an area of low pressure roughly 450 mi (720 km) west-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands. August 22 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Depression Six intensifies into Tropical Storm Danielle. August 23 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) – Tropical Storm Danielle intensifies into a Category 1 hurricane roughly 960 mi (1545 km) west of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands. August 25 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Depression Seven develops from an area of low pressure roughly 200 mi (320 km) west-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands. 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Depression Seven intensifies into Tropical Storm Earl. August 26 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) – Hurricane Danielle intensifies into a Category 2 hurricane. August 27 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) – Hurricane Danielle intensifies into a Category 3 hurricane, the first major hurricane of the season. 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) – Hurricane Danielle intensifies into a Category 4 hurricane and simultaneously attains its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 135 mph (215 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 942 mb (hPa; 27.82 inHg). August 28 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, August 27) – Hurricane Danielle weakens to a Category 3 hurricane. 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) – Hurricane Danielle weakens to a Category 2 hurricane. August 29 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) – Hurricane Danielle weakens to a Category 1 hurricane. 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Storm Earl intensifies into a Category 1 hurricane roughly 220 mi (355 km) east of the northern Leeward Islands. August 30 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, August 29) – Hurricane Earl intensifies into a Category 2 hurricane. 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) – Hurricane Earl intensifies into a Category 3 hurricane. 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – A tropical depression develops from an area of low pressure roughly 900 mi (1450 km) east of the Lesser Antilles. 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) – Hurricane Danielle weakens to a tropical storm. 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) – Hurricane Earl intensifies into a Category 4 hurricane. 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) – The tropical depression intensifies into Tropical Storm Fiona. August 31 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, August 30) – Tropical Storm Danielle degenerates into a remnant area of low pressure well northeast of the Azores. September September 1 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, August 31) – Hurricane Earl weakens to a Category 3