2016 season

Hurricane Matthew (2016)

Sep 28, 12:00 PM UTC – Oct 10, 12:00 AM UTC (11.5 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 5
Max sustained wind
165 mph (145 kt)
Lowest pressure
934 mb
Landfalls
4

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Oct 4, 11:00 AM UTC · 18.3°N 74.3°W · Hurricane · 150 mph · 935 mb
  • Oct 5, 12:00 AM UTC · 20.1°N 74.3°W · Hurricane · 130 mph · 949 mb
  • Oct 7, 12:00 AM UTC · 26.7°N 79.0°W · Hurricane · 130 mph · 937 mb
  • Oct 8, 3:00 PM UTC · 33.0°N 79.5°W · Hurricane · 85 mph · 967 mb
Every track point (50)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
2016-09-28 12:00TS13.4°N 59.8°W501009
2016-09-28 18:00TS13.6°N 61.2°W501008
2016-09-29 00:00TS13.9°N 62.6°W551004
2016-09-29 06:00TS14.0°N 64.0°W551002
2016-09-29 12:00TS14.1°N 65.5°W60995
2016-09-29 18:00HU14.2°N 66.9°W65993
2016-09-30 00:00HU14.2°N 68.1°W70987
2016-09-30 06:00HU14.0°N 69.3°W85979
2016-09-30 12:00HU13.8°N 70.4°W100968
2016-09-30 18:00HU13.5°N 71.2°W120955
2016-10-01 00:00HU13.4°N 71.9°W145942
2016-10-01 06:00HU13.4°N 72.5°W140942
2016-10-01 12:00HU13.4°N 73.1°W135944
2016-10-01 18:00HU13.4°N 73.3°W130942
2016-10-02 00:00HU13.5°N 73.5°W130940
2016-10-02 06:00HU13.7°N 73.9°W125941
2016-10-02 12:00HU14.0°N 74.3°W130947
2016-10-02 18:00HU14.2°N 74.7°W135945
2016-10-03 00:00HU14.5°N 75.0°W130944
2016-10-03 06:00HU14.9°N 75.0°W125942
2016-10-03 12:00HU15.4°N 75.0°W125941
2016-10-03 18:00HU15.9°N 74.9°W125938
2016-10-04 00:00HU16.6°N 74.6°W130934
2016-10-04 06:00HU17.5°N 74.4°W130934
2016-10-04 11:00HU18.3°N 74.3°W130935Landfall
2016-10-04 12:00HU18.4°N 74.3°W125937
2016-10-04 18:00HU19.3°N 74.3°W120947
2016-10-05 00:00HU20.1°N 74.3°W115949Landfall
2016-10-05 06:00HU20.7°N 74.4°W110960
2016-10-05 12:00HU21.4°N 74.8°W105962
2016-10-05 18:00HU22.2°N 75.4°W105963
2016-10-06 00:00HU23.0°N 76.0°W105960
2016-10-06 06:00HU23.8°N 76.7°W110952
2016-10-06 12:00HU24.7°N 77.5°W120937
2016-10-06 18:00HU25.7°N 78.3°W120937
2016-10-07 00:00HU26.7°N 79.0°W115937Landfall
2016-10-07 06:00HU27.7°N 79.7°W110939
2016-10-07 12:00HU28.9°N 80.3°W105944
2016-10-07 18:00HU29.7°N 80.7°W100946
2016-10-08 00:00HU30.7°N 80.6°W95949
2016-10-08 06:00HU31.6°N 80.6°W85953
2016-10-08 09:00HU32.1°N 80.5°W85957T
2016-10-08 12:00HU32.5°N 79.9°W80963
2016-10-08 15:00HU33.0°N 79.5°W75967Landfall
2016-10-08 18:00HU33.5°N 79.0°W70973
2016-10-09 00:00HU33.9°N 77.3°W70981
2016-10-09 06:00HU34.7°N 76.0°W70983
2016-10-09 12:00EX35.0°N 74.5°W65984
2016-10-09 18:00EX35.2°N 72.8°W60987
2016-10-10 00:00EX35.3°N 71.1°W55990

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.