Timeline of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season

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Timeline of the
2004 Atlantic hurricane season
2004 Atlantic hurricane season summary map.png
Season summary map
Season boundaries
First system formedJuly 31, 2004
Last system dissipatedDecember 3, 2004
Strongest system
Name Ivan
Maximum winds165 mph (270 km/h)
(1-minute sustained)
Lowest pressure910 mbar (hPa; 26.87 inHg)
Longest lasting system
NameIvan
Duration17.5 days
Storm articles
Other years
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

The 2004 Atlantic hurricane season was notable as one of the deadliest and most costly Atlantic hurricane seasons on record. It officially began on June 1, 2004 and ended on November 30, although storm activity continued into December. This timeline documents tropical cyclone formations, strengthening, weakening, landfalls, extratropical transitions, as well as dissipations. The timeline includes information which was not operationally released, meaning that information from post-storm reviews by the National Hurricane Center, such as information on a storm that was not operationally warned upon, has been included.

Contents

This season had 16 tropical depressions, of which, 15 became named storms. Of these, 9 strengthened into hurricanes with 6 intensifying into major hurricanes. [nb 1] The most noteworthy storms for the season were the five named storms that made landfall in the U.S. states of Florida and Alabama, three of them with at least 115 mph (185 km/h) sustained winds (major hurricane strength): Tropical Storm Bonnie, Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne. This is the only time in recorded history that four hurricanes affected the U.S. State of Florida although one of the four, Ivan, brought hurricane-force winds to the state without making a landfall there. [2]

Timeline of storms

Subtropical Storm Nicole (2004)Tropical Storm Matthew (2004)Hurricane JeanneHurricane IvanHurricane Gaston (2004)Hurricane FrancesTropical Storm Earl (2004)Hurricane Danielle (2004)Hurricane CharleyTropical Storm Bonnie (2004)Hurricane Alex (2004)Saffir-Simpson scaleTimeline of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season

June

June 1

July

July 31

August

Hurricane Alex off the mid-Atlantic coast on August 4 Hurricane alex2 2004.jpg
Hurricane Alex off the mid-Atlantic coast on August 4
August 1
August 3
August 4
August 6
August 9
August 10
August 11
August 12
August 13
Hurricane Charley prior to moving ashore on South Florida on August 13 Hurr Charley radar 2004 08 13 20 47 UTC.gif
Hurricane Charley prior to moving ashore on South Florida on August 13
August 14
  • 8 p.m. EDT (0000 UTC, August 15) – Tropical Storm Charley becomes extratropical over South Carolina. [5]
August 15
August 18
August 20
August 21
August 24
August 25
August 26
August 27
August 28
Hurricane Frances on August 31 Frances 2004-08-31 1755Z (cropped).jpg
Hurricane Frances on August 31
August 29
August 30
August 31

September

September 1
September 2
September 3
September 4
September 5
September 6
September 7
September 9
September 10
Hurricane Ivan on September 13 Ivan 2004-09-13 1900Z (square).jpg
Hurricane Ivan on September 13
September 11
September 12
September 13
September 14
September 15
September 16
September 17
September 18
September 19
September 20
September 22
September 23
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Hurricane Lisa track map
September 24
September 25
September 26
September 27
September 28

October

Subtropical Storm Nicole on October 11 Nicole 2004-10-11 1445Z.jpg
Subtropical Storm Nicole on October 11
October 2
October 3
October 8
October 10

November

November 29
November 30

December

December 2
December 3

See also

Notes

  1. Hurricanes reaching Category 3 (wind speeds of 111 miles per hour (179 km/h)) or higher on the 5-level Saffir–Simpson wind speed scale are considered major hurricanes. [1]
  2. The figures for maximum sustained winds and position estimates are rounded to the nearest 5 units (knots, miles, or kilometers), following the convention used in the National Hurricane Center's operational products for each storm. All other units are rounded to the nearest digit.

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