Hurricane Hortense (1996)
Sep 3, 12:00 PM UTC – Sep 16, 6:00 AM UTC (12.8 days)
- Peak
- Hurricane, Category 4
- Max sustained wind
- 140 mph (120 kt)
- Lowest pressure
- 935 mb
- Landfalls
- 2
Track
- Hurricane
- Tropical Storm
- Tropical Depression
- Other
- Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Landfalls
- Sep 10, 6:00 AM UTC · 18.0°N 66.9°W · Hurricane · 80 mph · 989 mb
- Sep 15, 3:00 AM UTC · 44.8°N 62.5°W · Hurricane · 80 mph · 978 mb
Every track point (53)
| UTC | Status | Position | Wind kt | mb | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-09-03 12:00 | TD | 14.9°N 41.0°W | 25 | 1006 | |
| 1996-09-03 18:00 | TD | 14.9°N 42.7°W | 30 | 1006 | |
| 1996-09-04 00:00 | TD | 14.8°N 44.1°W | 30 | 1006 | |
| 1996-09-04 06:00 | TD | 14.7°N 45.4°W | 30 | 1006 | |
| 1996-09-04 12:00 | TD | 14.6°N 46.6°W | 30 | 1006 | |
| 1996-09-04 18:00 | TD | 14.7°N 47.5°W | 30 | 1006 | |
| 1996-09-05 00:00 | TD | 14.9°N 48.4°W | 30 | 1006 | |
| 1996-09-05 06:00 | TD | 14.8°N 49.5°W | 30 | 1006 | |
| 1996-09-05 12:00 | TD | 14.5°N 51.1°W | 30 | 1006 | |
| 1996-09-05 18:00 | TD | 14.3°N 52.6°W | 30 | 1006 | |
| 1996-09-06 00:00 | TD | 14.4°N 53.6°W | 30 | 1006 | |
| 1996-09-06 06:00 | TD | 14.6°N 54.3°W | 30 | 1006 | |
| 1996-09-06 12:00 | TD | 14.7°N 55.1°W | 30 | 1006 | |
| 1996-09-06 18:00 | TD | 14.9°N 55.7°W | 30 | 1006 | |
| 1996-09-07 00:00 | TD | 15.2°N 57.0°W | 30 | 1006 | |
| 1996-09-07 06:00 | TS | 15.4°N 58.3°W | 35 | 1005 | |
| 1996-09-07 12:00 | TS | 15.6°N 59.6°W | 40 | 1004 | |
| 1996-09-07 18:00 | TS | 15.8°N 60.4°W | 40 | 1000 | |
| 1996-09-08 00:00 | TS | 16.1°N 61.2°W | 50 | 996 | |
| 1996-09-08 06:00 | TS | 16.1°N 62.0°W | 55 | 996 | |
| 1996-09-08 12:00 | TS | 16.1°N 62.8°W | 60 | 996 | |
| 1996-09-08 18:00 | TS | 16.1°N 63.6°W | 60 | 991 | |
| 1996-09-09 00:00 | TS | 16.1°N 64.1°W | 60 | 990 | |
| 1996-09-09 06:00 | HU | 16.1°N 64.5°W | 70 | 987 | |
| 1996-09-09 12:00 | HU | 16.3°N 65.0°W | 70 | 985 | |
| 1996-09-09 18:00 | HU | 16.6°N 65.6°W | 70 | 990 | |
| 1996-09-10 00:00 | HU | 17.1°N 66.1°W | 70 | 989 | |
| 1996-09-10 06:00 | HU | 18.0°N 66.9°W | 70 | 989 | Landfall |
| 1996-09-10 12:00 | HU | 18.3°N 67.8°W | 65 | 989 | |
| 1996-09-10 18:00 | HU | 18.9°N 68.4°W | 65 | 990 | |
| 1996-09-11 00:00 | HU | 19.5°N 68.9°W | 70 | 982 | |
| 1996-09-11 06:00 | HU | 20.1°N 69.5°W | 75 | 975 | |
| 1996-09-11 12:00 | HU | 20.9°N 70.1°W | 90 | 971 | |
| 1996-09-11 18:00 | HU | 21.6°N 70.6°W | 95 | 970 | |
| 1996-09-12 00:00 | HU | 22.3°N 71.1°W | 100 | 967 | |
| 1996-09-12 06:00 | HU | 23.0°N 71.4°W | 105 | 962 | |
| 1996-09-12 12:00 | HU | 23.9°N 71.8°W | 115 | 959 | |
| 1996-09-12 18:00 | HU | 24.7°N 71.8°W | 115 | 946 | |
| 1996-09-13 00:00 | HU | 25.9°N 71.5°W | 120 | 935 | |
| 1996-09-13 06:00 | HU | 27.2°N 71.4°W | 115 | 942 | |
| 1996-09-13 12:00 | HU | 29.0°N 70.9°W | 100 | 948 | |
| 1996-09-13 18:00 | HU | 31.0°N 70.3°W | 100 | 948 | |
| 1996-09-14 00:00 | HU | 33.3°N 69.5°W | 90 | 948 | |
| 1996-09-14 06:00 | HU | 35.9°N 68.4°W | 90 | 955 | |
| 1996-09-14 12:00 | HU | 38.5°N 67.1°W | 85 | 960 | |
| 1996-09-14 18:00 | HU | 42.0°N 65.2°W | 75 | 960 | |
| 1996-09-15 00:00 | HU | 44.3°N 63.3°W | 70 | 970 | |
| 1996-09-15 03:00 | HU | 44.8°N 62.5°W | 70 | 978 | Landfall |
| 1996-09-15 06:00 | HU | 45.5°N 61.5°W | 65 | 980 | |
| 1996-09-15 12:00 | TS | 46.3°N 59.1°W | 60 | 982 | |
| 1996-09-15 18:00 | EX | 46.0°N 55.0°W | 40 | 996 | |
| 1996-09-16 00:00 | EX | 46.0°N 54.0°W | 40 | 998 | |
| 1996-09-16 06:00 | EX | 45.0°N 50.0°W | 35 | 999 |
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.