🌀 Tammy · Category 2 · 110 mph

Wednesday, October 18, 2023 · 6:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Hurricane Tammy was a long-lived Atlantic hurricane in October 2023 that caused minor impacts across the Leeward Islands and Bermuda. The twentieth tropical storm, nineteenth named storm, and seventh hurricane of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, Tammy originated from a late-season tropical wave off the coast of West Africa that developed into a tropical storm on October 18. Tammy became a hurricane two days later, unusually late in the season for hurricanes to develop in the tropical Atlantic. and continued to intensify, aided by record warm sea surface temperatures. The hurricane then made landfall on Barbuda the next day. Afterwards, the hurricane slowly moved northwest paralleling the Leeward Islands, remaining steady in intensity for several days. On October 25, as the system began to accelerate northeast ahead of an approaching trough, Tammy intensified and peaked as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (175 km/h). It maintained hurricane strength for five days, before weakening to a tropical storm. Tammy degenerated into a post-tropical cyclone on October 28. Category 2 hurricane: peak winds of 110 mph (95 knots), lowest pressure 965 mb. October 18 – October 31, 2023. Landfall: October 22 at 90 mph, 17.6°N 61.8°W. Accumulated cyclone energy: 17.4. Wiki link Track: NOAA National Hurricane Center, HURDAT2 best track AL202023 (public domain).

🌀 Tammy · Category 2 · 110 mph