2016 season

Hurricane Earl (2016)

Aug 2, 6:00 AM UTC – Aug 6, 12:00 PM UTC (4.3 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 1
Max sustained wind
85 mph (75 kt)
Lowest pressure
979 mb
Landfalls
3

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Aug 4, 4:00 AM UTC · 17.4°N 87.8°W · Hurricane · 85 mph · 979 mb
  • Aug 4, 6:00 AM UTC · 17.4°N 88.3°W · Hurricane · 85 mph · 979 mb
  • Aug 6, 2:30 AM UTC · 19.0°N 96.0°W · Tropical Storm · 60 mph · 999 mb
Every track point (20)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
2016-08-02 06:00TS16.3°N 77.5°W401004
2016-08-02 12:00TS16.3°N 79.2°W401003
2016-08-02 18:00TS16.3°N 80.8°W451001
2016-08-03 00:00TS16.4°N 82.2°W55994
2016-08-03 06:00TS16.0°N 83.1°W55993
2016-08-03 12:00TS16.3°N 84.3°W60989
2016-08-03 18:00HU16.9°N 85.4°W65988
2016-08-04 00:00HU17.3°N 86.9°W70984
2016-08-04 04:00HU17.4°N 87.8°W75979Landfall
2016-08-04 06:00HU17.4°N 88.3°W75979Landfall
2016-08-04 12:00TS17.4°N 89.4°W60989
2016-08-04 18:00TS17.6°N 90.3°W40995
2016-08-05 00:00TS18.0°N 91.2°W351000
2016-08-05 06:00TS18.3°N 92.3°W351001
2016-08-05 12:00TS18.5°N 93.5°W401001
2016-08-05 18:00TS18.7°N 94.7°W50999
2016-08-06 00:00TS18.9°N 95.6°W50999
2016-08-06 02:30TS19.0°N 96.0°W50999Landfall
2016-08-06 06:00TS19.0°N 96.5°W451004
2016-08-06 12:00TD19.0°N 97.5°W251008

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.