Track map & timeline · Atlantic · August 6–10, 1976
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 Belle (1976) was a Category 3 hurricane of the 1976 Atlantic season. It formed on August 6, 1976, 291 mi ENE of Nassau, Bahamas, reached its peak of 121 mph (194 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 957 mb on August 9, 1976, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 52 mph in 24 hours (to 104 mph on August 8, 1976). The storm lasted 4.3 days and travelled about 1,338 miles (2,152 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staten Island, New York | 44 mi | Aug 10 · 04:00 UTC | Cat 1 77 mph |
| New York City, New York | 37 mi | Aug 10 · 05:00 UTC | TS 73 mph |
| Brooklyn, New York | 34 mi | Aug 10 · 05:00 UTC | TS 73 mph |
| Queens, New York | 28 mi | Aug 10 · 05:00 UTC | TS 73 mph |
| Manhattan, New York | 36 mi | Aug 10 · 05:00 UTC | TS 73 mph |
| The Bronx, New York | 33 mi | Aug 10 · 05:00 UTC | TS 73 mph |
| Newark, New Jersey | 46 mi | Aug 10 · 05:00 UTC | TS 73 mph |
| Jersey City, New Jersey | 41 mi | Aug 10 · 05:00 UTC | TS 73 mph |
| Boston, Massachusetts | 70 mi | Aug 10 · 12:00 UTC | TS 40 mph |
| South Boston, Massachusetts | 71 mi | Aug 10 · 12:00 UTC | TS 40 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 6 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1012 mb | 26.0°N 72.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 6 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1012 mb | 26.3°N 73.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 6 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 26.0°N 73.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 7 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1005 mb | 25.6°N 73.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 7 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 26.0°N 73.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 7 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 993 mb | 26.2°N 73.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 7 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 985 mb | 26.6°N 74.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 8 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 972 mb | 26.9°N 74.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 8 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 962 mb | 27.4°N 75.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 8 12:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 959 mb | 28.1°N 75.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 8 18:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 958 mb | 29.5°N 75.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 9 00:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | 957 mb | 30.9°N 75.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 9 06:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | 959 mb | 32.5°N 75.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 9 12:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 963 mb | 34.4°N 74.7°W | 129 mi ESE of Havelock, North Carolina |
| Aug 9 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 970 mb | 36.6°N 74.2°W | 100 mi E of Virginia Beach, Virginia |
| Aug 10 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 977 mb | 38.8°N 73.8°W | 51 mi SE of Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| Aug 10 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 983 mb | 41.0°N 73.2°W | near East Setauket, New York |
| Aug 10 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 992 mb | 42.6°N 72.4°W | 10 mi E of Greenfield, Massachusetts |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Belle. Its closest approach to a major city was 28 miles from Queens, New York.
At its peak on August 9, 1976, Belle was a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 121 mph (194 km/h) and a central pressure of 957 mb.
4.3 days, from August 6, 1976 to August 10, 1976, including 60 hours at hurricane strength (18 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 1,338 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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