Storm history › Atlantic › 1998 season
Tropical Storm Alex (1998)
Alex was a tropical storm of the 1998 Atlantic season. It was tracked from July 27, 1998 to August 2, 1998, about 6 days, and covered 2,426 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 1002 mb.
- Peak wind
- 50 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 1002 mb
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 6 days
- Track length
- 2,426 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 2.8
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 1459th highest of 2,017 Atlantic storms on record, tied with Tropical Storm Gonzalo (2026), Tropical Storm Alberto (2024), Tropical Storm Joyce (2024) and 73 more.
- Lowest pressure: 1020th lowest of 1,294 Atlantic storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Tropical Storm Hanna (2026), Tropical Storm Chantal (2025), Tropical Storm Nadine (2024) and 18 more.
- Energy: 2% of the 1998 Atlantic season's ACE.