2024 North Atlantic hurricane season
Hurricane Milton 2024
Recorded track and intensity from Oct 4, 2024 to Oct 11, 2024
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178 mph
Oct 7, 2024 during the tropical stage
Full archive record, including non-tropical stages if present
Along the recorded center positions
STORM HISTORY
Track and intensity summary
Milton is listed in the North Atlantic basin for the 2024 season. Its archived track begins on Oct 4, 2024, 06:00 PM UTC at 21°N, 94.6°W. The first observation lists sustained winds of 35 mph. These dates describe the available observations, which may include stages before and after the tropical cyclone phase.
The first Category 5 observation appears on Oct 7, 2024, 06:00 PM UTC. The highest recorded tropical-stage one-minute sustained wind is 178 mph, first recorded on Oct 7, 2024, 08:00 PM UTC at 21.8°N, 90.9°W. The minimum recorded tropical-stage central pressure is 895 hPa on Oct 7, 2024, 08:00 PM UTC.
The full record spans 168 hours and approximately 2,230 mi along the recorded center positions. The last recorded position is 29.3°N, 65.9°W on Oct 11, 2024, 06:00 PM UTC. The final tropical-stage observation is earlier, on Oct 10, 2024, 03:00 PM UTC.
IMPACT
Reported impact
| Areas affected | Mexico, United States |
|---|
Facts from Wikidata.
US impacts by state
Selected NOAA Storm Events records for hurricane, tropical storm and storm surge events during this storm's archived track. Deaths and injuries include reported direct and indirect impacts. These records are incomplete, particularly for indirect deaths, and are not storm-wide totals. Other hazards and impacts outside the US are excluded.
| State or territory | Deaths | Injuries | Property damage (event-year USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 12 | 1 | Not fully reported |
| Georgia | 0 | 0 | $0.00 |
Property damage is reported in dollars of the event year, without inflation adjustment; crop damage is excluded. A missing value is not zero. These figures do not replace the storm-wide estimates elsewhere on this page.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.
Further reading
Official report (PDF) — National Hurricane Center, Tropical Cyclone Report.
QUICK ANSWERS
Milton in brief
What was Hurricane Milton's highest wind speed?
178 mph, the highest one-minute sustained wind in its tropical stage, recorded on Oct 7, 2024, 08:00 PM UTC.
What category was Hurricane Milton?
Category 5 at its peak on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale, first reaching Category 5 on Oct 7, 2024, 06:00 PM UTC. Other agencies classify storms differently.
What was Hurricane Milton's lowest pressure?
895 mb, the minimum central pressure recorded during its tropical stage, on Oct 7, 2024, 08:00 PM UTC.
When did Hurricane Milton occur?
The archived track runs from Oct 4, 2024, 06:00 PM UTC to Oct 11, 2024, 06:00 PM UTC, with the tropical stage from Oct 5, 2024, 12:00 PM UTC to Oct 10, 2024, 03:00 PM UTC.
Where did Hurricane Milton form?
In the North Atlantic basin, in the 2024 season. Its first archived position is 21°N, 94.6°W on Oct 4, 2024, 06:00 PM UTC.
Did Hurricane Milton make landfall?
The archive places its center over land at 1 recorded position; the strongest is 115 mph on Oct 10, 2024, 12:30 AM UTC. Positions are six-hourly, so this is not a landfall chronology.
METHODOLOGY
Data sources and limitations
The map and summary are generated from NOAA's IBTrACS v04r01 archive. Wind and category use US-agency records; minimum pressure is calculated during the tropical stage, with the archive's pressure source retained. Category 5 refers to the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale; local agencies may use different classifications. Coastlines use Natural Earth's 1:10m land data.
Track distance adds great-circle distances between consecutive observations, excluding gaps over 12 hours. This track has no gaps over 12 hours. The line shows the storm's center, not its size, rainfall or flood extent. Converted wind speeds are rounded to the nearest whole unit.
Archive retrieved
NOAA IBTrACS archive and Field documentation
Sources & methodology