Track map & timeline · Atlantic · August 17–21, 1960
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 Cleo (1960) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1960 Atlantic season. It formed on August 17, 1960, 177 mi ENE of Nassau, Bahamas, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 995 mb on August 19, 1960, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 46 mph in 24 hours (to 75 mph on August 18, 1960). The storm lasted 3.3 days and travelled about 1,622 miles (2,610 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | 73 mi | Aug 20 · 18:00 UTC | TS 52 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 17 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 26.0°N 74.7°W | 177 mi ENE of Nassau, Bahamas |
| Aug 18 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 25.5°N 74.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 18 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 25.7°N 73.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 18 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 997 mb | 26.6°N 72.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 18 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 27.8°N 71.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 19 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 29.3°N 71.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 19 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 31.0°N 70.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 19 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 999 mb | 33.1°N 69.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 19 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 995 mb | 35.4°N 68.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 20 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 997 mb | 37.7°N 67.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 20 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 40.0°N 66.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 20 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 42.2°N 65.2°W | 185 mi SSW of Spryfield, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Aug 20 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 43.6°N 63.4°W | 73 mi S of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Aug 21 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 44.2°N 60.5°W | 135 mi S of Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Cleo. Its closest approach to a major city was 73 miles from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
At its peak on August 19, 1960, Cleo was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h) and a central pressure of 995 mb.
3.3 days, from August 17, 1960 to August 21, 1960, including 42 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,622 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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