | 35 kt | 1011 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 12, 12:00 | 36.8N 43.9W | 40 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 18:00 | 36.9N 41.8W | 40 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 13, 00:00 | 37.3N 40.2W | 35 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 13, 06:00 | 38.1N 38.8W | 30 kt | 1014 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 13, 12:00 | 38.9N 37.4W | 25 kt | 1018 mb | Low |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2026
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.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.