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Hurricane Alex 2016

Category 1 hurricane · Atlantic · January 12 to January 15, 2016

Tropical-storm-force winds reached 460 miles from Alex's center, tied for the seventh-widest reach among the 364 Atlantic storms with wind-radius data (kept since 2004). It became a hurricane on January 14, the second-earliest date in the calendar year for any of the 979 Atlantic hurricanes. Its 65 mph landfall in the Azores on January 15, 2016 ranks the second-strongest of the 3 storms with a landfall record there.

Track of Alex (2016) from the best-track record, coloured by strength30°N40°N50°N80°W70°W60°W50°W40°W30°W20°WAzores, 65 mphPeak 85 mphFirst recordNot tropicalTropical stormCategory 100 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Alex (2016) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 304080120Jan 8Jan 10Jan 12Jan 14Jan 16mph
  1. First record (extratropical low) 165 miles northeast of Nassau, the Bahamas
  2. Subtropical storm far out at sea, at 25.1°N, 35.9°W
  3. Hurricane far out at sea, at 29.3°N, 29.6°W
  4. Peak, 85 mph far out at sea, at 30.8°N, 28.7°W; lowest pressure 981 mb
  5. Landfall Azores
  6. No longer tropical (extratropical low) far out at sea, at 41.5°N, 27.7°W
  7. Last record 860 miles northeast of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind85 mph · tied 684th of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure981 mb · tied 522nd of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy2.8 · tied 1130th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone2.8 days · 1465th of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 2016 season

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Storm 1 of 16 in 2016, hurricane 1 of 7; it formed before Bonnie. Alex produced 2% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy and ranks joint fifth by peak wind. See the season.

Closest to land

Nearest town of 10,000 people or more: Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, 1,568 miles from the center on January 15 (tropical storm stage).

Storms within 150 miles of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Also peaked at 85 mph

Of 76 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Fred (2015)986 mb, no landfall record
  • Kate (2015)980 mb, no landfall record
  • Franklin (2017)981 mb, landfall in Quintana Roo
  • Cristobal (2014)965 mb, no landfall record