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Tropical Cyclone
Hurricane Isaac (2012)
20 August 2012 · North Atlantic · Category 1
Hurricane Isaac formed in the North Atlantic basin on 20 August 2012 and lasted 12 days. Its sustained winds reached 130 km/h, Category 1 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 965 hPa. It made landfall in the United States of America, Haiti and Cuba.
- Formed
- 20 August 2012
- Dissipated
- 1 September 2012
- Duration
- 12 days
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 130 km/h (70 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 1
- Minimum Pressure
- 965 hPa
Countries Hit
- Cat. 1United States of America130 km/h
- TSHaiti102 km/h
- TSCuba93 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 3Hurricane Sandy185 km/h
- Cat. 3Hurricane Michael185 km/h
- Cat. 2Hurricane Ernesto157 km/h
- Cat. 1Hurricane Nadine148 km/h
- Cat. 1Hurricane Rafael148 km/h
- Cat. 1Hurricane Leslie130 km/h
- TSTropical Storm Beryl111 km/h
- TSTropical Storm Debby102 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth