Hurricane History Map

1998 North Atlantic season

14 storms formed in the North Atlantic basin in 1998, from 27 July 1998 to 2 December 1998.

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Years1998
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Key
  • Tropical depression Winds below 34 knots (39 mph)
  • Tropical storm 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph)
  • Category 1 64 to 82 knots (74 to 95 mph)
  • Category 2 83 to 95 knots (96 to 110 mph)
  • Category 3 96 to 112 knots (111 to 129 mph), major
  • Category 4 113 to 136 knots (130 to 156 mph), major
  • Category 5 137 knots (157 mph) or more, major
  • Unknown intensity No wind speed in the record
  • Post-tropical Storm has become post-tropical (dashed line)

How to read the lines. Each line is the track of one storm, drawn through its six-hourly positions and coloured by its intensity at each point (the Saffir-Simpson scale), so a line changes colour as the storm strengthens or weakens. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see which storms have passed nearby. Weaker storms appear as you zoom in. Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are the same kind of storm with different names in different oceans.

The 1998 season in numbers

The record holds 14 storms for the 1998 North Atlantic season, of which 14 had names.14 reached tropical storm strength (34 knots or more), 10 reached hurricane strength (category 1 or more) and 3 were major (category 3 or more).

  • 14storms
  • 14tropical storm strength or more
  • 10hurricane strength or more
  • 3major (category 3 to 5)
  • 181accumulated cyclone energy

Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the squared wind speed of every position of 34 knots or more, divided by 10,000. It is approximate here because the winds are 1-minute equivalents, and it is mostly useful for comparing seasons of one basin.

Strongest storms of 1998

  • Mitch (1998)22 October 1998 to 9 November 1998, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 905 hPa
  • Georges (1998)15 September 1998 to 1 October 1998, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 937 hPa
  • Bonnie (1998)19 August 1998 to 31 August 1998, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 954 hPa
  • Danielle (1998)24 August 1998 to 8 September 1998, peak Category 2 (90 kt), 960 hPa
  • Jeanne (1998)21 September 1998 to 4 October 1998, peak Category 2 (90 kt), 969 hPa

All 14 storms of 1998

StormPeak
Alex Tropical storm
Bonnie Category 3
Charley Tropical storm
Danielle Category 2
Earl Category 2
Frances Tropical storm
Georges Category 4
Hermine Tropical storm
Ivan Category 1
Jeanne Category 2
Karl Category 2
Lisa Category 1
Mitch Category 5
Nicole Category 1

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