Hurricane Florence (1988)
Sep 7, 6:00 AM UTC – Sep 11, 12:00 PM UTC (4.3 days)
- Peak
- Hurricane, Category 1
- Max sustained wind
- 80 mph (70 kt)
- Lowest pressure
- 982 mb
- Landfalls
- 1
Track
- Hurricane
- Tropical Storm
- Tropical Depression
- Other
- Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Landfalls
- Sep 10, 2:00 AM UTC · 29.1°N 89.3°W · Hurricane · 80 mph · 984 mb
Every track point (20)
| UTC | Status | Position | Wind kt | mb | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988-09-07 06:00 | TD | 22.8°N 92.0°W | 25 | 1000 | |
| 1988-09-07 12:00 | TD | 22.8°N 91.2°W | 30 | 998 | |
| 1988-09-07 18:00 | TS | 22.7°N 90.2°W | 40 | 996 | |
| 1988-09-08 00:00 | TS | 22.6°N 89.6°W | 45 | 993 | |
| 1988-09-08 06:00 | TS | 22.7°N 89.8°W | 45 | 990 | |
| 1988-09-08 12:00 | TS | 23.1°N 89.7°W | 45 | 990 | |
| 1988-09-08 18:00 | TS | 23.4°N 89.5°W | 45 | 992 | |
| 1988-09-09 00:00 | TS | 24.2°N 89.2°W | 50 | 992 | |
| 1988-09-09 06:00 | TS | 25.0°N 89.2°W | 50 | 991 | |
| 1988-09-09 12:00 | TS | 26.1°N 89.2°W | 55 | 998 | |
| 1988-09-09 18:00 | HU | 27.4°N 89.2°W | 65 | 985 | |
| 1988-09-09 23:00 | HU | 28.5°N 89.3°W | 70 | 982 | Peak intensity |
| 1988-09-10 00:00 | HU | 28.7°N 89.3°W | 70 | 983 | |
| 1988-09-10 02:00 | HU | 29.1°N 89.3°W | 70 | 984 | Landfall |
| 1988-09-10 06:00 | TS | 29.7°N 89.7°W | 60 | 988 | |
| 1988-09-10 12:00 | TD | 30.7°N 90.7°W | 30 | 998 | |
| 1988-09-10 18:00 | TD | 31.8°N 91.5°W | 20 | 1003 | |
| 1988-09-11 00:00 | TD | 32.4°N 92.3°W | 15 | 1007 | |
| 1988-09-11 06:00 | TD | 32.7°N 93.3°W | 15 | 1009 | |
| 1988-09-11 12:00 | TD | 33.0°N 94.5°W | 15 | 1010 |
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.