Storm history › Atlantic › 2012 season
Hurricane Kirk (2012)
Kirk was a Category 2 hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic season. It was tracked from August 28, 2012 to September 3, 2012, about 5 days, and covered 2,512 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
- 5 days
- Track length
- 2,512 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 7.7
DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5
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: 6% of the 2012 Atlantic season's ACE.