Throughout its path, Inga underwent several changes in direction and oscillations in strength, before dissipating on October 15, 25 days after it formed.

[2] At the time, Inga was a very small tropical cyclone; gale-force winds extended less than 100 mi (160 km) from the center.

[5] Inga continued to intensify, and achieved hurricane status at 0000 UTC on September 30, at which point it turned northeastward.

[1] The storm then abruptly, yet gradually, turned towards the south, and ultimately completed a counter-clockwise loop as it bent back westward.

Shortly thereafter, it briefly strengthened to Category 3 status; the cyclone peaked with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 km/h).

As it moved towards the open waters of the Atlantic and entered a cooler environment,[9] it deteriorated to Category 1 intensity on October 6.

[13] Heading westward, Inga was downgraded to a tropical depression[14] before dissipating fully on October 15,[1] about 290 mi (470 km) from where it initially attained hurricane status.

[16] While Inga remained predominately over the open ocean, its outer fringes produced 80 mph (130 km/h) wind gusts on Bermuda.