Timeline of the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season

The 2014 Atlantic hurricane season was an event in the annual hurricane season in the north Atlantic Ocean. It featured below-average tropical cyclone activity, with the fewest named storms since the 1997 season. The season officially began on June 1, 2014 and ended on November 30, 2014. These dates, adopted by convention, historically describe the period in each year when most tropical systems form. Even so, there were no named storms during either the opening or closing months of the season, as the first, Hurricane Arthur, developed on July 1, and the last, Tropical Storm Hanna, dissipated on October 28.

Altogether, eight tropical storms formed during the season, including six hurricanes of which two intensified into major hurricanes. There was also one tropical depression that failed to reach tropical storm strength. Impact throughout the year was widespread. Arthur, which made landfall near Cape Lookout, North Carolina on July 3, with 85 kn winds, was the strongest hurricane to strike the U.S. mainland since Hurricane Ike in 2008 (with 95 kn winds). The deadliest Atlantic storm of the season, Cristobal, barely touched land at all as it moved from Puerto Rico to Iceland in late August. Even so, it was responsible for at least seven fatalities: four on Hispaniola, one on Providenciales, and two along the U.S. East Coast. In October, Bermuda was struck twice, as hurricanes Fay and Gonzalo made landfall only six days apart (October 12 and 18 respectively), leaving much damage in their wakes.

This timeline documents tropical cyclone formations, strengthening, weakening, landfalls, extratropical transitions, and dissipations during the season. It includes information that was not released throughout the season, meaning that data from post-storm reviews by the National Hurricane Center, such as a storm that was not initially warned upon, has been included.

By convention, meteorologists use one time zone when issuing forecasts and making observations: Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), and also use the 24-hour clock (where 00:00 = midnight UTC). The National Hurricane Center uses both UTC and the time zone where the center of the tropical cyclone is currently located. The time zones utilized (east to west) prior to 2020 were: Atlantic, Eastern, and Central. In this timeline, all information is listed by UTC first with the respective regional time included in parentheses. Additionally, figures for maximum sustained winds and position estimates are rounded to the nearest 5 units (knots, miles, or kilometers), following the convention used in the National Hurricane Center's products. Direct wind observations are rounded to the nearest whole number. Atmospheric pressures are listed to the nearest millibar and nearest hundredth of an inch of mercury.

June
June 1
 * The 2014 Atlantic hurricane season officially begins.


 * No tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic Ocean during the month of June.

July
July 1
 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, June 30) near 27.7°N, -78.9°W – Tropical Depression One develops from an area of low pressure about 70 nmi north of Freeport, Bahamas.
 * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) near 27.5°N, -79.2°W – Tropical Depression One strengthens into Tropical Storm Arthur about 60 nmi east of Fort Pierce, Florida.

July 3
 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, July 2) near 30.1°N, -79.2°W – Tropical Storm Arthur strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane about 125 nmi east-southeast of Savannah, Georgia.

July 4
 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, July 3) near 34°N, -77.3°W – Hurricane Arthur intensifies into a Category 2 hurricane about 39 nmi east of Cape Fear, North Carolina.
 * 03:15 UTC (11:15 p.m. EDT, July 3) near 34.7°N, -76.6°W – Hurricane Arthur makes on Shackleford Banks, about 5 nmi northwest of Cape Lookout, North Carolina, with winds of 85 kn.
 * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) near 35.3°N, -76°W – Hurricane Arthur attains its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 85 kn and a minimum barometric pressure of 973 mbar, while over Pamlico Sound.
 * 08:00 UTC (4:00 a.m. EDT) near 35.8°N, -75.5°W – Hurricane Arthur makes landfall on the Outer Banks, about 5 nmi north of Oregon Inlet, North Carolina, with winds of 85 kn.
 * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) near 36.8°N, -74.4°W – Hurricane Arthur weakens to a Category 1 hurricane about 90 nmi east of Norfolk, Virginia.

