The path of hurricane katrina

1. Hurricane Katrina is one of the most deadly and damaging hurricanes ever to be experienced in the
Caribbean and United States. Plot Hurricane Katrina’s path using the latitude and longitude readings
provided below. For each point, plot a pencil “x” on your base map.

Date Time Latitude Longitude Strength
24/8/2005 00.00 23N 76W Tropical Storm
24/8/2005 12.00 24N 76.5W Tropical Storm
25/8/2005 00.00 26N 77.5W Tropical Storm
25/8/2005 12.00 26N 78.5W Tropical Storm
26/8/2005 00.00 26N 80W Hurricane
26/8/2005 12.00 25N 82W Hurricane
27/8/2005 00.00 24.5N 83W Hurricane
27/8/2005 12.00 24.5N 84.5W Hurricane
28/8/2005 00.00 25N 86W Hurricane
28/8/2005 12.00 26N 88W Hurricane
29/8/2005 00.00 27N 89W Hurricane
29/8/2005 12.00 30N 89.5W Hurricane
30/8/2005 00.00 33N 89W Tropical Storm
30/8/2005 12.00 36N 87.5W Tropical Storm
31/8/2005 00.00 39N 84W Tropical Storm

* Shade your line in two different colours – one for tropical storm strength, one for hurricane strength.
* Add the start date and time and the end date and time onto the line you have drawn.



Hurricane Katrina is one of the most deadly and damaging hurricanes ever to be experienced in the
Caribbean and United States. Plot Hurricane Katrina’s path using the latitude and longitude readings
provided below. For each point, plot a pencil “x” on your base map.

Date Time Latitude Longitude Strength
24/8/2005 00.00 23N 76W Tropical Storm
24/8/2005 12.00 24N 76.5W Tropical Storm
25/8/2005 00.00 26N 77.5W Tropical Storm
25/8/2005 12.00 26N 78.5W Tropical Storm
26/8/2005 00.00 26N 80W Hurricane
26/8/2005 12.00 25N 82W Hurricane
27/8/2005 00.00 24.5N 83W Hurricane
27/8/2005 12.00 24.5N 84.5W Hurricane
28/8/2005 00.00 25N 86W Hurricane
28/8/2005 12.00 26N 88W Hurricane
29/8/2005 00.00 27N 89W Hurricane
29/8/2005 12.00 30N 89.5W Hurricane
30/8/2005 00.00 33N 89W Tropical Storm
30/8/2005 12.00 36N 87.5W Tropical Storm
31/8/2005 00.00 39N 84W Tropical Storm

* Shade your line in two different colours – one for tropical storm strength, one for hurricane strength.
The path of Hurricane Katrina
The path of Hurricane Katrina

2. * Add the start date and time and the end date and time onto the line you have drawn.