1998 season

Hurricane Howard (1998)

Aug 20, 6:00 AM UTC – Aug 30, 12:00 AM UTC (9.8 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 4
Max sustained wind
150 mph (130 kt)
Lowest pressure
932 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (40)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1998-08-20 06:00TD10.5°N 96.5°W251008
1998-08-20 12:00TD10.5°N 97.6°W301007
1998-08-20 18:00TD10.6°N 98.7°W301006
1998-08-21 00:00TS10.7°N 99.8°W401003
1998-08-21 06:00TS10.9°N 100.7°W50997
1998-08-21 12:00TS11.2°N 101.5°W55994
1998-08-21 18:00HU11.6°N 102.4°W65987
1998-08-22 00:00HU12.2°N 103.3°W75979
1998-08-22 06:00HU12.8°N 104.4°W85970
1998-08-22 12:00HU13.4°N 105.6°W100960
1998-08-22 18:00HU14.0°N 106.8°W110950
1998-08-23 00:00HU14.4°N 108.0°W130932
1998-08-23 06:00HU14.7°N 109.3°W125935
1998-08-23 12:00HU15.0°N 110.5°W125939
1998-08-23 18:00HU15.2°N 111.6°W125943
1998-08-24 00:00HU15.5°N 112.7°W115948
1998-08-24 06:00HU15.8°N 113.7°W110950
1998-08-24 12:00HU16.1°N 114.8°W110953
1998-08-24 18:00HU16.4°N 115.9°W110950
1998-08-25 00:00HU16.8°N 117.0°W115948
1998-08-25 06:00HU17.1°N 118.2°W115948
1998-08-25 12:00HU17.3°N 119.3°W115948
1998-08-25 18:00HU17.4°N 120.3°W115948
1998-08-26 00:00HU17.5°N 121.2°W115948
1998-08-26 06:00HU17.5°N 122.1°W110950
1998-08-26 12:00HU17.5°N 122.8°W100960
1998-08-26 18:00HU17.5°N 123.4°W90970
1998-08-27 00:00HU17.7°N 123.9°W85975
1998-08-27 06:00HU18.0°N 124.4°W80979
1998-08-27 12:00HU18.4°N 125.0°W70983
1998-08-27 18:00HU18.9°N 125.7°W65987
1998-08-28 00:00TS19.5°N 126.4°W60991
1998-08-28 06:00TS20.1°N 127.2°W55994
1998-08-28 12:00TS20.5°N 127.9°W50997
1998-08-28 18:00TS20.5°N 128.7°W451000
1998-08-29 00:00TS20.4°N 129.5°W401002
1998-08-29 06:00TS20.2°N 130.3°W351005
1998-08-29 12:00TD19.7°N 131.2°W301006
1998-08-29 18:00TD19.3°N 132.4°W251008
1998-08-30 00:00TD18.8°N 133.5°W251009

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.