Hurricane Igor (2010)

The system originated from a broad area of low pressure that moved off the western coast of Africa on 6 September 2010. Explosive intensification on 12 September took it to Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, and it gradually weakened before brushing Bermuda as a minimal hurricane on 20 September. It became the most destructive storm on record to strike the Canadian island of Newfoundland.

Formed (UTC)

2010-09-08

Dissipated (UTC)

2010-09-23

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

4

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

135

Basin it formed in

North Atlantic

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2010251N14337

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: atlantic hurricane, 2010 season, newfoundland, bermuda, rapid intensification

Coordinates: 24.35417018656125, -61.856950310935424

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

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