Track map & timeline · Atlantic · August 10–14, 1969
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 Blanche (1969) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1969 Atlantic season. It formed on August 10, 1969, 314 mi N of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 996 mb on August 12, 1969, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 46 mph in 24 hours (to 81 mph on August 11, 1969). The storm lasted 4.0 days and travelled about 3,660 miles (5,889 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 26.3°N 71.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 11 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 28.1°N 71.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 11 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 30.2°N 71.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 11 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 32.5°N 71.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 11 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 997 mb | 35.5°N 69.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 12 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 39.0°N 68.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 12 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 42.0°N 64.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 12 12:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 81 mph | 996 mb | 44.3°N 60.4°W | 127 mi S of Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Aug 12 18:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 75 mph | — | 46.0°N 54.9°W | 137 mi SW of Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
| Aug 13 00:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | — | 47.1°N 49.0°W | 177 mi E of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
| Aug 13 06:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | — | 47.5°N 43.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 13 12:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 1008 mb | 47.5°N 38.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 13 18:00 | TD extratropical | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 47.0°N 34.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 14 00:00 | TD extratropical | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 47.0°N 31.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 14 06:00 | TD extratropical | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 46.5°N 27.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 14 12:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 44.0°N 23.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 14 18:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 41.0°N 18.0°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Blanche.
At its peak on August 12, 1969, Blanche was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h) and a central pressure of 996 mb.
4.0 days, from August 10, 1969 to August 14, 1969, including 18 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 3,660 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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