Hurricane Ernesto (2012)
Aug 1, 12:00 PM UTC – Aug 10, 6:00 AM UTC (8.8 days)
- Peak
- Hurricane, Category 2
- Max sustained wind
- 100 mph (85 kt)
- Lowest pressure
- 973 mb
- Landfalls
- 3
Track
- Hurricane
- Tropical Storm
- Tropical Depression
- Other
- Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Landfalls
- Aug 8, 1:00 AM UTC · 18.7°N 87.2°W · Hurricane · 90 mph · 977 mb
- Aug 8, 3:15 AM UTC · 18.8°N 87.7°W · Hurricane · 100 mph · 973 mb
- Aug 9, 4:15 PM UTC · 18.3°N 94.6°W · Tropical Storm · 65 mph · 989 mb
Every track point (39)
| UTC | Status | Position | Wind kt | mb | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-08-01 12:00 | TD | 11.6°N 46.7°W | 30 | 1008 | |
| 2012-08-01 18:00 | TD | 12.0°N 48.2°W | 30 | 1008 | |
| 2012-08-02 00:00 | TD | 12.4°N 49.9°W | 30 | 1008 | |
| 2012-08-02 06:00 | TD | 12.7°N 51.7°W | 30 | 1008 | |
| 2012-08-02 12:00 | TS | 13.0°N 53.6°W | 35 | 1007 | |
| 2012-08-02 18:00 | TS | 13.2°N 55.5°W | 45 | 1006 | |
| 2012-08-03 00:00 | TS | 13.4°N 57.5°W | 45 | 1005 | |
| 2012-08-03 06:00 | TS | 13.6°N 59.7°W | 40 | 1005 | |
| 2012-08-03 12:00 | TS | 13.7°N 61.6°W | 40 | 1003 | |
| 2012-08-03 18:00 | TS | 13.8°N 63.3°W | 40 | 1003 | |
| 2012-08-04 00:00 | TS | 13.8°N 64.8°W | 40 | 1004 | |
| 2012-08-04 06:00 | TS | 13.9°N 66.4°W | 45 | 1005 | |
| 2012-08-04 12:00 | TS | 14.2°N 67.9°W | 45 | 1005 | |
| 2012-08-04 18:00 | TS | 14.6°N 69.5°W | 45 | 1005 | |
| 2012-08-05 00:00 | TS | 15.0°N 71.5°W | 45 | 1006 | |
| 2012-08-05 06:00 | TS | 15.0°N 73.8°W | 45 | 1006 | |
| 2012-08-05 12:00 | TS | 15.0°N 76.1°W | 45 | 1006 | |
| 2012-08-05 18:00 | TS | 15.1°N 77.8°W | 45 | 1005 | |
| 2012-08-06 00:00 | TS | 15.2°N 78.9°W | 45 | 1003 | |
| 2012-08-06 06:00 | TS | 15.4°N 79.6°W | 50 | 998 | |
| 2012-08-06 12:00 | TS | 15.7°N 80.2°W | 55 | 996 | |
| 2012-08-06 18:00 | TS | 16.2°N 81.2°W | 55 | 995 | |
| 2012-08-07 00:00 | TS | 16.7°N 82.2°W | 55 | 994 | |
| 2012-08-07 06:00 | TS | 17.3°N 83.3°W | 55 | 993 | |
| 2012-08-07 12:00 | HU | 17.8°N 84.4°W | 65 | 988 | |
| 2012-08-07 18:00 | HU | 18.4°N 85.7°W | 75 | 983 | |
| 2012-08-08 00:00 | HU | 18.7°N 87.1°W | 80 | 979 | |
| 2012-08-08 01:00 | HU | 18.7°N 87.2°W | 80 | 977 | Landfall |
| 2012-08-08 03:15 | HU | 18.8°N 87.7°W | 85 | 973 | Landfall |
| 2012-08-08 06:00 | HU | 18.8°N 88.3°W | 80 | 973 | |
| 2012-08-08 12:00 | TS | 18.8°N 89.6°W | 60 | 983 | |
| 2012-08-08 18:00 | TS | 18.8°N 90.8°W | 50 | 993 | |
| 2012-08-09 00:00 | TS | 18.8°N 91.7°W | 55 | 993 | |
| 2012-08-09 06:00 | TS | 18.7°N 92.8°W | 60 | 992 | |
| 2012-08-09 12:00 | TS | 18.4°N 93.8°W | 55 | 989 | |
| 2012-08-09 16:15 | TS | 18.3°N 94.6°W | 55 | 989 | Landfall |
| 2012-08-09 18:00 | TS | 18.2°N 94.9°W | 50 | 993 | |
| 2012-08-10 00:00 | TS | 18.0°N 96.0°W | 40 | 997 | |
| 2012-08-10 06:00 | TD | 17.9°N 97.2°W | 30 | 1002 |
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.