1998 season

Tropical Storm Frances (1998)

Sep 8, 6:00 PM UTC – Sep 13, 6:00 PM UTC (5.0 days)

Peak
Tropical Storm
Max sustained wind
65 mph (55 kt)
Lowest pressure
990 mb
Landfalls
1

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Sep 11, 6:00 AM UTC · 28.2°N 96.9°W · Tropical Storm · 50 mph · 990 mb
Every track point (21)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1998-09-08 18:00TD25.5°N 94.5°W301000
1998-09-09 00:00TD25.3°N 94.4°W301000
1998-09-09 06:00TD25.0°N 94.5°W30999
1998-09-09 12:00TD24.6°N 94.7°W30998
1998-09-09 18:00TS24.2°N 95.5°W35997
1998-09-10 00:00TS23.5°N 95.6°W40995
1998-09-10 06:00TS24.2°N 95.0°W40995
1998-09-10 12:00TS25.3°N 95.2°W45996
1998-09-10 18:00TS26.6°N 95.2°W45996
1998-09-11 00:00TS27.2°N 95.9°W55994
1998-09-11 06:00TS28.2°N 96.9°W45990Landfall
1998-09-11 12:00TS28.4°N 97.6°W40992
1998-09-11 18:00TS28.5°N 97.0°W35994
1998-09-12 00:00TD29.3°N 96.9°W30996
1998-09-12 06:00TD30.2°N 96.8°W30998
1998-09-12 12:00TD31.0°N 96.8°W301000
1998-09-12 18:00TD31.3°N 96.8°W301001
1998-09-13 00:00TD31.5°N 96.8°W251002
1998-09-13 06:00TD31.7°N 96.9°W201002
1998-09-13 12:00TD32.0°N 96.9°W201003
1998-09-13 18:00TD33.0°N 97.0°W201003

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.