Track map & timeline · Atlantic · August 16–24, 1944
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 1944 Jamaica Hurricane was a Category 3 hurricane of the 1944 Atlantic season. It formed on August 16, 1944, 70 mi S of Bridgetown, Barbados, reached its peak of 121 mph (194 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 973 mb on August 19, 1944, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 7.8 days and travelled about 2,660 miles (4,281 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston, Jamaica | 24 mi | Aug 20 · 18:00 UTC | Cat 2 104 mph |
| New Kingston, Jamaica | 24 mi | Aug 20 · 18:00 UTC | Cat 2 104 mph |
| Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico | 49 mi | Aug 22 · 20:00 UTC | TS 71 mph |
| Xalapa de Enríquez, Veracruz, Mexico | 74 mi | Aug 24 · 06:00 UTC | TS 40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 12.1°N 59.5°W | 70 mi S of Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Aug 17 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 12.1°N 60.5°W | 65 mi NNE of Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Aug 17 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 12.3°N 61.5°W | 61 mi SSW of Calliaqua, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Aug 17 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 12.7°N 62.5°W | 91 mi WSW of Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Aug 17 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 13.3°N 63.5°W | 153 mi W of Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Aug 18 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 14.0°N 64.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 18 06:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 14.7°N 65.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 18 12:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 973 mb | 15.2°N 66.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 18 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 15.5°N 67.8°W | 184 mi SSW of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico |
| Aug 19 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 15.7°N 69.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 19 06:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 15.8°N 70.1°W | 172 mi S of Baní, Dominican Republic |
| Aug 19 12:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 15.9°N 71.2°W | 152 mi SSE of Pedernales, Dominican Republic |
| Aug 19 18:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 16.2°N 72.2°W | 130 mi SSW of Pedernales, Dominican Republic |
| Aug 20 00:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 16.7°N 73.2°W | 109 mi SSE of Les Cayes, Haiti |
| Aug 20 06:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 17.4°N 74.2°W | 62 mi SSW of Les Cayes, Haiti |
| Aug 20 12:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 17.9°N 75.3°W | 78 mi ESE of Port Antonio, Jamaica |
| Aug 20 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 18.3°N 76.6°W | 13 mi NW of Port Antonio, Jamaica |
| Aug 21 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.6°N 78.2°W | 12 mi NNW of Barbican, Jamaica |
| Aug 21 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.8°N 79.7°W | 96 mi WNW of Negril, Jamaica |
| Aug 21 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 19.0°N 81.1°W | 22 mi SSE of Bodden Town, Cayman Islands |
| Aug 21 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 19.2°N 82.7°W | 87 mi W of George Town, Cayman Islands |
| Aug 22 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 19.4°N 84.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 22 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 19.7°N 86.0°W | 82 mi SE of Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Aug 22 12:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 20.0°N 87.7°W | 21 mi SW of Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Aug 22 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 20.2°N 89.3°W | near Tecax, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Aug 23 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 20.4°N 90.7°W | 40 mi NNW of Campeche, Campeche, Mexico |
| Aug 23 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 20.6°N 92.0°W | 110 mi WNW of Campeche, Campeche, Mexico |
| Aug 23 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 20.7°N 93.3°W | 155 mi NNW of Frontera, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Aug 23 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 20.8°N 94.6°W | 150 mi NE of Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Aug 24 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 20.7°N 95.8°W | 86 mi NE of Misantla, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Aug 24 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 20.6°N 97.0°W | 12 mi NNE of Gutiérrez Zamora, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Aug 24 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 20.5°N 98.2°W | 22 mi NW of Xicotepec de Juárez, Puebla, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for 1944 Jamaica Hurricane. Its closest approach to a major city was 24 miles from New Kingston, Jamaica.
At its peak on August 19, 1944, 1944 Jamaica Hurricane was a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 121 mph (194 km/h) and a central pressure of 973 mb.
7.8 days, from August 16, 1944 to August 24, 1944, including 138 hours at hurricane strength (30 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 2,660 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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