Track map & timeline · Atlantic · August 31 – September 10, 1952
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 Baker (1952) was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1952 Atlantic season. It formed on August 31, 1952, reached its peak of 109 mph (176 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 969 mb on September 7, 1952, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 9.8 days and travelled about 3,995 miles (6,428 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 15.4°N 53.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 16.1°N 55.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 16.8°N 56.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 17.5°N 57.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 1003 mb | 18.2°N 58.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 19.1°N 59.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 20.1°N 60.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 21.1°N 61.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 22.0°N 62.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 993 mb | 22.8°N 63.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 996 mb | 23.7°N 64.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 24.5°N 65.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 25.2°N 66.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 993 mb | 25.9°N 67.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 993 mb | 26.5°N 68.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 27.4°N 69.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 28.4°N 69.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 29.5°N 70.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 983 mb | 30.7°N 70.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 31.6°N 70.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 32.2°N 71.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 32.7°N 71.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 983 mb | 33.1°N 71.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 33.4°N 70.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 33.7°N 70.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 981 mb | 34.3°N 69.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 978 mb | 35.1°N 69.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 36.2°N 67.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 06:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 37.6°N 66.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 12:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 38.9°N 63.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 18:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 969 mb | 40.4°N 60.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 00:00 | Cat 2 extratropical | 104 mph | — | 42.5°N 56.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 06:00 | Cat 2 extratropical | 98 mph | — | 45.4°N 52.3°W | 151 mi S of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
| Sep 8 12:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 92 mph | — | 48.0°N 48.9°W | 179 mi E of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
| Sep 8 18:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 86 mph | — | 50.0°N 47.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 00:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 86 mph | — | 51.8°N 47.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 06:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 86 mph | — | 53.8°N 46.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 12:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 81 mph | — | 55.8°N 45.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 18:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | — | 57.0°N 44.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 00:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | — | 57.7°N 43.0°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Baker.
At its peak on September 7, 1952, Baker was a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 109 mph (176 km/h) and a central pressure of 969 mb.
9.8 days, from August 31, 1952 to September 10, 1952, including 150 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 3,995 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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