Hurricane Joaquin path, 2015

What the record says

Joaquin was a hurricane in the North Atlantic basin that lasted about 19 days, from 26 September 2015 to 15 October 2015. Its peak was Category 4 (135 kt) on 3 October 2015, with a 1-minute sustained wind of 135 kt (155 mph, 250 km/h). Its lowest recorded pressure was 931 hPa.

• Category 4peak intensity
• 135 ktpeak wind (155 mph)
• 931 hPalowest pressure
• 19 dayslifetime

Source of the peak wind: NOAA National Hurricane Center (HURDAT2, Atlantic).

It has its own page because it reached category 4 or stronger.

This page gives the official record's figures. It does not describe the human cost of the storm, which is far larger than any wind speed or pressure here.

Where it came ashore

The record shows no landfall: the storm stayed at sea.

Countries it came within 50 km of

Strongest effect first.

• The Bahamas

How to read this track

The line joins the storm's six-hourly positions with straight lines, coloured by its intensity at each point, so it shows how the storm strengthened and weakened. The real path curved between the positions. A dashed grey stretch means the storm had become post-tropical. Records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are estimates.

Source: NOAA NCEI IBTrACS, public domain. See data sources and caveats.