2011 season

Hurricane Irene (2011)

Aug 21, 12:00 AM UTC – Aug 30, 12:00 AM UTC (9.0 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 3
Max sustained wind
120 mph (105 kt)
Lowest pressure
942 mb
Landfalls
9

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Aug 21, 11:00 PM UTC · 17.8°N 64.6°W · Tropical Storm · 70 mph · 993 mb
  • Aug 22, 5:25 AM UTC · 18.1°N 65.8°W · Tropical Storm · 70 mph · 990 mb
  • Aug 24, 4:00 PM UTC · 22.4°N 74.0°W · Hurricane · 115 mph · 955 mb
  • Aug 25, 12:00 AM UTC · 23.5°N 75.1°W · Hurricane · 110 mph · 952 mb
  • Aug 25, 9:00 AM UTC · 24.7°N 76.2°W · Hurricane · 105 mph · 950 mb
  • Aug 25, 6:00 PM UTC · 26.5°N 77.2°W · Hurricane · 105 mph · 950 mb
  • Aug 27, 12:00 PM UTC · 34.7°N 76.6°W · Hurricane · 85 mph · 952 mb
  • Aug 28, 9:35 AM UTC · 39.4°N 74.4°W · Tropical Storm · 70 mph · 959 mb
  • Aug 28, 1:00 PM UTC · 40.6°N 74.0°W · Tropical Storm · 65 mph · 965 mb
Every track point (43)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
2011-08-21 00:00TS15.0°N 59.0°W451006
2011-08-21 06:00TS16.0°N 60.6°W451006
2011-08-21 12:00TS16.8°N 62.2°W451005
2011-08-21 18:00TS17.5°N 63.7°W50999
2011-08-21 23:00TS17.8°N 64.6°W60993Landfall
2011-08-22 00:00TS17.9°N 65.0°W60993
2011-08-22 05:25TS18.1°N 65.8°W60990Landfall
2011-08-22 06:00HU18.2°N 65.9°W65990
2011-08-22 12:00HU18.9°N 67.0°W70989
2011-08-22 18:00HU19.3°N 68.0°W75988
2011-08-23 00:00HU19.7°N 68.8°W80981
2011-08-23 06:00HU20.1°N 69.7°W80978
2011-08-23 12:00HU20.4°N 70.6°W80978
2011-08-23 18:00HU20.7°N 71.2°W80977
2011-08-24 00:00HU21.0°N 71.9°W80969
2011-08-24 06:00HU21.3°N 72.5°W95965
2011-08-24 12:00HU21.9°N 73.3°W105957
2011-08-24 16:00HU22.4°N 74.0°W100955Landfall
2011-08-24 18:00HU22.7°N 74.3°W100954
2011-08-25 00:00HU23.5°N 75.1°W95952Landfall
2011-08-25 06:00HU24.1°N 75.9°W95950
2011-08-25 09:00HU24.7°N 76.2°W90950Landfall
2011-08-25 12:00HU25.4°N 76.6°W90950
2011-08-25 18:00HU26.5°N 77.2°W90950Landfall
2011-08-26 00:00HU27.7°N 77.3°W90946
2011-08-26 06:00HU28.8°N 77.3°W90942
2011-08-26 12:00HU30.0°N 77.4°W85947
2011-08-26 18:00HU31.1°N 77.5°W80950
2011-08-27 00:00HU32.1°N 77.1°W75952
2011-08-27 06:00HU33.4°N 76.8°W75952
2011-08-27 12:00HU34.7°N 76.6°W75952Landfall
2011-08-27 18:00HU35.5°N 76.3°W65950
2011-08-28 00:00HU36.7°N 75.7°W65951
2011-08-28 06:00HU38.1°N 75.0°W65958
2011-08-28 09:35TS39.4°N 74.4°W60959Landfall
2011-08-28 12:00TS40.3°N 74.1°W55963
2011-08-28 13:00TS40.6°N 74.0°W55965Landfall
2011-08-28 18:00TS42.5°N 73.1°W50970
2011-08-29 00:00EX44.2°N 72.1°W45979
2011-08-29 06:00EX46.5°N 69.5°W40983
2011-08-29 12:00EX49.1°N 66.7°W40985
2011-08-29 18:00EX51.3°N 63.8°W40987
2011-08-30 00:00EX53.0°N 60.0°W40991

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.