Hurricane Ivan (2004)

Ivan began as Tropical Depression Nine, which formed from a large tropical wave southwest of the Cape Verde Islands on September 2, 2004. It caused catastrophic damage in Grenada as a strong Category 3, heavy damage in Jamaica as a strong Category 4, and severe damage in Grand Cayman and on the western tip of Cuba as a Category 5. It looped across Florida and back into the Gulf of Mexico, dropped heavy rain on the southeastern United States and became extratropical on September 18. Damage estimates along its path range from $13 billion to $26.1 billion, of which $20.5 billion was placed in the United States by the higher accounting.

Formed (UTC)

2004-09-02

Dissipated (UTC)

2004-09-24

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

5

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

145

Basin it formed in

North Atlantic

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2004247N10332

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: hurricane, category 5, grenada, jamaica, cayman islands, cuba, florida

Coordinates: 20.290117242137914, -83.99011724213791

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

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