page_title: Timeline of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season
section_title: October
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season / Timeline of storms / October
caption_attribution_description: English: Subtropical Storm Nicole at peak intensity south of Nova Scotia on October 11, 2004
context_page_description: The 2004 Atlantic hurricane season was notable as one of the deadliest and most costly Atlantic hurricane seasons on record. It officially began on June 1, 2004 and ended on November 30, although storm activity continued into December. This timeline documents tropical cyclone formations, strengthening, weakening, landfalls, extratropical transitions, as well as dissipations. The timeline includes information which was not operationally released, meaning that information from post-storm reviews by the National Hurricane Center, such as information on a storm that was not operationally warned upon, has been included.
  This season had 16 tropical depressions, of which, 15 became named storms. Of these, 9 strengthened into hurricanes with 6 intensifying into major hurricanes. The most noteworthy storms for the season were the five named storms that made landfall in the U.S. states of Florida and Alabama, three of them with at least 115 mph sustained winds: Tropical Storm Bonnie, Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne. This is the only time in recorded history that four hurricanes affected the U.S.
context_section_description: October 2
  2 a.m. AST (0600 UTC) – Tropical Storm Lisa strengthens into Hurricane Lisa.
  2 p.m. AST (1800 UTC) – Hurricane Lisa weakens into a tropical storm.
  October 3
  2 a.m. AST (0600 UTC) – Tropical Storm Lisa becomes extratropical.
  October 8
  7 a.m. CDT (1200 UTC) – Tropical Depression Fourteen forms 210 miles (330 km) southeast of Brownsville, Texas.
  1 p.m. CDT (1800 UTC) – Tropical Depression Fourteen strengthens into Tropical Storm Matthew.
  October 10
  2 a.m. AST (0600 UTC) – A low-pressure system 140 miles (220 km) southwest of Bermuda becomes Subtropical Storm Nicole.
  6 a.m. CDT (1100 UTC) – Tropical Storm Matthew makes landfall on the Louisiana coast south of Houma with 40 mph (64 km/h) winds.
  7 a.m. CDT (1200 UTC) – Tropical Storm Matthew weakens into a tropical depression.
  7 p.m. CDT (0000 UTC, October 11) – Tropical Depression Matthew becomes extratropical.
  8 p.m. AST (0000 UTC, October 12) – Subtropical Storm Nicole is absorbed by a larger non-tropical cyclone.
caption: Subtropical Storm Nicole on October 11
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