July 5
 * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) near 42.3°N, -67.6°W – Hurricane Arthur weakens to a tropical storm about 115 nmi east of Provincetown, Massachusetts.
 * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) near 44.1°N, -66.5°W – Tropical Storm Arthur becomes an extratropical cyclone about 21 nmi northwest of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, and subsequently dissipates.

July 21
 * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) near 11.4°N, -41.6°W – Tropical Depression Two develops from a tropical wave about 1165 nmi east of the Lesser Antilles.

July 23
 * 12:00 UTC (18:00 a.m. AST) near 14°N, -55°W – Tropical Depression Two degenerates into an trough of low pressure about 335 nmi east of the Lesser Antilles, and later dissipates.

August
August 1
 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST, July 31) near 12.2°N, -54.6°W – Tropical Storm Bertha develops from a tropical wave about 300 nmi east-southeast of Barbados.

August 3
 * 14:00 UTC (10:00 a.m. AST) near 21.8°N, -71.9°W – Tropical Storm Bertha makes landfall on Middle Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands, with winds of 40 kn.

August 4
 * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) near 26.8°N, -73.6°W – Tropical Storm Bertha strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane and simultaneously attains its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 70 kn and a minimum barometric pressure of 998 mbar, about 170 nmi north-northeast of San Salvador Island, the Bahamas.

August 5
 * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) near 32.5°N, -73.2°W – Hurricane Bertha weakens to a tropical storm about 510 nmi north-northeast of San Salvador Island.

August 6
 * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) near 40.8°N, -61.3°W – Tropical Storm Bertha transitions into a frontal extratropical cyclone about 250 nmi south-southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and subsequently degenerates into a trough.

August 23
 * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) near 21.5°N, -72.2°W – Tropical Depression Four develops from a tropical wave about 19 nmi south of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands.

August 24
 * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) near 22.6°N, -72.9°W – Tropical Depression Four strengthens into Tropical Storm Cristobal about 13 nmi north of Mayaguana, Bahamas.

August 26
 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, August 25) near 25.1°N, -72.1°W – Tropical Storm Cristobal strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane approximately 580 nmi southwest of Bermuda.

August 29
 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, August 28) near 39.1°N, -58.8°W – Hurricane Cristobal attains its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 75 kn and a minimum barometric pressure of 965 mbar, about 495 nmi northeast of Bermuda.
 * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) near 44.2°N, -49°W – Hurricane Cristobal transitions into an extratropical cyclone about 225 nmi southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland, and subsequently merges with another extratropical cyclone after moving across Iceland.

September
September 1
 * 18:00 UTC (1:00 p.m. CDT) near 20°N, -93.2°W – Tropical Depression Five develops from a tropical wave about 295 nmi east-southeast of Tampico, Tamaulipas.

September 2
 * 00:00 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT, September 1) near 21.3°N, -93.4°W – Tropical Depression Five intensifies into Tropical Storm Dolly about 255 nmi east-southeast of Tampico.
 * 12:00 UTC (7:00 a.m. CDT) near 22.8°N, -95.6°W – Tropical Storm Dolly attains its peak sustained winds of 45 kn about 130 nmi east-northeast of Tampico.

September 3
 * 01:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. CDT, September 2) near 22°N, -97.4°W – Tropical Storm Dolly attains its lowest barometric pressure of 1,000 mbar, about 30 nmi south-southeast of Tampico.
 * 04:00 UTC (11:00 p.m. CDT, September 2) near 22°N, -97.7°W – Tropical Storm Dolly makes landfall about 20 mi south-southeast of Tampico, with sustained winds of 40 kn.
 * 12:00 UTC (7:00 a.m CDT) near 21.8°N, -98.8°W – Tropical Storm Dolly degenerates inland to a tropical low, about 60 nmi west-southwest of Tampico, and later dissipates.

