AL142016 | 2016 season
- Formed
- 2016-09-28
- Dissipated
- 2016-10-10
- Peak wind
- 145 kt
- Lifetime category
- 5
- Min pressure
- 934 mb (lifetime)
- Florida date
- 2016-10-07
- Approach
- atlantic
- FL regions
- NE2
- Center landfall
- no
- ENSO (ASO ONI)
- -0.58
- Peak surge (FL)
- 6.96 ft (Fernandina Beach, northeast Florida (center remained offshore))
Surge: storm surge above predicted tide (NOS gauge). Record water levels on the St. Johns River; press-cited figures near 10 ft reflect a different water-level metric at the same gauge. Source: NHC TCR; NWS Matthew Service Assessment (6.96 ft NOS gauge).
Track
- below hurricane strength
- Cat 1
- Cat 2
- Cat 3
- Cat 4
- Cat 5
- first track point
- landfall (HURDAT2 L record, colored by intensity there)
- Florida-relevant point (strongest fix on the FL impact date)
- Florida Straits / Cuba shelf corridor (where track wobble is measured)
HURDAT2 best track. Coastline is stylized for orientation, not a boundary source.
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Intensity
Maximum sustained wind over the storm lifetime, with Saffir-Simpson thresholds and the Florida-relevant date marked. All values from HURDAT2.
Official Sources
How This Record Was Built
join: name_match | confidence: high | pressure diff: 29mb | enrichment v1.3.0 | status: machine_enriched
Impact facts from the NOAA Continental US Hurricane Impacts table; track and intensity from NOAA HURDAT2; ENSO phase from CPC ONI. Full rules on the methodology page.