Hurricane Hugo (1989)
Sep 10, 12:00 PM UTC – Sep 25, 12:00 PM UTC (15.0 days)
- Peak
- Hurricane, Category 5
- Max sustained wind
- 160 mph (140 kt)
- Lowest pressure
- 918 mb
- Landfalls
- 5
Track
- Hurricane
- Tropical Storm
- Tropical Depression
- Other
- Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Landfalls
- Sep 17, 5:00 AM UTC · 16.3°N 61.3°W · Hurricane · 140 mph · 941 mb
- Sep 18, 6:00 AM UTC · 17.7°N 64.8°W · Hurricane · 140 mph · 940 mb
- Sep 18, 12:00 PM UTC · 18.2°N 65.5°W · Hurricane · 125 mph · 945 mb
- Sep 18, 1:00 PM UTC · 18.3°N 65.6°W · Hurricane · 125 mph · 946 mb
- Sep 22, 4:00 AM UTC · 32.8°N 79.8°W · Hurricane · 140 mph · 934 mb
Every track point (64)
| UTC | Status | Position | Wind kt | mb | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989-09-10 12:00 | TD | 13.2°N 20.0°W | 25 | 1010 | |
| 1989-09-10 18:00 | TD | 13.3°N 21.8°W | 25 | 1010 | |
| 1989-09-11 00:00 | TD | 13.2°N 23.7°W | 30 | 1009 | |
| 1989-09-11 06:00 | TD | 13.0°N 25.5°W | 30 | 1007 | |
| 1989-09-11 12:00 | TD | 12.8°N 27.3°W | 30 | 1005 | |
| 1989-09-11 18:00 | TS | 12.5°N 29.2°W | 35 | 1003 | |
| 1989-09-12 00:00 | TS | 12.5°N 31.0°W | 40 | 1002 | |
| 1989-09-12 06:00 | TS | 12.5°N 32.9°W | 45 | 1000 | |
| 1989-09-12 12:00 | TS | 12.5°N 34.8°W | 45 | 998 | |
| 1989-09-12 18:00 | TS | 12.6°N 36.7°W | 50 | 996 | |
| 1989-09-13 00:00 | TS | 12.6°N 38.2°W | 55 | 994 | |
| 1989-09-13 06:00 | TS | 12.7°N 40.0°W | 55 | 992 | |
| 1989-09-13 12:00 | TS | 12.8°N 41.8°W | 60 | 990 | |
| 1989-09-13 18:00 | HU | 12.8°N 43.5°W | 65 | 987 | |
| 1989-09-14 00:00 | HU | 12.9°N 44.9°W | 70 | 984 | |
| 1989-09-14 06:00 | HU | 13.0°N 46.3°W | 80 | 980 | |
| 1989-09-14 12:00 | HU | 13.2°N 47.8°W | 85 | 975 | |
| 1989-09-14 18:00 | HU | 13.6°N 49.1°W | 90 | 970 | |
| 1989-09-15 00:00 | HU | 13.8°N 50.5°W | 100 | 962 | |
| 1989-09-15 06:00 | HU | 14.0°N 51.9°W | 110 | 957 | |
| 1989-09-15 12:00 | HU | 14.2°N 53.3°W | 125 | 940 | |
| 1989-09-15 18:00 | HU | 14.6°N 54.6°W | 140 | 918 | |
| 1989-09-16 00:00 | HU | 14.8°N 56.1°W | 135 | 923 | |
| 1989-09-16 06:00 | HU | 15.1°N 57.3°W | 130 | 927 | |
| 1989-09-16 12:00 | HU | 15.4°N 58.4°W | 120 | 940 | |
| 1989-09-16 18:00 | HU | 15.8°N 59.4°W | 120 | 941 | |
| 1989-09-17 00:00 | HU | 16.1°N 60.4°W | 120 | 941 | |
| 1989-09-17 05:00 | HU | 16.3°N 61.3°W | 120 | 941 | Landfall |
| 1989-09-17 06:00 | HU | 16.4°N 61.5°W | 120 | 943 | |
| 1989-09-17 12:00 | HU | 16.6°N 62.5°W | 125 | 949 | |
| 1989-09-17 18:00 | HU | 16.9°N 63.5°W | 125 | 945 | |
| 1989-09-18 00:00 | HU | 17.2°N 64.1°W | 130 | 934 | |
| 1989-09-18 06:00 | HU | 17.7°N 64.8°W | 120 | 940 | Landfall |
| 1989-09-18 12:00 | HU | 18.2°N 65.5°W | 110 | 945 | Landfall |
| 1989-09-18 13:00 | HU | 18.3°N 65.6°W | 110 | 946 | Landfall |
| 1989-09-18 18:00 | HU | 19.1°N 66.4°W | 105 | 958 | |
| 1989-09-19 00:00 | HU | 19.7°N 66.8°W | 100 | 959 | |
| 1989-09-19 06:00 | HU | 20.7°N 67.3°W | 90 | 962 | |
| 1989-09-19 12:00 | HU | 21.6°N 68.0°W | 90 | 964 | |
| 1989-09-19 18:00 | HU | 22.6°N 68.6°W | 90 | 966 | |
| 1989-09-20 00:00 | HU | 23.5°N 69.3°W | 90 | 957 | |
| 1989-09-20 06:00 | HU | 24.4°N 70.1°W | 90 | 957 | |
| 1989-09-20 12:00 | HU | 25.2°N 71.0°W | 95 | 958 | |
| 1989-09-20 18:00 | HU | 26.3°N 72.2°W | 95 | 953 | |
| 1989-09-21 00:00 | HU | 27.2°N 73.4°W | 100 | 950 | |
| 1989-09-21 06:00 | HU | 28.0°N 74.9°W | 100 | 950 | |
| 1989-09-21 12:00 | HU | 29.0°N 76.1°W | 110 | 948 | |
| 1989-09-21 18:00 | HU | 30.2°N 77.5°W | 120 | 944 | |
| 1989-09-22 00:00 | HU | 31.7°N 78.8°W | 120 | 935 | |
| 1989-09-22 04:00 | HU | 32.8°N 79.8°W | 120 | 934 | Landfall |
| 1989-09-22 06:00 | HU | 33.5°N 80.3°W | 85 | 952 | |
| 1989-09-22 12:00 | TS | 35.9°N 81.7°W | 55 | 975 | |
| 1989-09-22 18:00 | TS | 38.5°N 81.8°W | 40 | 987 | |
| 1989-09-23 00:00 | EX | 42.2°N 80.2°W | 35 | 988 | |
| 1989-09-23 06:00 | EX | 46.0°N 74.5°W | 40 | 990 | |
| 1989-09-23 12:00 | EX | 49.0°N 69.0°W | 40 | 992 | |
| 1989-09-23 18:00 | EX | 51.0°N 65.0°W | 40 | 993 | |
| 1989-09-24 00:00 | EX | 52.0°N 62.0°W | 40 | 994 | |
| 1989-09-24 06:00 | EX | 52.5°N 60.5°W | 40 | 993 | |
| 1989-09-24 12:00 | EX | 53.0°N 59.5°W | 40 | 991 | |
| 1989-09-24 18:00 | EX | 53.5°N 58.5°W | 40 | 989 | |
| 1989-09-25 00:00 | EX | 54.0°N 57.0°W | 40 | 983 | |
| 1989-09-25 06:00 | EX | 56.0°N 52.0°W | 40 | 979 | |
| 1989-09-25 12:00 | EX | 58.0°N 46.0°W | 40 | 974 |
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.