Track map & timeline · Atlantic · August 26 – September 2, 1962
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
Hurricane Alma (1962) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1962 Atlantic season. It formed on August 26, 1962, 31 mi E of Miami, Florida, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 984 mb on August 28, 1962, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 34 mph in 24 hours (to 86 mph on August 28, 1962). The storm lasted 6.8 days and travelled about 1,950 miles (3,138 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami, Florida | 28 mi | Aug 26 · 13:00 UTC | TD 30 mph |
| Hialeah, Florida | 31 mi | Aug 26 · 14:00 UTC | TD 31 mph |
| Pembroke Pines, Florida | 25 mi | Aug 26 · 14:00 UTC | TD 31 mph |
| Hollywood, Florida | 20 mi | Aug 26 · 14:00 UTC | TD 31 mph |
| Miramar, Florida | 25 mi | Aug 26 · 14:00 UTC | TD 31 mph |
| Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 17 mi | Aug 26 · 15:00 UTC | TD 32 mph |
| Coral Springs, Florida | 22 mi | Aug 26 · 16:00 UTC | TD 33 mph |
| West Palm Beach, Florida | direct hit | Aug 26 · 18:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Port Saint Lucie, Florida | 10 mi | Aug 26 · 21:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Orlando, Florida | 69 mi | Aug 27 · 03:00 UTC | TD 37 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 26 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 25.7°N 79.7°W | 31 mi E of Miami, Florida |
| Aug 26 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 26.8°N 80.1°W | near Palm Beach Gardens, Florida |
| Aug 27 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 27.9°N 80.3°W | 12 mi ENE of Sebastian, Florida |
| Aug 27 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1007 mb | 29.2°N 80.2°W | 45 mi ENE of Edgewater, Florida |
| Aug 27 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 30.4°N 79.7°W | 101 mi E of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida |
| Aug 27 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1002 mb | 31.5°N 78.8°W | 109 mi SE of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina |
| Aug 28 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1002 mb | 32.6°N 77.7°W | 102 mi SE of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina |
| Aug 28 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 1000 mb | 33.8°N 76.6°W | 77 mi SSE of Havelock, North Carolina |
| Aug 28 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 35.2°N 75.3°W | 93 mi SE of Elizabeth City, North Carolina |
| Aug 28 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 990 mb | 36.9°N 73.5°W | 137 mi E of Virginia Beach, Virginia |
| Aug 29 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 988 mb | 38.7°N 71.7°W | 153 mi ESE of Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| Aug 29 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 40.1°N 70.2°W | 113 mi SSE of New Bedford, Massachusetts |
| Aug 29 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 990 mb | 41.0°N 69.4°W | 59 mi SE of Harwich, Massachusetts |
| Aug 29 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 984 mb | 41.5°N 68.7°W | 72 mi E of Harwich, Massachusetts |
| Aug 30 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 41.5°N 67.8°W | 118 mi E of Harwich, Massachusetts |
| Aug 30 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 41.3°N 66.9°W | 167 mi E of Harwich, Massachusetts |
| Aug 30 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 41.0°N 66.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 18:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | — | 40.8°N 65.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 00:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | — | 40.4°N 64.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 06:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | — | 39.9°N 64.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 12:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | — | 39.1°N 63.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 18:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 38.6°N 64.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 00:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 38.3°N 64.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 06:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 38.4°N 65.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 12:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 38.6°N 65.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 18:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 39.0°N 65.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 00:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 39.5°N 65.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 06:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 40.4°N 63.6°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Alma. Its closest approach to a major city was 7 miles from West Palm Beach, Florida.
At its peak on August 28, 1962, Alma was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h) and a central pressure of 984 mb.
6.8 days, from August 26, 1962 to September 2, 1962, including 36 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,950 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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