Track map & timeline · Atlantic · June 24 – July 7, 1933
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
The 1933 Trinidad Hurricane was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1933 Atlantic season. It formed on June 24, 1933, reached its peak of 109 mph (176 km/h) on July 5, 1933, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 13.0 days and travelled about 4,202 miles (6,760 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maturín, Venezuela | 73 mi | Jun 28 · 04:00 UTC | Cat 1 79 mph |
| Cumaná, Venezuela | 54 mi | Jun 28 · 09:00 UTC | Cat 1 75 mph |
| Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico | 72 mi | Jul 7 · 05:00 UTC | Cat 1 74 mph |
| Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico | 56 mi | Jul 7 · 07:00 UTC | TS 64 mph |
Distance from the city to the storm’s center, interpolated hourly between official fixes. Damaging winds, surge and rain reach far beyond the center.
04 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 9.0°N 42.5°W | open ocean |
| Jun 24 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 9.0°N 43.8°W | open ocean |
| Jun 25 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 9.0°N 45.2°W | open ocean |
| Jun 25 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 9.0°N 46.6°W | open ocean |
| Jun 25 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 9.0°N 48.0°W | open ocean |
| Jun 25 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 9.0°N 49.3°W | open ocean |
| Jun 26 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 9.0°N 50.7°W | open ocean |
| Jun 26 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 9.1°N 52.1°W | open ocean |
| Jun 26 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 9.2°N 53.5°W | open ocean |
| Jun 26 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 9.3°N 54.8°W | open ocean |
| Jun 27 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 9.4°N 56.2°W | open ocean |
| Jun 27 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 9.5°N 57.6°W | 166 mi NNE of Anna Regina, Guyana |
| Jun 27 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 9.6°N 59.0°W | 156 mi ESE of Rio Claro, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Jun 27 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 9.9°N 60.4°W | 60 mi ESE of Rio Claro, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Jun 28 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 10.3°N 61.8°W | 12 mi NW of Point Fortin, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Jun 28 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 10.9°N 63.2°W | 17 mi NNE of Carúpano, Venezuela |
| Jun 28 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 11.5°N 64.6°W | 52 mi NW of Juan Griego, Venezuela |
| Jun 28 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 12.0°N 65.9°W | 106 mi N of Higuerote, Venezuela |
| Jun 29 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 12.4°N 67.3°W | 68 mi ENE of Kralendijk, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba |
| Jun 29 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 12.8°N 68.7°W | 48 mi NNE of Willemstad, Curacao |
| Jun 29 12:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 13.2°N 70.0°W | 44 mi N of Noord, Aruba |
| Jun 29 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 13.6°N 71.0°W | 97 mi NW of Noord, Aruba |
| Jun 30 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 14.0°N 72.0°W | 165 mi NW of Noord, Aruba |
| Jun 30 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 14.4°N 73.0°W | open ocean |
| Jun 30 12:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 14.8°N 74.1°W | open ocean |
| Jun 30 18:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 15.3°N 75.2°W | open ocean |
| Jul 1 00:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 15.8°N 76.2°W | 157 mi SSE of Kingston, Jamaica |
| Jul 1 06:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 16.1°N 77.2°W | 134 mi SSW of Kingston, Jamaica |
| Jul 1 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 16.3°N 78.2°W | 129 mi SSW of Mandeville, Jamaica |
| Jul 1 18:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 16.7°N 79.3°W | 125 mi SSW of Negril, Jamaica |
| Jul 2 00:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 17.2°N 80.4°W | 154 mi SSE of Bodden Town, Cayman Islands |
| Jul 2 06:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 18.1°N 81.3°W | 82 mi S of George Town, Cayman Islands |
| Jul 2 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 19.2°N 82.0°W | 41 mi W of George Town, Cayman Islands |
| Jul 2 18:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 20.1°N 82.6°W | 93 mi WNW of West Bay, Cayman Islands |
| Jul 3 00:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 21.1°N 83.2°W | 60 mi SSW of Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba |
| Jul 3 06:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 22.0°N 83.9°W | 19 mi SE of Guane, Pinar del Río, Cuba |
| Jul 3 12:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 22.9°N 84.6°W | 47 mi WNW of Minas de Matahambre, Pinar del Río, Cuba |
| Jul 3 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 23.5°N 85.2°W | 102 mi NW of Minas de Matahambre, Pinar del Río, Cuba |
| Jul 4 00:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 23.9°N 85.8°W | 149 mi NW of Minas de Matahambre, Pinar del Río, Cuba |
| Jul 4 06:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 24.3°N 86.4°W | open ocean |
| Jul 4 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 24.7°N 87.0°W | open ocean |
| Jul 4 18:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 25.1°N 87.8°W | open ocean |
| Jul 5 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 25.5°N 88.9°W | open ocean |
| Jul 5 06:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 25.5°N 90.3°W | open ocean |
| Jul 5 12:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 25.5°N 91.5°W | open ocean |
| Jul 5 18:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 25.3°N 92.6°W | open ocean |
| Jul 6 00:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 25.1°N 93.6°W | open ocean |
| Jul 6 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 24.9°N 94.6°W | open ocean |
| Jul 6 12:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 24.6°N 95.6°W | 148 mi SE of Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Jul 6 18:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 24.2°N 96.5°W | 113 mi ESE of San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Jul 7 00:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 23.7°N 97.5°W | 45 mi E of Soto la Marina, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Jul 7 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 23.1°N 98.6°W | 22 mi NNW of González, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Jul 7 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 22.5°N 99.8°W | 14 mi WNW of Ciudad del Maíz, San Luis Potosí, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for 1933 Trinidad Hurricane. Its closest approach to a major city was 54 miles from Cumaná, Venezuela.
At its peak on July 5, 1933, 1933 Trinidad Hurricane was a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 109 mph (176 km/h).
13.0 days, from June 24, 1933 to July 7, 1933, including 234 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 4,202 miles.
The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.
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