Hurricane Baker (1950)

Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · August 18 – September 1, 1950

Peak wind

104 mph

167 km/h · Aug 30

Peak category

Cat 2

Saffir–Simpson

Lowest pressure

979 mb

Landfalls

Alabama · Antigua and Barbuda

Lifetime

14.3 d

Aug 18 – Sep 1

Distance

3,446 mi

5,545 km

ACE

16.1

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 Baker

Hurricane Baker (1950) was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1950 Atlantic season. It formed on August 18, 1950, reached its peak of 104 mph (167 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 979 mb on August 30, 1950, and made landfall 3 times — first 32 mi SW of Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda on August 22, 1950 as a tropical storm (69 mph). Later landfalls: 18 mi W of Gulf Shores, Alabama on August 31, 1950 as a Category 1 hurricane (86 mph); near Mobile, Alabama on August 31, 1950 as a Category 1 hurricane (86 mph). It rapidly intensified by 35 mph in 24 hours (to 98 mph on August 29, 1950). The storm lasted 14.3 days and travelled about 3,446 miles (5,545 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
August 22, 1950 · 12:00 UTC	32 mi SW of Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda	TS 69 mph	—
August 31, 1950 · 03:00 UTC	18 mi W of Gulf Shores, Alabama	Cat 1 86 mph	979 mb
August 31, 1950 · 04:00 UTC	near Mobile, Alabama	Cat 1 86 mph	—

Closest approach to major cities

City	Distance to center	When (UTC)	Storm strength then
San Juan, Puerto Rico	45 mi	Aug 23 · 13:00 UTC	TS 39 mph
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	51 mi	Aug 24 · 04:00 UTC	TD 31 mph
Santo Domingo Oeste, Dominican Republic	53 mi	Aug 24 · 04:00 UTC	TD 31 mph
Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic	49 mi	Aug 24 · 04:00 UTC	TD 31 mph
Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic	19 mi	Aug 24 · 08:00 UTC	TD 31 mph
Port-de-Paix, Haiti	49 mi	Aug 24 · 15:00 UTC	TS 40 mph
Holguín, Holguín Province, Cuba	46 mi	Aug 25 · 04:00 UTC	TS 52 mph
Camagüey, Camagüey, Cuba	21 mi	Aug 25 · 11:00 UTC	TS 42 mph
New South Memphis, Tennessee	71 mi	Aug 31 · 20:00 UTC	TD 36 mph
Memphis, Tennessee	70 mi	Aug 31 · 21:00 UTC	TD 35 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 60 positions

