Hurricane Sandy followed a long path from its birth in the Caribbean Sea to its gradual demise in the northeastern U.S. Along that path Sandy spent time as a tropical storm (wind speeds of 61-119 km/h or 37-74 mph), a category 1 hurricane (wind speeds of 119-153 km/h or 74-95 mph), briefly as a category 2 hurricane (wind speeds of 154-177 km/h or 96-110 mph), back again as a category 1 hurricane, and finally a return to tropical storm status.
- Click on each storm category in the table below in order to follow Sandy’s track. (Note: All times are Eastern Standard Time.)
| The Development of Hurricane Sandy | |
| Storm Category | Date (2012) |
| tropical storm | Oct. 22-24 |
| hurricane (category 1) | Oct. 24 |
| hurricane (category 2) | Oct. 25 |
| hurricane (category 1) | Oct. 25-29 |
| tropical storm | Oct. 29-31 |
- Click here to see the complete path of Sandy between Oct. 22 – 31.
Video compiled from NASA’s GOES satellite that tracks the path of Sandy from Oct. 21 – 29.
Did You Know?
Sandy at Its Strongest!
Hurricane Sandy reached a maximum wind speed of 177 km/h (i.e. 110 mph). It reached this wind speed at 12:30 a.m. EST on October 25, 2012 just as the hurricane was approaching Cuba (near the town of Santiago de Cuba). Air pressure at the center of the hurricane at this time was 957 mb (i.e. 957 hPa).