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Hurricane Gonzalo 2014

Category 4 hurricane · Atlantic · October 12 to October 19, 2014

Gonzalo's 110 mph landfall in Bermuda on October 18, 2014 ranks tied for the strongest of the 9 storms with a landfall record there. It has landfall records in 4 different places: Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Martin, Anguilla and Bermuda. No other storm of the 2014 Atlantic season matched its 145 mph peak; the season had 9 storms.

Track of Gonzalo (2014) from the best-track record, coloured by strength20°N30°N40°N50°N80°W70°W60°W50°W40°W30°W20°WAntigua and Barbuda, 75 mphSaint Martin, 85 mphAnguilla, 85 mphBermuda, 110 mphPeak 145 mphFirst recordNot tropicalDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 3Category 400 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Gonzalo (2014) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 504080120160Oct 12Oct 13Oct 14Oct 15Oct 16Oct 17Oct 18Oct 19Oct 20mph
  1. First record (low) 390 miles northeast of Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados
  2. Tropical storm 240 miles east of Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France
  3. Hurricane 25 miles east-southeast of Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda
  4. Landfall Antigua and Barbuda: Category 1, 75 mph, 990 mb
  5. Landfall Saint Martin: Category 1, 85 mph, 984 mb
  6. Landfall Anguilla: Category 1, 85 mph, 984 mb
  7. Major hurricane 170 miles north-northeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  8. Peak 420 miles north-northeast of Puerto Plata, the Dominican Republic; lowest pressure 940 mb
  9. Landfall Bermuda
  10. No longer tropical (extratropical low) 595 miles east-northeast of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
  11. Last record far out at sea, at 53.9°N, 30.9°W

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind145 mph · tied 85th of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure940 mb · tied 116th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy26.0 · 144th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone7.5 days · tied 509th of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

More from the record

It generated 39% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy, more than any other 2014 storm.

In the 2014 season

04080120160Gonzalo

Storm 8 of 9 in 2014, hurricane 6 of 6; it formed after Fay and before Hanna. See the season.

Places the center passed

The center came within 50 miles of 4 towns or cities of 10,000 people or more while the system was tropical. Distances are to the interpolated track line, not the storm's edge.

PlaceClosestWind thenDate
Hamilton, Bermuda1 mi110 mphOctober 18
Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda1 mi75 mphOctober 13
Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis29 mi80 mphOctober 13
Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France50 mi75 mphOctober 13

Every storm within 50 miles of Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France

Similar landfalls in Bermuda

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Bermuda came closest to Gonzalo's 110 mph:

  • Arlene (1963)110 mph, August 9, 1963
  • Storm 9 of 1948105 mph, October 7, 1948
  • Paulette (2020)100 mph, September 14, 2020
  • Ernesto (2024)85 mph, August 17, 2024

All 9 storms with a landfall record in Bermuda

Also peaked at 145 mph

Of 24 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time: