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Hurricane Igor 2010
Category 4 hurricane · Atlantic · September 8 to September 21, 2010
Tropical-storm-force winds reached 460 miles from Igor's center, tied for the seventh-widest reach among the 364 Atlantic storms with wind-radius data (kept since 2004). No other storm of the 2010 Atlantic season matched its 155 mph peak; the season had 21 storms. It generated 26% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy, more than any other 2010 storm. The name Igor is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired Atlantic hurricane names.
Strength over time
- First record (tropical depression) far out at sea, at 14.0°N, 22.7°W
- Tropical storm far out at sea, at 13.8°N, 23.3°W
- Hurricane far out at sea, at 17.6°N, 42.0°W
- Major hurricane 955 miles east-northeast of Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados
- Peak 560 miles east-northeast of Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France; lowest pressure 924 mb
- Landfall Newfoundland and Labrador: Category 1, 85 mph, 950 mb
- No longer tropical (extratropical low) 270 miles east of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- Last record 715 miles north-northeast of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Against every Atlantic storm since 1851
More from the record
Its winds climbed 75 mph in the 24 hours to September 13.
In the 2010 season
Storm 11 of 21 in 2010, hurricane 4 of 12; it formed after Hermine and before Julia. See the season.
Places the center passed
The center came within 50 miles of 1 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.
| Place | Closest | Wind then | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton, Bermuda | 42 mi | 75 mph | September 20 |
Also peaked at 155 mph
Of 11 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:
- Gustav (2008)941 mb, landfall in Haiti
- Joaquin (2015)931 mb, landfall in Bahamas
- Jose (2017)938 mb, no landfall record
- Iota (2020)917 mb, landfall in Nicaragua