Storm history › Atlantic › 1998 season
Hurricane Karl (1998)
Karl was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1998 Atlantic season. It was tracked from September 23, 1998 to September 29, 1998, about 6 days, and covered 3,555 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 105 mph (165 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 970 mb.
- Peak wind
- 105 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 970 mb
- Strongest
- Category 2 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 6 days
- Track length
- 3,555 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 7.5
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 399th highest of 2,017 Atlantic storms on record, tied with Hurricane Francine (2024), Hurricane Isaac (2024), Hurricane Leslie (2024) and 32 more.
- Lowest pressure: 378th lowest of 1,294 Atlantic storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Hurricane Leslie (2024), Hurricane Zeta (2020), Tropical Storm Sebastien (2019) and 11 more.
- Energy: 4% of the 1998 Atlantic season's ACE.