The 1953 hurricane season
Every storm track on one map · Atlantic & Pacific · 18 systems
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · hover a track to highlight it, click to open the storm’s own page with an animated replay.
01 · Summary
How the 1953 season went
The 1953 Atlantic season produced 14 tropical storms, 7 hurricanes and 3 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 99. The strongest was Hurricane Carol at 161 mph / 929 mb. 7 storms made landfall.
The 1953 Eastern Pacific season (Eastern and Central Pacific) produced 4 tropical storms, 2 hurricanes and 0 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 24. The strongest was Unnamed hurricane #3 at 86 mph. 0 storms made landfall.
02 · Timeline
Storm by storm, month by month
Each bar is one storm’s life, colored by its strength at that moment (faded = post-tropical). Click a bar to open the storm.
03 · Atlantic
Atlantic storms of 1953
| Storm | Dates | Peak | Pressure | Landfall | ACE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Storm Alice | May 25 – Jun 7 | TS 69 mph | 994 mb | Pinar del Río, Cuba, Florida, Honduras | 7.3 |
| Unnamed storm #2 | Jul 11 – Jul 16 | TS 52 mph | — | — | 1.8 |
| Hurricane Barbara | Aug 11 – Aug 16 | Cat 1 92 mph | 973 mb | North Carolina | 7.4 |
| Hurricane Carol | Aug 28 – Sep 9 | Cat 5 161 mph | 929 mb | Nova Scotia, Canada, New Brunswick, Canada | 32.7 |
| Unnamed storm #5 | Aug 29 – Sep 1 | TS 40 mph | 1007 mb | — | 0.7 |
| Hurricane Dolly | Sep 8 – Sep 16 | Cat 1 75 mph | 989 mb | Bermuda | 5.8 |
| Hurricane Edna | Sep 15 – Sep 21 | Cat 3 115 mph | 962 mb | — | 11.1 |
| Unnamed storm #8 | Sep 15 – Sep 21 | TS 52 mph | 1004 mb | yes | 2.1 |
| Hurricane Florence | Sep 23 – Sep 27 | Cat 3 115 mph | 968 mb | Florida | 7.3 |
| Hurricane Gail | Oct 2 – Oct 12 | Cat 1 81 mph | 986 mb | — | 14.1 |
| Unnamed storm #11 | Oct 3 – Oct 8 | TS 63 mph | — | — | 1.3 |
| Hurricane Hazel | Oct 7 – Oct 16 | Cat 1 86 mph | 989 mb | Florida | 3.2 |
| Unnamed storm #13 | Nov 23 – Nov 26 | TS 52 mph | 999 mb | — | 1.9 |
| Unnamed storm #14 | Dec 7 – Dec 9 | TS 63 mph | — | — | 1.7 |
04 · Pacific
Eastern & Central Pacific storms of 1953
| Storm | Dates | Peak | Pressure | Landfall | ACE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed storm #1 | Aug 25 – Aug 27 | TS 52 mph | — | — | 1.8 |
| Unnamed storm #2 | Sep 9 – Sep 10 | TS 52 mph | — | — | 1.0 |
| Unnamed hurricane #3 | Sep 14 – Sep 17 | Cat 1 86 mph | — | — | 7.3 |
| Unnamed hurricane #4 | Oct 2 – Oct 8 | Cat 1 86 mph | — | — | 14.1 |
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