page_title: Timeline of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season
section_title: October
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season / Timeline of events / October
caption_attribution_description: English: Track map of Hurricane Omar of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. The points show the location of the storm at 6-hour intervals. The colour represents the storm's maximum sustained wind speeds as classified in the Saffir–Simpson scale (see below), and the shape of the data points represent the nature of the storm, according to the legend below. Saffir–Simpson scale Tropical depression≤38 mph≤62 km/h Category 3111–129 mph178–208 km/h Tropical storm39–73 mph63–118 km/h Category 4130–156 mph209–251 km/h Category 174–95 mph119–153 km/h Category 5≥157 mph≥252 km/h Category 296–110 mph154–177 km/h Unknown Storm type Tropical cyclone Subtropical cyclone Extratropical cyclone / Remnant low / Tropical disturbance / Monsoon depression
context_page_description: The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season was an event in the annual tropical cyclone season in the north Atlantic Ocean. An above-average Atlantic hurricane season season, it was the fourth most active season on record and the first to feature a major hurricane in every month from July to November.
  The season officially began on June 1, 2008, and ended on November 30, 2008, dates that conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones develop in the Atlantic basin. The season's first storm, Tropical Storm Arthur, formed on May 30, and the last, Hurricane Paloma, dissipated on November 10. Pre-season forecasts noted a high possibility for an above average number of tropical cyclones, primarily due to lingering La Niña effects and abnormally warm sea surface temperatures across the Atlantic basin. Altogether, 16 of the 17 tropical cyclones observed during the season developed into tropical storms. Of these, eight became hurricanes with five intensifying further into major hurricanes. With the exception of Tropical Storm Nana, every tropical cyclone during the season affected land to an extent.
context_section_description: October 1
  1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Storm Laura degenerates into a non-convective remnant low pressure area.
  October 6
  0000 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT October 5) – Tropical Depression Thirteen forms from an area of low pressure over Terminos Lagoon, Campeche.
  1200 UTC (7:00 a.m. CDT) – Tropical Depression Thirteen strengthens into Tropical Storm Marco roughly 60 mi (95 km) northeast of Coatzacoalcos, Mexico.
  October 7
  0000 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT October 6) – Tropical Storm Marco reaches its peak intensity of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 998 mbar (29.5 inHg).
  1200 UTC (7:00 a.m. CDT) –Tropical Storm Marco makes landfall east of Misantla, Veracruz with winds of 65 mph (100 km/h).
  1800 UTC (1:00 p.m. CDT) – Tropical Storm Marco weakens to a tropical depression.
  October 8
  0000 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT) – Tropical Depression Marco dissipates over the mountainous terrain of inland Mexico.
  October 12
  0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) – A tropical depression forms from an area of low pressure roughly 690 mi (1,110 km) west of the Cape Verde Islands.
  1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – The tropical depression west of the Cape Verde Islands strengthens into Tropical Storm Nana.
  October 13
  0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST October 12) – Tropical Storm Nana reaches its peak intensity of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a barometric pressure of 1004 mbar (29.6 inHg).
  0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Depression Fifteen forms from an area of low pressure roughly 165 mi (265 km) south of the southeastern tip of Dominican Republic.
  1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Storm Nana weakens to a tropical depression roughly 870 mi (1,400 km) west of the Cape Verde Islands.
  October 14
  0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST) – Tropical Depression Fifteen strengthens into Tropical Storm Omar roughly 125 mi (200 km) north-northeast of Aruba.
  1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Depression Nana degenerates into a non-convective remnant low pressure area in the central Atlantic.
  1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Depression Sixteen forms from a tropical wave roughly 45 mi (75 km) northeast of the coast of the Nicaragua/Honduras border. At this time, the depression also reaches its peak intensity of 30 mph (45 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 1,004 mbar (29.6 inHg).
  1230 UTC (8:30 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Depression Sixteen makes landfall just west of Punta Patuca, Honduras with winds of 30 mph (45 km/h).
  October 15
  0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST October 14) – Tropical Storm Omar strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane.
  October 16
  0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST October 15) – Hurricane Omar strengthens into a Category 2 hurricane.
  0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST October 15) – Tropical Depression Sixteen degenerates into a non-convective remnant low pressure area over the mountainous terrain of east-central Honduras.
  0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) – Hurricane Omar rapidly strengthens into a Category 4 hurricane. At this time, Omar also reaches its peak intensity with winds of 135 mph (215 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 958 mbar (28.3 inHg).
  1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Hurricane Omar weakens to a Category 2 hurricane.
  1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) – Hurricane Omar weakens to a Category 1 hurricane.
  October 18
  0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST October 17) – Hurricane Omar weakens to a tropical storm.
  1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Storm Omar degenerates into a non-convective remnant low-pressure area.
caption: Track map of Hurricane Omar
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