page_title: Timeline of the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season / Timeline / August
caption_attribution_description: English: Hurricane Danny near its peak intensity on August 21, 2015 over the tropical North Atlantic Ocean.
context_page_description: The 2015 Atlantic hurricane season was an event in the annual hurricane season in the north Atlantic Ocean. It was the third consecutive year to feature below-average tropical cyclone activity, with eleven named storms. The season officially began on June 1, 2015 and ended on November 30, 2015. These dates, adopted by convention, historically describe the period in each year when most tropical systems form. However, systems can and do form outside these dates, as did the season's first storm, Tropical Storm Ana, which developed on May 8; the season's final storm, Hurricane Kate, lost its tropical characteristics on November 11.
  The year featured twelve tropical cyclones, of which eleven became tropical storms, including four hurricanes of which two intensified into major hurricanes. While no hurricanes made landfall on the United States mainland during the year, two tropical storms, Ana and Bill, struck the coastline of South Carolina and Texas respectively. Ana was earliest landfalling tropical storm on record in the United States and caused two fatalities, while Bill produced heavy rain and flooding and caused eight fatalities.
context_section_description: August 18
  06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Depression Four develops roughly 740 mi (1,190 km) southwest of Brava, Cape Verde.
  12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Depression Four intensifies into Tropical Storm Danny approximately 810 mi (1,305 km) southwest of Brava, Cape Verde.
  August 20
  12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Storm Danny intensifies into a Category 1 hurricane about 1,095 mi (1,760 km) east of Barbados.
  August 21
   – Hurricane Danny intensifies into a Category 2 hurricane roughly 900 mi (1,450 km) east of Barbados.
  12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Hurricane Danny intensifies into a Category 3 hurricane and simultaneously attains its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph (205 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 960 mb (hPa; 28.35 inHg) approximately 790 mi (1,270 km) east of Barbados.
  August 22
  00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, August 21) – Hurricane Danny weakens to a Category 2 hurricane about 690 mi (1,110 km) east of Barbados.
  12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Hurricane Danny weakens to a Category 1 hurricane roughly 565 mi (910 km) east-northeast of Barbados.
  August 23
  00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, August 22) – Hurricane Danny weakens to a tropical storm approximately 405 mi (650 km) northeast of Barbados.
  August 24
  12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Storm Danny weakens to a tropical depression about 15 mi (25 km) north of Dominica.
  18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) – Tropical Depression Danny degenerates into a trough of low pressure over the extreme northeastern Caribbean Sea.
  August 25
  03:00 UTC (11:00 p.m. AST August 24) – Tropical Storm Erika develops about 955 mi (1,535 km) east of the Leeward Islands.
  August 27
  09:00 UTC (5:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Storm Erika attains its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 1003 mb (hPa; 29.63 inHg) roughly 35 mi (55 km) north of Guadeloupe.
  August 29
  13:30 UTC (9:30 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Erika degenerates into a trough of low pressure about 130 mi (205 km) east of Camagüey, Cuba.
  August 30
  00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, August 29) – Tropical Depression Six develops roughly 300 mi (485 km) west-northwest of Conakry, Africa.
  06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Depression Six intensifies into Tropical Storm Fred approximately 370 mi (595 km) northwest of Conakry, Africa.
  August 31
  00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, August 30) – Tropical Storm Fred intensifies into a Category 1 hurricane about 165 mi (265 km) south-southeast of Sal, Cape Verde.
  12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Hurricane Fred attains its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 986 mb (hPa; 29.12 inHg) roughly 50 mi (85 km) south-southwest of Sal, Cape Verde.
caption: Hurricane Danny near peak intensity on August 21
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