Hurricane Alex (2016)
| Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) | |
Hurricane Alex at peak intensity on January 14
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| Formed | January 12, 2016 |
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| Dissipated | January 17, 2016 |
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| Highest winds |
1-minute sustained: 85 mph (140 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 981 mbar (hPa); 28.97 inHg |
| Fatalities | 1 indirect |
| Damage | Minimal |
| Areas affected | |
| Part of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season | |
Hurricane Alex was the first Atlantic hurricane in January since Hurricane Alice in 1955, and the first to form in the month since 1938. Alex originated as an extratropical cyclone near the Bahamas on January 7, 2016. The system initially traveled northeast, passing Bermuda on January 8, before turning southeast. It subsequently deepened and acquired hurricane-force winds by January 10. Slight weakening took place thereafter, and the system eventually turned east and northeast as it acquired tropical characteristics. On January 12, it developed into a subtropical cyclone well south of the Azores, becoming the first tropical or subtropical system during January in the North Atlantic since an unnamed storm in 1978. As it turned north-northeast, Alex transitioned into a full-fledged tropical cyclone on January 14 and became a hurricane. The storm peaked as a Category 1 on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) and a barometric pressure of 981 mbar (hPa; 28.97 inHg). After weakening slightly, Alex made landfall on Terceira Island as a tropical storm the next day. Concurrently, Alex began transitioning back into an extratropical cyclone; it completed this cycle hours after moving away from the Azores. The system ultimately merged with another extratropical cyclone over the Labrador Sea on January 17.
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