1998 season

Hurricane Kay (1998)

Oct 13, 12:00 AM UTC – Oct 17, 12:00 AM UTC (4.0 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 1
Max sustained wind
75 mph (65 kt)
Lowest pressure
987 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (17)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1998-10-13 00:00TD15.8°N 117.9°W301009
1998-10-13 06:00TS15.9°N 118.2°W401005
1998-10-13 12:00TS16.0°N 118.5°W55995
1998-10-13 18:00HU16.0°N 118.5°W65987
1998-10-14 00:00HU16.0°N 119.2°W65988
1998-10-14 06:00TS15.9°N 119.9°W60990
1998-10-14 12:00TS15.4°N 120.5°W45994
1998-10-14 18:00TS14.8°N 120.8°W401000
1998-10-15 00:00TS14.2°N 121.0°W351005
1998-10-15 06:00TD13.8°N 121.3°W301009
1998-10-15 12:00TD13.6°N 121.6°W301009
1998-10-15 18:00TD13.3°N 121.6°W301009
1998-10-16 00:00TD13.0°N 121.3°W251009
1998-10-16 06:00TD12.6°N 121.0°W251009
1998-10-16 12:00TD12.0°N 121.0°W251009
1998-10-16 18:00TD11.5°N 120.5°W251009
1998-10-17 00:00TD11.5°N 120.0°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.