Hurricane Isaias (2026)

Name: Hurricane Isaias (2026): track and modeled winds
Creator: NOAA/NWS National Hurricane Center

Hurricane Isaias was a Category 3 hurricane at its peak, with 121 mph winds and a lowest pressure of 959 mb, per NOAA's National Hurricane Center. Modeled winds reached tropical-storm force (39 mph) at 5 of the cities we track; the strongest was Crestview, FL, with a modeled peak gust of 94 mph.

Preliminary: this is the National Hurricane Center’s working track for the 2026 season. NOAA reviews every storm after the season and publishes the final track the next spring; this page updates then. Working tracks have no landfall points.

Peak strength121 mph winds (1-minute): Category 3
Cities with tropical-storm-force windsModeled, of the cities we track: 5
Landfalls: 0
Lowest pressure: 959 mb

Track, wind field and cities

Select a piece of the track or a city for details.

Depression or weaker
Tropical storm
Hurricane, Category 1 or 2
Major hurricane, Category 3 to 5
Landfall
City (larger ring, stronger modeled gust)
Modeled wind field, 39 to 111 mph sustained (darker, stronger; orange 111 mph+)

Source: NOAA/NWS National Hurricane Center working best track (preliminary). City winds and the wind field are modeled.

The shaded areas are where our model puts Hurricane Isaias’s sustained winds over open land at 39 mph or more (tropical-storm force), 58, 74 (hurricane force) and 111 mph (major hurricane force) at some point along its track. Modeled, not measured. How we model hurricane winds

Modeled winds at cities (5)

Estimated peak winds for open, flat ground at each city’s center. Not measurements. How we model hurricane winds

City	Peak gust	Sustained	Closest pass	Peak
Crestview, FL	94 mph	76 mph	2 miles	Oct 9, 2026, 9:15 PM EDT
Pensacola, FL	67 mph	54 mph	36 miles	Oct 9, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
Montgomery, AL	52 mph	43 mph	26 miles	Oct 10, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT
Daphne, AL	52 mph	43 mph	78 miles	Oct 9, 2026, 6:30 PM CDT
Columbus, GA	49 mph	40 mph	107 miles	Oct 10, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT

Best track (28 positions)

Time	Status	Wind	Pressure	Position
Oct 4, 18:00 UTC	Disturbance	17 mph		22.0°N, 96.5°W
Oct 5, 00:00 UTC	Disturbance	23 mph		22.0°N, 96.5°W
Oct 5, 06:00 UTC	Disturbance	29 mph		22.0°N, 96.5°W
Oct 5, 12:00 UTC	Disturbance	29 mph	1010 mb	22.0°N, 96.5°W
Oct 5, 18:00 UTC	Disturbance	29 mph	1010 mb	22.2°N, 96.3°W
Oct 6, 00:00 UTC	Disturbance	29 mph	1009 mb	22.3°N, 96.1°W
Oct 6, 06:00 UTC	Disturbance	29 mph	1009 mb	22.2°N, 96.0°W
Oct 6, 12:00 UTC	Disturbance	29 mph	1008 mb	22.0°N, 96.0°W
Oct 6, 18:00 UTC	Tropical depression	35 mph	1007 mb	21.9°N, 95.7°W
Oct 7, 00:00 UTC	Tropical depression	35 mph	1006 mb	21.7°N, 95.3°W
Oct 7, 06:00 UTC	Tropical storm	40 mph	1004 mb	21.9°N, 94.6°W
Oct 7, 12:00 UTC	Tropical storm	46 mph	1002 mb	22.2°N, 93.9°W
Oct 7, 18:00 UTC	Tropical storm	58 mph	995 mb	22.5°N, 93.3°W
Oct 8, 00:00 UTC	Tropical storm	69 mph	988 mb	22.7°N, 92.3°W
Oct 8, 06:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	81 mph	981 mb	23.1°N, 91.5°W
Oct 8, 12:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	86 mph	977 mb	23.4°N, 90.6°W
Oct 8, 18:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	92 mph	975 mb	23.9°N, 89.8°W
Oct 9, 00:00 UTC	Category 2 hurricane	98 mph	974 mb	24.8°N, 89.0°W
Oct 9, 06:00 UTC	Category 2 hurricane	104 mph	970 mb	25.8°N, 88.4°W
Oct 9, 12:00 UTC	Category 3 hurricane	121 mph	959 mb	27.0°N, 87.6°W
Oct 9, 18:00 UTC	Category 3 hurricane	121 mph	959 mb	28.5°N, 87.1°W
Oct 10, 00:00 UTC	Category 2 hurricane	109 mph	967 mb	30.2°N, 86.6°W
Oct 10, 06:00 UTC	Low	52 mph	1001 mb	31.4°N, 86.5°W
Oct 10, 12:00 UTC	Post-tropical	35 mph	1004 mb	32.3°N, 86.7°W
Oct 10, 18:00 UTC	Post-tropical	29 mph	1007 mb	33.2°N, 87.1°W
Oct 11, 00:00 UTC	Post-tropical	23 mph	1009 mb	34.4°N, 87.0°W
Oct 11, 06:00 UTC	Post-tropical	23 mph	1010 mb	34.8°N, 86.9°W
Oct 11, 12:00 UTC	Post-tropical	23 mph	1010 mb	37.3°N, 84.8°W

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