All storm pages · 1995 Atlantic season
Hurricane Luis 1995
Category 4 hurricane · Atlantic · August 28 to September 10, 1995
Luis held major-hurricane strength (Category 3 or higher) for 198 hours, the fifth-longest spell among Atlantic hurricanes. It generated 24% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy, more than any other 1995 storm. With a peak of 150 mph, it ranked tied for the strongest of the 21 storms of the 1995 season. The name Luis 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 11.4°N, 27.5°W
- Tropical storm far out at sea, at 11.6°N, 29.0°W
- Hurricane far out at sea, at 14.3°N, 38.8°W
- Major hurricane 1,125 miles northeast of Paramaribo, Suriname
- Peak 320 miles east of Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France; lowest pressure 935 mb
- No longer tropical (extratropical low) 295 miles south-southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Last record 1,045 miles northeast of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Against every Atlantic storm since 1851
In the 1995 season
Storm 13 of 21 in 1995, hurricane 6 of 11; it formed after Karen and before Storm 14 of 1995. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda | 28 mi | 130 mph | September 5 |
Every storm within 50 miles of Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda
Also peaked at 150 mph
Of 26 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:
- Gert (1999)930 mb, no landfall record
- Charley (2004)941 mb, landfall in Cuba
- Dennis (2005)930 mb, landfall in Grenada
- Gladys (1975)939 mb, no landfall record