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Hurricane Lenny 1999

Category 4 hurricane · Atlantic · November 13 to November 23, 1999

Lenny has landfall records in 4 different places: the US Virgin Islands, Saint Martin, Saint Barthelemy and Antigua and Barbuda. It came ashore in the US Virgin Islands as a Category 4 hurricane on November 17, 1999, with 155 mph winds. Its winds climbed 60 mph in the 24 hours to November 17. The name Lenny is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired Atlantic hurricane names.

Track of Lenny (1999) from the best-track record, coloured by strength15°N20°N80°W75°W70°W65°W60°W55°WUS Virgin Islands, 155 mphSaint Martin, 125 mphSaint Barthelemy, 85 mphAntigua and Barbuda, 65 mphPeak 155 mphFirst recordDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 3Category 400 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Lenny (1999) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 504080120160Nov 14Nov 15Nov 16Nov 17Nov 18Nov 19Nov 20Nov 21Nov 22Nov 23mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) 220 miles north-northeast of Bilwi, Atlántico Norte, Nicaragua
  2. Tropical storm 175 miles southwest of Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, Jamaica
  3. Hurricane 155 miles south-southwest of Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, Jamaica
  4. Major hurricane 160 miles south-southwest of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  5. Peak, 155 mph 25 miles south of Christiansted, the US Virgin Islands; lowest pressure 933 mb
  6. Landfall US Virgin Islands
  7. Landfall Saint Martin: Category 3, 125 mph, 966 mb
  8. Landfall Saint Martin: Category 2, 100 mph, 975 mb
  9. Landfall Saint Barthelemy: Category 1, 85 mph, 979 mb
  10. Landfall Antigua and Barbuda: tropical storm, 65 mph, 994 mb
  11. Last record (tropical depression) 585 miles northeast of Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind155 mph · tied 45th of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure933 mb · tied 74th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy19.9 · 241st of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone9.5 days · tied 292nd of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 1999 season

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Storm 16 of 16 in 1999, hurricane 8 of 8; it formed after Katrina. Lenny produced 11% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy and ranks joint first by peak wind. See the season.

Places the center passed

The center came within 50 miles of 3 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
Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda13 mi65 mphNovember 20
Christiansted, the US Virgin Islands22 mi155 mphNovember 17
Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis25 mi70 mphNovember 19

Every storm within 50 miles of Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda

Also peaked at 155 mph

Of 10 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time: