Hurricane Isaac (2000)

Isaac reached the upper end of the Saffir-Simpson scale over the open North Atlantic in the closing days of the 2000 season. The season summary records that for the whole of its life it stayed far from land.

Formed (UTC)

2000-09-21

Dissipated (UTC)

2000-10-04

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

4

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

120

Basin it formed in

North Atlantic

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2000266N12337

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: hurricane, category 4, north atlantic, open ocean, 2000 season

Coordinates: 39.14143165180397, -48.697954783137185

Part of Atlantic hurricanes of category 4 and above in the 2000 to 2007 seasons

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