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Hurricane Jeanne 2004

Category 3 hurricane · Atlantic · September 13 to September 28, 2004

Jeanne has landfall records in 5 different places: Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, the Bahamas and Florida. It came ashore in Florida as a Category 3 hurricane on September 26, 2004, with 120 mph winds. With a peak of 120 mph, it ranked tied for the fifth-strongest of the 16 storms of the 2004 season. The name Jeanne is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired Atlantic hurricane names.

Track of Jeanne (2004) from the best-track record, coloured by strength20°N30°N40°N90°W80°W70°W60°WPuerto PlataGuadeloupe, 35 mphPuerto Rico, 70 mphDominican Republic, 80 mphBahamas, 115 mphFlorida, 120 mphPeak 120 mphFirst recordNot tropicalDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 300 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Jeanne (2004) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 404080120160Sep 14Sep 16Sep 18Sep 20Sep 22Sep 24Sep 26Sep 28mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) 100 miles east-northeast of Roseau, Saint George, Dominica
  2. Landfall Guadeloupe: depression, 35 mph, 1009 mb
  3. Tropical storm 65 miles south of Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
  4. Landfall Puerto Rico: tropical storm, 70 mph, 991 mb
  5. Hurricane 25 miles east of Higuey, La Altagracia, the Dominican Republic
  6. Landfall Dominican Republic: Category 1, 80 mph, 985 mb
  7. Major hurricane 110 miles north-northeast of Nassau, the Bahamas
  8. Landfall Bahamas: Category 3, 115 mph, 956 mb
  9. Peak 40 miles northeast of Freeport, the Bahamas; lowest pressure 950 mb
  10. Landfall Florida
  11. No longer tropical (extratropical low) 35 miles southeast of St. Charles, Maryland
  12. Last record 120 miles east-southeast of Atlantic City, New Jersey

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind120 mph · tied 221st of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure950 mb · tied 175th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy24.2 · tied 172nd of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone15.0 days · 41st of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 2004 season

04080120160200Jeanne

Storm 11 of 16 in 2004, hurricane 7 of 9; it formed after Storm 10 of 2004 and before Karl. Jeanne produced 11% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. See the season.

Places the center passed

The center came within 50 miles of at least 8 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
Nagua, María Trinidad Sánchez, the Dominican Republic0 mi65 mphSeptember 17
Danville, Virginia1 mi30 mphSeptember 28
El Seibo, El Seybo, the Dominican Republic3 mi75 mphSeptember 16
Samaná, the Dominican Republic4 mi70 mphSeptember 16
Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France4 mi35 mphSeptember 14
Higuey, La Altagracia, the Dominican Republic4 mi80 mphSeptember 16
Salisbury, North Carolina6 mi25 mphSeptember 28
Puerto Plata, the Dominican Republic6 mi60 mphSeptember 17

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

Similar landfalls in Florida

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Florida came closest to Jeanne's 120 mph:

  • Dennis (2005)120 mph, July 10, 2005
  • Wilma (2005)120 mph, October 24, 2005
  • Easy (1950)120 mph, September 5, 1950
  • Storm 8 of 1906120 mph, October 18, 1906

All 229 storms with a landfall record in Florida

Also peaked at 120 mph

Of 58 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Gordon (2006)955 mb, no landfall record
  • Helene (2006)955 mb, no landfall record
  • Erin (2001)968 mb, no landfall record
  • Fred (2009)958 mb, no landfall record