Hurricane Bill (2009)

A large system that passed well northeast of the Lesser Antilles and attained maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 km/h) on 19 August 2009, with a minimum pressure of 943 mb the following day. By the 11:00 am EDT advisory on 21 August the National Hurricane Center placed it about 335 miles (540 km) south of Bermuda and 755 miles (1,215 km) southeast of Cape Hatteras, with winds near 115 mph and gradual weakening forecast as it moved over cooler water. Effects on Atlantic Canada and the East Coast of the United States were minor, mainly power outages and flooding, with $46.2 million in damage over nine days.

Formed (UTC)

2009-08-15

Dissipated (UTC)

2009-08-26

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

4

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

115

Basin it formed in

North Atlantic

Deaths, as sources state them

2

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2009227N12328

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: atlantic hurricane, 2009 season, bermuda, atlantic canada, east coast

Coordinates: 41.789515568691684, -65.95961072869929

Part of Atlantic hurricanes of category 4 and above in the 2008 to 2016 seasons

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