Date · UTC	Status	Wind	Pressure	Position	Nearest place
Aug 18 12:00	TD	35 mph	—	12.0°N 54.0°W	open ocean
Aug 18 18:00	TD	35 mph	—	12.5°N 54.2°W	open ocean
Aug 19 00:00	TD	35 mph	—	13.0°N 54.4°W	open ocean
Aug 19 06:00	TD	35 mph	—	13.5°N 54.7°W	open ocean
Aug 19 12:00	TS	40 mph	—	14.0°N 55.0°W	open ocean
Aug 19 18:00	TS	46 mph	—	14.5°N 55.4°W	open ocean
Aug 20 00:00	TS	52 mph	—	15.0°N 55.9°W	open ocean
Aug 20 06:00	TS	58 mph	—	15.5°N 56.4°W	open ocean
Aug 20 12:00	TS	63 mph	—	16.0°N 57.0°W	open ocean
Aug 20 18:00	TS	69 mph	—	16.3°N 57.9°W	open ocean
Aug 21 00:00	Cat 1	75 mph	—	16.6°N 58.8°W	166 mi E of Saint-François, Guadeloupe
Aug 21 06:00	Cat 1	81 mph	—	16.8°N 59.8°W	105 mi ENE of Saint-François, Guadeloupe
Aug 21 12:00	Cat 1	81 mph	990 mb	16.9°N 60.6°W	63 mi NE of Le Moule, Guadeloupe
Aug 21 18:00	Cat 1	86 mph	987 mb	17.0°N 61.0°W	52 mi NNE of Le Moule, Guadeloupe
Aug 22 00:00	Cat 2	98 mph	—	17.0°N 61.4°W	30 mi ESE of Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda
Aug 22 06:00	Cat 1	86 mph	—	16.9°N 61.8°W	16 mi S of Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda
Aug 22 12:00	TS LANDFALL	69 mph	—	16.8°N 62.2°W	32 mi SW of Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda
Aug 22 18:00	TS	52 mph	1003 mb	16.8°N 62.9°W	36 mi SSW of Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Aug 23 00:00	TS	52 mph	—	17.0°N 64.0°W	70 mi SE of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Aug 23 06:00	TS	46 mph	—	17.4°N 65.1°W	32 mi SW of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Aug 23 12:00	TS	40 mph	—	17.8°N 66.2°W	14 mi SSW of Guayama, Puerto Rico
Aug 23 18:00	TD	35 mph	—	18.2°N 67.3°W	11 mi W of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Aug 24 00:00	TD	35 mph	—	18.6°N 68.6°W	near Salvaleón de Higüey, Dominican Republic
Aug 24 06:00	TD	29 mph	—	19.4°N 70.0°W	10 mi W of Nagua, Dominican Republic
Aug 24 12:00	TD	35 mph	—	20.3°N 71.7°W	31 mi N of San Fernando de Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic
Aug 24 18:00	TS	46 mph	—	20.9°N 73.4°W	66 mi NE of Maisí, Guantánamo Province, Cuba
Aug 25 00:00	TS	52 mph	—	21.3°N 74.8°W	45 mi NNE of Moa, Holguín Province, Cuba
Aug 25 06:00	TS	52 mph	—	21.6°N 76.6°W	28 mi N of Puerto Padre, Las Tunas Province, Cuba
Aug 25 12:00	TS	40 mph	—	21.7°N 78.1°W	11 mi S of Esmeralda, Camagüey, Cuba
Aug 25 18:00	TD	35 mph	—	21.7°N 79.1°W	12 mi ESE of La Sierpe, Sancti Spíritus Province, Cuba
Aug 26 00:00	TS	40 mph	—	21.7°N 80.1°W	10 mi SW of Trinidad, Sancti Spíritus Province, Cuba
Aug 26 06:00	TS	52 mph	—	21.7°N 81.2°W	57 mi WSW of Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos Province, Cuba
Aug 26 12:00	TS	52 mph	—	21.8°N 81.9°W	58 mi E of Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba
Aug 26 18:00	TS	58 mph	—	21.9°N 82.5°W	20 mi E of Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba
Aug 27 00:00	TS	58 mph	—	22.0°N 83.2°W	26 mi WNW of Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba
Aug 27 06:00	TS	52 mph	—	22.2°N 84.0°W	near Guane, Pinar del Río, Cuba
Aug 27 12:00	TS	58 mph	—	22.3°N 84.6°W	20 mi W of Mantua, Pinar del Río, Cuba
Aug 27 18:00	TS	63 mph	996 mb	22.4°N 85.3°W	65 mi W of Mantua, Pinar del Río, Cuba
Aug 28 00:00	TS	63 mph	—	22.6°N 86.1°W	110 mi NNE of Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Aug 28 06:00	TS	63 mph	—	22.8°N 86.8°W	112 mi N of Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Aug 28 12:00	TS	63 mph	998 mb	23.0°N 87.2°W	128 mi N of Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Aug 28 18:00	TS	63 mph	996 mb	23.2°N 87.5°W	146 mi NNW of Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Aug 29 00:00	Cat 1	75 mph	—	23.5°N 87.7°W	170 mi NNW of Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Aug 29 06:00	Cat 1	86 mph	—	23.7°N 88.0°W	177 mi N of Tizimín, Yucatán, Mexico
Aug 29 12:00	Cat 1	92 mph	—	23.9°N 88.3°W	open ocean
Aug 29 18:00	Cat 2	98 mph	—	24.1°N 88.4°W	open ocean
Aug 30 00:00	Cat 2	104 mph	—	24.7°N 88.6°W	open ocean
Aug 30 06:00	Cat 2	104 mph	—	25.7°N 88.8°W	open ocean
Aug 30 12:00	Cat 2	104 mph	—	27.0°N 89.0°W	open ocean
Aug 30 18:00	Cat 2	98 mph	—	28.2°N 88.7°W	147 mi SE of New Orleans, Louisiana
Aug 31 00:00	Cat 1	86 mph	979 mb	29.4°N 88.2°W	66 mi SSW of Gulf Shores, Alabama
Aug 31 03:00	Cat 1 LANDFALL	86 mph	979 mb	30.2°N 88.0°W	18 mi W of Gulf Shores, Alabama
Aug 31 04:00	Cat 1 LANDFALL	86 mph	—	30.7°N 87.9°W	near Mobile, Alabama
Aug 31 06:00	TS	69 mph	—	31.1°N 87.9°W	22 mi NNE of Saraland, Alabama
Aug 31 12:00	TS	46 mph	—	33.4°N 88.2°W	15 mi ESE of Columbus, Mississippi
Aug 31 18:00	TS	40 mph	—	34.8°N 88.7°W	14 mi SW of Corinth, Mississippi
Sep 1 00:00	TD	29 mph	—	36.0°N 89.0°W	22 mi E of Dyersburg, Tennessee
Sep 1 06:00	TD	23 mph	—	36.7°N 89.0°W	19 mi N of Union City, Tennessee
Sep 1 12:00	TD	17 mph	—	36.7°N 89.2°W	21 mi NNW of Union City, Tennessee
Sep 1 18:00	TD	17 mph	—	37.0°N 89.7°W	11 mi NW of Sikeston, Missouri

