1986 season

Hurricane Frances (1986)

Nov 18, 6:00 PM UTC – Nov 21, 6:00 PM UTC (3.0 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 1
Max sustained wind
85 mph (75 kt)
Lowest pressure
1000 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (13)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1986-11-18 18:00TD22.8°N 62.8°W301009
1986-11-19 00:00TD23.5°N 62.9°W301008
1986-11-19 06:00TS23.9°N 62.9°W351007
1986-11-19 12:00TS24.4°N 62.8°W401006
1986-11-19 18:00TS24.8°N 62.7°W501004
1986-11-20 00:00TS25.8°N 62.1°W551002
1986-11-20 06:00HU27.0°N 61.0°W651001
1986-11-20 12:00HU27.8°N 59.6°W751000
1986-11-20 18:00HU28.5°N 58.7°W751000
1986-11-21 00:00HU29.1°N 58.2°W701001
1986-11-21 06:00HU29.7°N 58.0°W651002
1986-11-21 12:00TS30.4°N 57.9°W551003
1986-11-21 18:00TS31.1°N 57.9°W451005

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.