September 11
 * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) near 15.8°N, -36.5°W – Tropical Depression Six develops from a tropical wave about 720 nmi west of the Cape Verde Islands.

September 12
 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, September 11) near 17.2°N, 39.2°W – Tropical Depression Six intensifies into Tropical Storm Edouard about 800 nmi west of the Cape Verde Islands.

September 14
 * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) near 24.4°N, -50.3°W – Tropical Storm Edouard intensifies into a Category 1 hurricane about 900 nmi southeast of Bermuda.

September 15
 * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) near 26.5°N, -54°W – Hurricane Edouard intensifies into a Category 2 hurricane about 665 nmi southeast of Bermuda.

September 16
 * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) near 29.5°N, -57.3°W – Hurricane Edouard intensifies into a Category 3 hurricane about 420 nmi southeast of Bermuda.
 * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) near 30.6°N, -57.8°W – Hurricane Edouard attains its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 105 kn and a minimum barometric pressure of 955 mbar, about 360 nmi east of Bermuda.
 * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) near 31.7°N, -57.7°W – Hurricane Edouard weakens to a Category 2 hurricane about 365 nmi east of Bermuda.

September 17
 * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) near 35.7°N, -54.5°W – Hurricane Edouard weakens to a Category 1 hurricane about 560 nmi northeast of Bermuda.

September 19
 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, September 18) near 39.9°N, -40.1°W – Hurricane Edouard weakens to a tropical storm about 420 nmi west-southwest of the western Azores.
 * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) near 39.5°N, -37.4°W – Tropical Storm Edouard degenerates into a post-tropical cyclone about 400 nmi west of the western Azores, and subsequently merges with a frontal system.

October
October 10
 * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) near 22.7°N, -62.4°W – Subtropical Storm Fay develops from a mid- to upper-level trough about 535 nmi south of Bermuda.

October 11
 * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) near 26°N, -65°W – Subtropical Storm Fay transitions into a tropical storm about 380 nmi south of Bermuda.

October 12
 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, October 11) near 16.4°N, -55.9°W – Tropical Depression Eight develops from a tropical wave about 340 nmi east of the Leeward Islands.
 * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) near 31.7°N, -64.9°W – Tropical Storm Fay intensifies into a Category 1 hurricane about 35 nmi south of Bermuda.
 * 08:10 UTC (4:10 a.m. AST) near 32.3°N, -64.7°W – Hurricane Fay makes landfall on Bermuda with sustained winds of 70 kn.
 * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) near 33.1°N, -63.9°W – Hurricane Fay attains its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 70 kn and a minimum barometric pressure of 983 mbar, about 65 nmi northeast of Bermuda.
 * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) near 16.4°N, -57.9°W – Tropical Depression Eight strengthens into Tropical Storm Gonzalo about 220 nmi east of Antigua.
 * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) near 33.6°N, -61.9°W – Hurricane Fay weakens to a tropical storm about 165 nmi northeast of Bermuda.

October 13
 * 00:00 (8:00 p.m. AST, October 12) near 33.9°N, -59°W – Tropical Storm Fay degenerates into an open trough about 305 nmi east-northeast of Bermuda, and later dissipates.
 * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) near 17°N, -61.5°W – Tropical Storm Gonzalo strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane about 20 nmi east-southeast of Antigua.
 * 14:30 UTC (10:30 a.m. AST) near 17.1°N, -61.8°W – Hurricane Gonzalo makes landfall on Antigua with sustained winds of 65 kn.
 * 22:45 UTC (6:45 p.m. AST) near 18.1°N, -63°W – Hurricane Gonzalo makes landfall on Saint Martin with sustained winds of 75 kn.
 * 23:15 UTC (7:15 p.m. AST) near 18.2°N, -63.1°W – Hurricane Gonzalo makes landfall on Anguilla with sustained winds of 75 kn.

