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Hurricane Georges (1998)

Hurricane Georges formed in the North Atlantic on 15 September 1998 and faded on 1 October 1998. Peak wind 250 km/h (135 kt), category 4, lowest pressure 937 hPa. Landfall: Antigua and Barbuda, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Puerto Rico, United States.

250 km/hPeak wind · 135 kt
937 hPaLowest pressure
15.8 daysDuration
8,161 kmTrack length · ACE 40.5
Antigua and BarbudaSaint Kitts and NevisPuerto RicoDominican RepublicCubaUnited StatesUnited States
Hurricane Georges (1998)
C5 · category 5C4 · category 4C3 · category 3C2 · category 2C1 · category 1TS · tropical stormTD · tropical depression

Wind along the track

km/h · UTC

631191541782092521821242730

Landfalls

DateCountries hitLandfall windNearby
21 September 1998 04:30 UTCC3Antigua and Barbuda185 km/hFreetown · 5 km
21 September 1998 08:00 UTCC3Saint Kitts and Nevis185 km/hNewcastle · 2 km
21 September 1998 22:00 UTCC3Puerto Rico185 km/h–
22 September 1998 12:30 UTCC3Dominican Republic194 km/hBoca de Yuma · 22 km
23 September 1998 21:30 UTCC1Cuba120 km/hImías · 14 km
25 September 1998 15:30 UTCC2United States167 km/hStock Island · 10 km
28 September 1998 11:30 UTCC2United States167 km/hBiloxi · 2 km

Towns within 100 km of the track

Tropical storm archive

The same name in other years