1989 season

Hurricane Chantal (1989)

Jul 30, 12:00 PM UTC – Aug 3, 12:00 AM UTC (3.5 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 1
Max sustained wind
80 mph (70 kt)
Lowest pressure
984 mb
Landfalls
1

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall

Landfalls

  • Aug 1, 1:00 PM UTC · 29.6°N 94.4°W · Hurricane · 80 mph · 986 mb
Every track point (16)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1989-07-30 12:00TD22.5°N 90.0°W201011
1989-07-30 18:00TD23.5°N 90.2°W251010
1989-07-31 00:00TD24.4°N 90.5°W301009
1989-07-31 06:00TS25.4°N 91.0°W351004
1989-07-31 12:00TS26.2°N 91.7°W50995
1989-07-31 18:00TS27.1°N 92.2°W55993
1989-08-01 00:00HU27.9°N 92.8°W65991
1989-08-01 06:00HU28.7°N 93.5°W70987
1989-08-01 12:00HU29.5°N 94.3°W70984
1989-08-01 13:00HU29.6°N 94.4°W70986Landfall
1989-08-01 18:00TS30.2°N 95.2°W50993
1989-08-02 00:00TS30.8°N 96.1°W351000
1989-08-02 06:00TD31.5°N 96.9°W251004
1989-08-02 12:00TD32.3°N 97.5°W201007
1989-08-02 18:00TD33.3°N 98.0°W201008
1989-08-03 00:00TD34.5°N 98.5°W201009

From the National Hurricane Center's best-track archive (HURDAT2), its post-season reanalysis; values can differ from the advisories issued at the time. Source: hurdat2-1851-2025-092326.txt, hurdat2-nepac-1949-2025-092926.txt.