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

Questions

Frequently asked questions

When and where did Baker make landfall?

Baker made landfall 3 times: 32 mi SW of Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda on August 22, 1950 at 12:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 69 mph winds; 18 mi W of Gulf Shores, Alabama on August 31, 1950 at 03:00 UTC, as a Category 1 hurricane with 86 mph winds; near Mobile, Alabama on August 31, 1950 at 04:00 UTC, as a Category 1 hurricane with 86 mph winds.

What category was Baker?

At its peak on August 30, 1950, Baker was a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 104 mph (167 km/h) and a central pressure of 979 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.

How long did Baker last?

14.3 days, from August 18, 1950 to September 1, 1950, including 90 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 3,446 miles.

Where can I download the track data for Baker?

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.

Related storms

Keep exploring

Every storm named Baker

Year	Storm	Peak	Landfall
1950	Hurricane Baker · this page Atlantic	Cat 2 104 mph	Alabama, Antigua and Barbuda
1951	Tropical Storm Baker Atlantic	TS 58 mph	—
1952	Hurricane Baker Atlantic	Cat 2 109 mph	—	→

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

Strongest storms of 1950

Year	Storm	Peak	Landfall
1950	Hurricane Dog Atlantic	Cat 4 144 mph	—	→
1950	Hurricane Fox Atlantic	Cat 4 138 mph	—	→
1950	Hurricane King Atlantic	Cat 4 132 mph	Florida, Camagüey, Cuba	→
1950	Hurricane Able Atlantic	Cat 3 127 mph	Nova Scotia, Canada	→
1950	Hurricane Easy Atlantic	Cat 3 121 mph	Florida, Mayabeque, Cuba	→
1950	Hurricane Jig Atlantic	Cat 3 115 mph	—	→
1950	Hurricane Charlie Atlantic	Cat 2 109 mph	—	→
1950	Hurricane George Atlantic	Cat 2 109 mph	—	→

See every 1950 storm on one map →

Background reading: Hurricane Baker on Wikipedia.

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