Hurricane Luis (1995)

A long-lived system that severely affected the Leeward Islands. After striking them it moved northwest of the Greater Antilles, then curved and weakened as it accelerated northeastward. Late on 10 September it transitioned to an extratropical cyclone, restrengthened, and made landfall on Newfoundland. Damage across the affected areas was estimated at $3.3 billion.

Formed (UTC)

1995-08-28

Dissipated (UTC)

1995-09-12

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

4

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

130

Basin it formed in

North Atlantic

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-1995241N11333

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: atlantic, category 4, leeward islands, newfoundland, extratropical, 1995

Coordinates: 26.263161670472535, -69.16316167047253

Part of Atlantic hurricanes of category 4 and above in the 1990 to 1999 seasons

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