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Tropical Cyclone
Hurricane Debby (1988)
31 August 1988 · North Atlantic · Category 1
Hurricane Debby formed in the North Atlantic basin on 31 August 1988 and lasted 8 days. Its sustained winds reached 120 km/h, Category 1 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 987 hPa. It made landfall in Mexico.
- Formed
- 31 August 1988
- Dissipated
- 8 September 1988
- Duration
- 8 days
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 120 km/h (65 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 1
- Minimum Pressure
- 987 hPa
Countries Hit
- Cat. 1Mexico120 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 5Hurricane Gilbert296 km/h
- Cat. 4Hurricane Helene232 km/h
- Cat. 4Hurricane Joan:miriam232 km/h
- Cat. 1Hurricane Florence130 km/h
- Cat. 1Tropical Storm Keith120 km/h
- TSTropical Storm Ernesto102 km/h
- TSTropical Storm Beryl83 km/h
- TSTropical Storm Chris83 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth