Hurricane Katia (2011)

The eleventh named storm of the 2011 Atlantic season formed on 30 August 2011 in the eastern Atlantic, with winds around 60 to 65 mph and a pressure of 994 millibars as it ran west about 885 miles from the southernmost Cape Verde Islands. Recurving over the western Atlantic, it became a major hurricane by 5 September and peaked that afternoon as a Category 4 with winds of 140 mph (230 km/h). It passed well north of the Lesser Antilles, where a yellow alert was hoisted for Guadeloupe over dangerous seas, and as a post-tropical cyclone it caused roughly £100m, about $157 million, in damage in the United Kingdom alone.

Formed (UTC)

2011-08-28

Dissipated (UTC)

2011-09-12

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=v04r01-2011240N10341

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: atlantic hurricane, 2011 season, cape verde, united kingdom, post-tropical

Coordinates: 39.5942994447251, -65.11425138818724

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

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