1998 season

Hurricane Karl (1998)

Sep 23, 12:00 PM UTC – Sep 29, 6:00 PM UTC (6.3 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 2
Max sustained wind
105 mph (90 kt)
Lowest pressure
970 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (26)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1998-09-23 12:00TD33.3°N 65.4°W251003
1998-09-23 18:00TD33.2°N 62.8°W301004
1998-09-24 00:00TS33.2°N 60.7°W351003
1998-09-24 06:00TS32.9°N 59.2°W351002
1998-09-24 12:00TS32.5°N 58.1°W401001
1998-09-24 18:00TS32.0°N 57.2°W451000
1998-09-25 00:00TS31.4°N 56.2°W50998
1998-09-25 06:00TS30.8°N 55.1°W55994
1998-09-25 12:00HU30.4°N 54.0°W65987
1998-09-25 18:00HU30.3°N 52.9°W70984
1998-09-26 00:00HU30.5°N 51.8°W75981
1998-09-26 06:00HU31.1°N 51.0°W75979
1998-09-26 12:00HU31.8°N 49.9°W75977
1998-09-26 18:00HU32.6°N 48.8°W80973
1998-09-27 00:00HU33.9°N 47.3°W90970
1998-09-27 06:00HU35.5°N 45.2°W90970
1998-09-27 12:00HU37.4°N 42.5°W80973
1998-09-27 18:00HU39.1°N 39.0°W70983
1998-09-28 00:00TS40.4°N 34.7°W55994
1998-09-28 06:00EX41.5°N 30.0°W401002
1998-09-28 12:00EX42.0°N 25.0°W351001
1998-09-28 18:00EX43.0°N 20.0°W351000
1998-09-29 00:00EX46.0°N 16.0°W35996
1998-09-29 06:00EX48.0°N 14.0°W35994
1998-09-29 12:00EX49.0°N 11.0°W35994
1998-09-29 18:00EX49.0°N 8.0°W35991

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.