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Hurricane Joaquin 2015

Category 4 hurricane · Atlantic · September 28 to October 7, 2015

No other storm of the 2015 Atlantic season matched Joaquin's 155 mph peak; the season had 12 storms. It generated 47% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy, more than any other 2015 storm. It came ashore in the Bahamas as a Category 4 hurricane on October 1, 2015, with 130 mph winds. The name Joaquin is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired Atlantic hurricane names.

Track of Joaquin (2015) from the best-track record, coloured by strength30°N40°N70°W60°W50°W40°W30°W20°W10°WBahamas, 130 mphPeak 155 mphFirst recordNot tropicalDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 3Category 400 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Joaquin (2015) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 504080120160Sep 27Sep 29Oct 1Oct 3Oct 5Oct 7Oct 9Oct 11Oct 13Oct 15mph
  1. First record (low) 445 miles south-southwest of Hamilton, Bermuda
  2. Tropical storm 465 miles east-northeast of Nassau, the Bahamas
  3. Hurricane 350 miles east of Nassau, the Bahamas
  4. Major hurricane 270 miles northeast of Banes, Holguín, Cuba
  5. Landfall Bahamas
  6. Landfall Bahamas: Category 3, 125 mph, 940 mb
  7. Landfall Bahamas: Category 3, 125 mph, 942 mb
  8. Peak 300 miles east of Nassau, the Bahamas; lowest pressure 931 mb
  9. No longer tropical (low) 1,030 miles east-southeast of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
  10. Last record far out at sea, at 35.2°N, 7.7°W

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind155 mph · tied 45th of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure931 mb · tied 66th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy29.2 · 97th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone9.8 days · tied 265th of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 2015 season

04080120160Joaquin

Storm 11 of 12 in 2015, hurricane 3 of 4; it formed after Ida and before Kate. See the season.

Closest to land

Nearest town of 10,000 people or more: Hamilton, Bermuda, 74 miles from the center on October 5 (Category 1 hurricane stage).

Storms within 150 miles of Hamilton, Bermuda

Similar landfalls in Bahamas

Storms whose strongest landfall record in the Bahamas came closest to Joaquin's 130 mph:

All 29 storms with a landfall record in Bahamas

Also peaked at 155 mph

Of 11 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Jose (2017)938 mb, no landfall record
  • Igor (2010)924 mb, landfall in Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Iota (2020)917 mb, landfall in Nicaragua
  • Sam (2021)927 mb, no landfall record