Hurricane Franklin path, 2023

What the record says

Franklin was a hurricane in the North Atlantic basin that lasted about 21 days, from 19 August 2023 to 9 September 2023. Its peak was Category 4 (130 kt) on 29 August 2023, with a 1-minute sustained wind of 130 kt (150 mph, 241 km/h). Its lowest recorded pressure was 926 hPa.

• Category 4peak intensity
• 130 ktpeak wind (150 mph)
• 926 hPalowest pressure
• 21 dayslifetime

Source of the peak wind: NOAA National Hurricane Center (HURDAT2, Atlantic).

It has its own page because it reached category 4 or stronger.

This page gives the official record's figures. It does not describe the human cost of the storm, which is far larger than any wind speed or pressure here.

Where it came ashore

• 23 August 2023: Dominican Republic (40 kt)

A landfall here is the first tropical position over land after time at sea, so it is within about six hours of the real event. The record shows up to 8.

Countries it came within 50 km of

Strongest effect first.

• Dominican Republic

How to read this track

The line joins the storm's six-hourly positions with straight lines, coloured by its intensity at each point, so it shows how the storm strengthened and weakened. The real path curved between the positions. A dashed grey stretch means the storm had become post-tropical. Records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are estimates.

Source: NOAA NCEI IBTrACS, public domain. See data sources and caveats.