Tropical Storm Alice (1953)

Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · May 25 – June 7, 1953

Peak wind

69 mph

111 km/h · Jun 5

Peak category

Lowest pressure

994 mb

Landfalls

Pinar del Río, Cuba · Florida

Lifetime

12.5 d

May 25 – Jun 7

Distance

2,088 mi

3,359 km

ACE

7.3

storm energy

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

What happened with Alice

Tropical Storm Alice (1953) was a tropical storm of the 1953 Atlantic season. It formed on May 25, 1953, 109 mi ENE of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, reached its peak of 69 mph (111 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 994 mb on June 5, 1953, and made landfall 3 times — first 13 mi NW of Puerto Lempira, Honduras on May 26, 1953 as a tropical storm (40 mph). Later landfalls: 25 mi SSW of Guane, Pinar del Río, Cuba on May 31, 1953 as a tropical storm (52 mph); 10 mi NNW of Panama City Beach, Florida on June 6, 1953 as a tropical storm (46 mph). The storm lasted 12.5 days and travelled about 2,088 miles (3,359 km).

02 · Intensity

Wind and pressure, hour by hour

Maximum sustained wind (mph) — hover or drag to scrub the map

03 · Impact

Landfalls and cities in the path

Landfall (UTC)	Where	Strength	Pressure
May 26, 1953 · 18:00 UTC	13 mi NW of Puerto Lempira, Honduras	TS 40 mph	—
May 31, 1953 · 13:00 UTC	25 mi SSW of Guane, Pinar del Río, Cuba	TS 52 mph	—
June 6, 1953 · 17:00 UTC	10 mi NNW of Panama City Beach, Florida	TS 46 mph	—

Closest approach to major cities

City	Distance to center	When (UTC)	Storm strength then
Havana, Havana, Cuba	38 mi	Jun 3 · 18:00 UTC	TS 46 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

Every official fix 53 positions

Date · UTC	Status	Wind	Pressure	Position	Nearest place
May 25 18:00	TD	29 mph	—	14.4°N 81.8°W	109 mi ENE of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua
May 26 00:00	TD	35 mph	—	14.9°N 82.3°W	94 mi NE of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua
May 26 06:00	TD	35 mph	—	15.2°N 82.8°W	90 mi NNE of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua
May 26 12:00	TS	40 mph	—	15.5°N 83.3°W	81 mi ESE of Brus Laguna, Honduras
May 26 18:00	TS LANDFALL	40 mph	—	15.4°N 83.9°W	46 mi ESE of Brus Laguna, Honduras
May 27 00:00	TS	40 mph	—	15.1°N 84.5°W	45 mi S of Brus Laguna, Honduras
May 27 06:00	TD	35 mph	—	14.8°N 84.9°W	47 mi ESE of Dulce Nombre de Culmí, Honduras
May 27 12:00	TD	29 mph	—	14.4°N 85.0°W	48 mi NNW of Siuna, Nicaragua
May 27 18:00	TD	29 mph	—	14.0°N 84.9°W	20 mi NNW of Siuna, Nicaragua
May 28 00:00	TD	29 mph	—	13.6°N 84.5°W	21 mi ESE of Siuna, Nicaragua
May 28 06:00	TD	29 mph	—	13.2°N 84.0°W	64 mi SE of Siuna, Nicaragua
May 28 12:00	TD	35 mph	—	13.1°N 83.5°W	65 mi S of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua
May 28 18:00	TD	35 mph	—	13.7°N 83.0°W	35 mi SE of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua
May 29 00:00	TD	35 mph	—	14.7°N 82.5°W	75 mi NE of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua
May 29 06:00	TD	35 mph	—	15.9°N 82.1°W	155 mi NNE of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua
May 29 12:00	TD	35 mph	—	17.3°N 82.1°W	145 mi SSW of George Town, Cayman Islands
May 29 18:00	TS	40 mph	—	18.2°N 82.2°W	93 mi SW of George Town, Cayman Islands
May 30 00:00	TS	40 mph	—	19.0°N 82.5°W	76 mi WSW of George Town, Cayman Islands
May 30 06:00	TS	40 mph	—	19.7°N 83.1°W	113 mi WNW of West Bay, Cayman Islands
May 30 12:00	TS	46 mph	—	20.2°N 83.7°W	130 mi SSW of Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba
May 30 18:00	TS	46 mph	1000 mb	20.5°N 84.0°W	118 mi S of Guane, Pinar del Río, Cuba
May 31 00:00	TS	52 mph	—	20.9°N 84.1°W	90 mi S of Guane, Pinar del Río, Cuba
May 31 06:00	TS	52 mph	—	21.3°N 84.2°W	63 mi S of Guane, Pinar del Río, Cuba
May 31 12:00	TS	52 mph	—	21.8°N 84.3°W	31 mi SSW of Guane, Pinar del Río, Cuba
May 31 13:00	TS LANDFALL	52 mph	—	21.9°N 84.3°W	25 mi SSW of Guane, Pinar del Río, Cuba
May 31 18:00	TS	46 mph	1003 mb	22.2°N 84.5°W	15 mi WSW of Mantua, Pinar del Río, Cuba
Jun 1 00:00	TS	52 mph	—	22.7°N 84.7°W	39 mi NW of Mantua, Pinar del Río, Cuba
Jun 1 06:00	TS	52 mph	—	23.3°N 84.8°W	73 mi NW of Minas de Matahambre, Pinar del Río, Cuba
Jun 1 12:00	TS	58 mph	—	23.9°N 85.0°W	113 mi NW of Minas de Matahambre, Pinar del Río, Cuba
Jun 1 18:00	TS	58 mph	997 mb	24.2°N 85.4°W	145 mi NW of Minas de Matahambre, Pinar del Río, Cuba
Jun 2 00:00	TS	58 mph	996 mb	24.0°N 85.2°W	126 mi NW of Minas de Matahambre, Pinar del Río, Cuba
Jun 2 06:00	TS	58 mph	—	23.5°N 84.9°W	88 mi NW of Minas de Matahambre, Pinar del Río, Cuba
Jun 2 12:00	TS	52 mph	—	23.2°N 84.6°W	59 mi NW of Minas de Matahambre, Pinar del Río, Cuba
Jun 2 18:00	TS	46 mph	999 mb	23.1°N 84.3°W	42 mi NNW of Minas de Matahambre, Pinar del Río, Cuba
Jun 3 00:00	TS	46 mph	—	23.0°N 84.0°W	29 mi N of Minas de Matahambre, Pinar del Río, Cuba
Jun 3 06:00	TS	46 mph	—	23.1°N 83.7°W	33 mi N of Viñales, Pinar del Río, Cuba
Jun 3 12:00	TS	46 mph	—	23.2°N 83.4°W	26 mi NW of Bahía Honda, Artemisa, Cuba
Jun 3 18:00	TS	46 mph	—	23.4°N 82.9°W	38 mi WNW of Havana, Havana, Cuba
Jun 4 00:00	TS	46 mph	—	23.6°N 82.8°W	42 mi NW of Havana, Havana, Cuba
Jun 4 06:00	TS	52 mph	—	24.0°N 83.2°W	79 mi NW of Havana, Havana, Cuba
Jun 4 12:00	TS	58 mph	—	24.5°N 83.8°W	130 mi NW of Havana, Havana, Cuba
Jun 4 18:00	TS	58 mph	—	25.2°N 84.4°W	170 mi WNW of Key West, Florida
Jun 5 00:00	TS	63 mph	—	25.9°N 85.0°W	178 mi WSW of Venice, Florida
Jun 5 06:00	TS	63 mph	—	26.6°N 85.7°W	open ocean
Jun 5 12:00	TS	69 mph	—	27.3°N 85.8°W	open ocean
Jun 5 18:00	TS	69 mph	—	28.0°N 85.8°W	149 mi S of Panama City, Florida
Jun 6 00:00	TS	63 mph	994 mb	28.7°N 85.8°W	101 mi S of Panama City, Florida
Jun 6 06:00	TS	58 mph	—	29.3°N 85.9°W	61 mi SSW of Panama City, Florida
Jun 6 12:00	TS	52 mph	—	29.8°N 85.9°W	29 mi SSW of Panama City, Florida
Jun 6 17:00	TS LANDFALL	46 mph	—	30.3°N 85.9°W	10 mi NNW of Panama City Beach, Florida
Jun 6 18:00	TS	46 mph	—	30.4°N 85.9°W	16 mi NNW of Panama City Beach, Florida
Jun 7 00:00	TD	29 mph	—	30.8°N 85.8°W	38 mi SW of Dothan, Alabama
Jun 7 06:00	TD	23 mph	—	31.1°N 85.5°W	11 mi SW of Dothan, Alabama

⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track

Questions

Frequently asked questions

When and where did Alice make landfall?

Alice made landfall 3 times: 13 mi NW of Puerto Lempira, Honduras on May 26, 1953 at 18:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 40 mph winds; 25 mi SSW of Guane, Pinar del Río, Cuba on May 31, 1953 at 13:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 52 mph winds; 10 mi NNW of Panama City Beach, Florida on June 6, 1953 at 17:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 46 mph winds.

What category was Alice?

At its peak on June 5, 1953, Alice was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 69 mph (111 km/h) and a central pressure of 994 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.

How long did Alice last?

12.5 days, from May 25, 1953 to June 7, 1953. It travelled about 2,088 miles.

Where can I download the track data for Alice?

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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Every storm named Alice

Year	Storm	Peak	Landfall
1953	Tropical Storm Alice · this page Atlantic	TS 69 mph	Pinar del Río, Cuba, Florida
1954	Hurricane Alice Atlantic	Cat 2 109 mph	Tamaulipas, Mexico	→
1954	Hurricane Alice Atlantic	Cat 1 92 mph	Sint Maarten	→
1973	Hurricane Alice Atlantic	Cat 1 86 mph	Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada	→

Names are recycled every six years unless a storm is so deadly or costly that the name is retired.

Strongest storms of 1953

Year	Storm	Peak	Landfall
1953	Hurricane Carol Atlantic	Cat 5 161 mph	Nova Scotia, Canada, New Brunswick, Canada	→
1953	Hurricane Edna Atlantic	Cat 3 115 mph	—	→
1953	Hurricane Florence Atlantic	Cat 3 115 mph	Florida	→
1953	Hurricane Barbara Atlantic	Cat 1 92 mph	North Carolina	→
1953	Hurricane Hazel Atlantic	Cat 1 86 mph	Florida	→
1953	Hurricane Gail Atlantic	Cat 1 81 mph	—	→
1953	Hurricane Dolly Atlantic	Cat 1 75 mph	Bermuda	→

See every 1953 storm on one map →

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