Tropical Storm Fay (2026)
Tropical Storm Fay peaked at 60 kt in the North Atlantic between September 17, 2026 and September 24, 2026, with a lowest pressure of 995 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Fay, 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
- September 17, 2026 to September 24, 2026
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 995 mb (29.38 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1545 km (960 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.1
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 70 nmi (130 km, 81 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 10 kt (12 mph)
- Identifier
- AL062026
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 32.1N 34.0W | 15 kt | 1018 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 32.4N 34.2W | 20 kt | 1018 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 32.6N 34.2W | 20 kt | 1018 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 32.8N 34.2W | 25 kt | 1017 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 32.9N 34.1W | 25 kt | 1017 mb | Low |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 32.8N 34.0W | 25 kt | 1016 mb | Low |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 32.6N 33.9W | 30 kt | 1015 mb | Low |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 32.6N 33.6W | 30 kt | 1015 mb | Low |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 32.5N 33.6W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 32.7N 33.5W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 33.1N 33.3W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 33.5N 33.2W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 34.0N 33.1W | 50 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 34.2N 32.8W | 55 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 34.2N 32.1W | 60 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 34.0N 32.0W | 55 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 33.5N 31.9W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 18:00 | 33.3N 32.1W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 00:00 | 32.6N 32.7W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 06:00 | 32.1N 33.4W | 35 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 12:00 | 31.4N 34.1W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 22, 18:00 | 31.0N 34.8W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 23, 00:00 | 30.6N 35.7W | 30 kt | 1011 mb | Low |
| Sep 23, 06:00 | 30.4N 37.0W | 30 kt | 1011 mb | Low |
| Sep 23, 12:00 | 30.3N 37.9W | 30 kt | 1011 mb | Low |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 30.1N 38.8W | 30 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 29.8N 39.6W | 35 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical storm |
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.