Track map & timeline · Atlantic · June 27 – July 4, 1975
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 Amy (1975) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1975 Atlantic season. It formed on June 27, 1975, 103 mi ENE of Merritt Island, Florida, reached its peak of 81 mph (130 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 981 mb on July 2, 1975, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 7.5 days and travelled about 2,343 miles (3,770 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston, South Carolina | 60 mi | Jun 28 · 06:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| North Charleston, South Carolina | 65 mi | Jun 28 · 06:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Wilmington, North Carolina | 48 mi | Jun 28 · 16:00 UTC | TS 42 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 27 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1013 mb | 28.9°N 79.1°W | 100 mi ENE of Cocoa Beach, Florida |
| Jun 27 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 29.7°N 79.0°W | 126 mi ENE of Daytona Beach, Florida |
| Jun 27 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 30.3°N 79.2°W | 130 mi ENE of Palm Coast, Florida |
| Jun 27 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 30.9°N 79.5°W | 112 mi E of Saint Simons Island, Georgia |
| Jun 28 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 31.7°N 79.4°W | 81 mi SSE of Charleston, South Carolina |
| Jun 28 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 32.4°N 79.0°W | 57 mi ESE of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina |
| Jun 28 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 33.2°N 78.1°W | 54 mi SE of North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina |
| Jun 28 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1006 mb | 34.0°N 77.0°W | 50 mi ESE of Masonboro, North Carolina |
| Jun 29 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1003 mb | 34.2°N 75.8°W | 78 mi SE of Havelock, North Carolina |
| Jun 29 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1000 mb | 34.1°N 75.0°W | 121 mi ESE of Havelock, North Carolina |
| Jun 29 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1000 mb | 33.9°N 74.1°W | 173 mi ESE of Havelock, North Carolina |
| Jun 29 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 998 mb | 33.8°N 72.9°W | open ocean |
| Jun 30 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 992 mb | 34.2°N 71.7°W | open ocean |
| Jun 30 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 992 mb | 35.3°N 71.0°W | open ocean |
| Jun 30 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 987 mb | 35.9°N 70.5°W | open ocean |
| Jun 30 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 986 mb | 36.2°N 70.2°W | open ocean |
| Jul 1 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 991 mb | 36.2°N 69.8°W | open ocean |
| Jul 1 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 986 mb | 36.2°N 69.4°W | open ocean |
| Jul 1 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 987 mb | 36.2°N 68.3°W | open ocean |
| Jul 1 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 986 mb | 36.7°N 67.2°W | open ocean |
| Jul 2 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 984 mb | 37.4°N 66.7°W | open ocean |
| Jul 2 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 981 mb | 37.4°N 66.0°W | open ocean |
| Jul 2 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 982 mb | 37.4°N 65.2°W | open ocean |
| Jul 2 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 986 mb | 37.3°N 64.2°W | open ocean |
| Jul 3 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 986 mb | 37.7°N 62.8°W | open ocean |
| Jul 3 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 986 mb | 38.2°N 61.2°W | open ocean |
| Jul 3 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 986 mb | 39.3°N 59.6°W | open ocean |
| Jul 3 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 986 mb | 40.7°N 57.7°W | open ocean |
| Jul 4 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 990 mb | 42.6°N 55.1°W | open ocean |
| Jul 4 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 993 mb | 45.0°N 52.5°W | 178 mi S of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
| Jul 4 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 995 mb | 47.0°N 48.0°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Amy. Its closest approach to a major city was 48 miles from Wilmington, North Carolina.
At its peak on July 2, 1975, Amy was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 81 mph (130 km/h) and a central pressure of 981 mb.
7.5 days, from June 27, 1975 to July 4, 1975, including 54 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 2,343 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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