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Hurricane Season:1988

Individual hurricane/tropical storm summary.
Including all wind speed, central pressure, position, tracking chart, and storm category information for each hurricane or tropical storm advisory issued.
1988 Hurricane Season - back to view information on this year's hurricane season.
Maximum Wind speed:185mph (160 knots) mph (miles per hour) for GILBERT
Lowest central pressure:888 mb (millibars) for GILBERT
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Storm name:GILBERT
Maximum wind speed:185 mph, (160 knots)
Lowest central pressure:888
Advisory Start Date:1988/9/9/0000Z
Advisory End Date:1988/9/20/0000Z



Full year storm tracks:

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Storm name:GILBERT
Maximum wind speed:185 mph, (160 knots)
Lowest central pressure:888
Advisory Start Date:1988/9/9/0000Z
Advisory End Date:1988/9/20/0000Z

Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/9/0000Z/Latitude:12.7/Longitude:-55.6/Wind:29mph (25 knots) /Central Pressure:1007/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/9/0600Z/Latitude:13.3/Longitude:-57.1/Wind:35mph (30 knots) /Central Pressure:1006/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/9/1200Z/Latitude:14/Longitude:-58.6/Wind:35mph (30 knots) /Central Pressure:1005/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/9/1800Z/Latitude:14.5/Longitude:-60.1/Wind:41mph (35 knots) /Central Pressure:1004/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/10/0000Z/Latitude:14.8/Longitude:-61.5/Wind:47mph (40 knots) /Central Pressure:1002/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/10/0600Z/Latitude:15/Longitude:-62.8/Wind:52mph (45 knots) /Central Pressure:998/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/10/1200Z/Latitude:15.3/Longitude:-64.1/Wind:58mph (50 knots) /Central Pressure:995/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/10/1800Z/Latitude:15.7/Longitude:-65.4/Wind:64mph (55 knots) /Central Pressure:992/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/11/0000Z/Latitude:15.9/Longitude:-66.8/Wind:75mph (65 knots) /Central Pressure:989/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/11/0600Z/Latitude:16.2/Longitude:-68/Wind:93mph (80 knots) /Central Pressure:982/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/11/1200Z/Latitude:16.1/Longitude:-69.5/Wind:110mph (95 knots) /Central Pressure:975/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/11/1800Z/Latitude:16.2/Longitude:-70.7/Wind:116mph (100 knots) /Central Pressure:970/Category:Hurricane - Category 2
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/12/0000Z/Latitude:16.8/Longitude:-72/Wind:121mph (105 knots) /Central Pressure:964/Category:Hurricane - Category 2
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/12/0600Z/Latitude:17.3/Longitude:-73.7/Wind:127mph (110 knots) /Central Pressure:962/Category:Hurricane - Category 2
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/12/1200Z/Latitude:17.6/Longitude:-75.3/Wind:127mph (110 knots) /Central Pressure:960/Category:Hurricane - Category 2
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/12/1800Z/Latitude:17.9/Longitude:-76.9/Wind:127mph (110 knots) /Central Pressure:960/Category:Hurricane - Category 2
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/13/0000Z/Latitude:18.2/Longitude:-78.5/Wind:127mph (110 knots) /Central Pressure:960/Category:Hurricane - Category 2
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/13/0600Z/Latitude:18.5/Longitude:-79.7/Wind:133mph (115 knots) /Central Pressure:952/Category:Hurricane - Category 3
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/13/1200Z/Latitude:18.8/Longitude:-81.1/Wind:144mph (125 knots) /Central Pressure:934/Category:Hurricane - Category 3
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/13/1800Z/Latitude:19.4/Longitude:-82.5/Wind:162mph (140 knots) /Central Pressure:905/Category:Hurricane - Category 4
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/14/0000Z/Latitude:19.7/Longitude:-83.8/Wind:185mph (160 knots) /Central Pressure:888/Category:Hurricane - Category 5
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/14/0600Z/Latitude:19.9/Longitude:-85.3/Wind:179mph (155 knots) /Central Pressure:889/Category:Hurricane - Category 4
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/14/1200Z/Latitude:20.4/Longitude:-86.5/Wind:167mph (145 knots) /Central Pressure:892/Category:Hurricane - Category 4
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/14/1800Z/Latitude:20.9/Longitude:-87.8/Wind:150mph (130 knots) /Central Pressure:925/Category:Hurricane - Category 3
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/15/0000Z/Latitude:21.3/Longitude:-89.5/Wind:116mph (100 knots) /Central Pressure:944/Category:Hurricane - Category 2
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/15/0600Z/Latitude:21.6/Longitude:-90.7/Wind:104mph (90 knots) /Central Pressure:949/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/15/1200Z/Latitude:21.9/Longitude:-91.7/Wind:98mph (85 knots) /Central Pressure:950/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/15/1800Z/Latitude:22.1/Longitude:-92.8/Wind:104mph (90 knots) /Central Pressure:950/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/16/0000Z/Latitude:22.5/Longitude:-93.8/Wind:116mph (100 knots) /Central Pressure:949/Category:Hurricane - Category 2
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/16/0600Z/Latitude:22.9/Longitude:-94.8/Wind:127mph (110 knots) /Central Pressure:946/Category:Hurricane - Category 2
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/16/1200Z/Latitude:23.7/Longitude:-95.9/Wind:133mph (115 knots) /Central Pressure:948/Category:Hurricane - Category 3
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/16/1800Z/Latitude:23.9/Longitude:-97/Wind:133mph (115 knots) /Central Pressure:950/Category:Hurricane - Category 3
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/17/0000Z/Latitude:24.4/Longitude:-98.2/Wind:93mph (80 knots) /Central Pressure:964/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/17/0600Z/Latitude:24.8/Longitude:-99.3/Wind:58mph (50 knots) /Central Pressure:988/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/17/1200Z/Latitude:25/Longitude:-100.5/Wind:41mph (35 knots) /Central Pressure:996/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/17/1800Z/Latitude:25.4/Longitude:-101.9/Wind:35mph (30 knots) /Central Pressure:1000/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/18/0000Z/Latitude:26/Longitude:-103.2/Wind:35mph (30 knots) /Central Pressure:1002/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/18/0600Z/Latitude:27.6/Longitude:-103.7/Wind:35mph (30 knots) /Central Pressure:1004/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/18/1200Z/Latitude:29.3/Longitude:-102.6/Wind:29mph (25 knots) /Central Pressure:1003/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/18/1800Z/Latitude:31.5/Longitude:-101.3/Wind:29mph (25 knots) /Central Pressure:1003/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/19/0000Z/Latitude:33.2/Longitude:-99.7/Wind:29mph (25 knots) /Central Pressure:1002/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/19/0600Z/Latitude:35.8/Longitude:-97.7/Wind:29mph (25 knots) /Central Pressure:1001/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/19/1200Z/Latitude:37.7/Longitude:-93.2/Wind:29mph (25 knots) /Central Pressure:999/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/19/1800Z/Latitude:40.2/Longitude:-89.9/Wind:29mph (25 knots) /Central Pressure:998/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:GILBERT/Date:1988/9/20/0000Z/Latitude:43.4/Longitude:-86.5/Wind:29mph (25 knots) /Central Pressure:995/Category:Tropical Storm


1988 Hurricane Season page
All information from the official hurricane advisories or widely agreed upon historical records.
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