October 14
 * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) near 19.1°N, -64°W – Hurricane Gonzalo intensifies into a Category 2 hurricane about 35 nmi northeast of Anegada, British Virgin Islands.
 * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) near 20.8°N, -65.5°W – Hurricane Gonzalo intensifies into a Category 3 hurricane about 145 nmi north of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

October 15
 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, October 14) near 21.7°N, -66.2°W – Hurricane Gonzalo intensifies into a Category 4 hurricane about 195 nmi north of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and simultaneously attains an initial peak maximum sustained windspeed of 115 kn.
 * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) near 23.8°N, -68.3°W – Hurricane Gonzalo weakens to a Category 3 hurricane about 543 nmi south-southwest of Bermuda.

October 16
 * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) near 25°N, -68.7°W – Hurricane Gonzalo re-intensifies into a Category 4 hurricane about 482 nmi south-southwest of Bermuda.
 * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) near 25.6°N, -68.7°W – Hurricane Gonzalo attains its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 125 kn and a minimum barometric pressure of 940 mbar, about 455 nmi south-southwest of Bermuda.

October 17
 * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) near 29.8°N, -66.5°W – Hurricane Gonzalo again weakens to a Category 3 hurricane about 175 nmi south-southwest of Bermuda.

October 18
 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, October 17) near 32.2°N, -64.9°W – Hurricane Gonzalo weakens to a Category 2 hurricane about 8 nmi south-southwest of Bermuda.
 * 00:30 UTC (8:30 p.m. AST, October 17) near 32.3°N, -64.8°W – Hurricane Gonzalo makes landfall on Bermuda with sustained winds of 95 kn.

October 19
 * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) near 44.5°N, -54.8°W – Hurricane Gonzalo weakens to a Category 1 hurricane about 148 nmi southwest of the southeastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland.
 * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) near 50.6°N, -44.8°W – Hurricane Gonzalo transitions into an extratropical cyclone about 400 nmi northeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland, and is later absorbed by a cold front.

October 22
 * 00:00 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT, October 21) near 19.5°N, -93.3°W – Tropical Depression Nine develops from the remnants of eastern Pacific Tropical Storm Trudy about 150 nmi west of Campeche City, Campeche, and simultaneously attains its lowest barometric pressure of 1,000 mbar.

October 23
 * 00:00 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT, October 22) near 19.2°N, -91.3°W – Tropical Depression Nine degenerates into a remnant low about 55 nmi southwest of Campeche City.

October 25
 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, October 24) near 19°N, -86.2°W – Remnant Low Nine opens into a trough over the Caribbean Sea, east of the Yucatán Peninsula.

October 26
 * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) near 16°N, -81.8°W – Remnant trough Nine redevelops into a small closed area of low pressure about 100 nmi east-northeast of Cabo Gracias a Dios on the Honduras–Nicaragua border.

October 27
 * 00:00 UTC (7:00 p.m. EDT, October 26) near 15.1°N, -82°W – Remnant Low Nine regenerates into a tropical depression about 70 nmi east-northeast of Cabo Gracias a Dios.
 * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) near 15°N, -82.4°W – Tropical Depression Nine intensifies into Tropical Storm Hanna about 45 nmi east of Cabo Gracias a Dios, and simultaneously attains its peak sustained winds of 35 kn.
 * 16:00 UTC (12:00 p.m. EDT) near 14.9°N, -83.3°W – Tropical Storm Hanna makes landfall about 10 nmi west-southwest of Cabo Gracias a Dios with sustained winds of 35 kn.
 * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) near 14.9°N, -83.5°W – Tropical Storm Hanna weakens to a tropical depression inland about 20 nmi west-southwest of Cabo Gracias a Dios.

October 28
 * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) near 15.4°N, -85.2°W – Tropical Depression Hanna again degenerates into a remnant low about 120 nmi west-northwest of Cabo Gracias a Dios, and subsequently dissipates.

November

 * No tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic Ocean during the month of November.

November 30
 * The 2014 Atlantic hurricane season officially ends.