Hurricane Cleo (1964)

Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · August 20 – September 11, 1964

Peak wind
150 mph
241 km/h · Aug 23
Peak category
Cat 4
Saffir–Simpson
Lowest pressure
938 mb
Landfalls
7
Haiti · Guadeloupe
Lifetime
21.3 d
Aug 20 – Sep 11
Distance
7,097 mi
11,419 km
ACE
32.9
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 Cleo

Hurricane Cleo (1964) was a Category 4 hurricane of the 1964 Atlantic season. It formed on August 20, 1964, reached its peak of 150 mph (241 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 938 mb on August 23, 1964, and made landfall 7 times — first near Grand-Bourg, Guadeloupe on August 22, 1964 as a Category 3 hurricane (127 mph). Later landfalls: near Capesterre-Belle-Eau, Guadeloupe on August 22, 1964 as a Category 3 hurricane (127 mph); near Les Cayes, Haiti on August 24, 1964 as a Category 4 hurricane (150 mph); near Pilón, Granma Province, Cuba on August 25, 1964 as a Category 1 hurricane (81 mph); and more. It rapidly intensified by 52 mph in 24 hours (to 115 mph on August 22, 1964). The storm lasted 21.3 days and travelled about 7,097 miles (11,419 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)WhereStrengthPressure
August 22, 1964 · 17:00 UTCnear Grand-Bourg, GuadeloupeCat 3 127 mph962 mb
August 22, 1964 · 18:00 UTCnear Capesterre-Belle-Eau, GuadeloupeCat 3 127 mph962 mb
August 24, 1964 · 20:00 UTCnear Les Cayes, HaitiCat 4 150 mph—
August 25, 1964 · 17:00 UTCnear Pilón, Granma Province, CubaCat 1 81 mph—
August 26, 1964 · 07:00 UTC16 mi SW of Venezuela, Ciego de Ávila Province, CubaCat 1 81 mph—
August 27, 1964 · 08:00 UTCnear Miami, FloridaCat 2 109 mph968 mb
August 29, 1964 · 04:00 UTCnear Saint Simons Island, GeorgiaTS 58 mph999 mb

Closest approach to major cities

CityDistance to centerWhen (UTC)Storm strength then
Port-au-Prince, Haiti61 miAug 24 · 16:00 UTCCat 4 150 mph
Carrefour, Haiti58 miAug 24 · 16:00 UTCCat 4 150 mph
Delmas, Haiti62 miAug 24 · 16:00 UTCCat 4 150 mph
Pétionville, Haiti60 miAug 24 · 16:00 UTCCat 4 150 mph
Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba59 miAug 25 · 10:00 UTCCat 1 90 mph
Miami, Floridadirect hitAug 27 · 08:00 UTCCat 2 109 mph
Jacksonville, Florida21 miAug 28 · 19:00 UTCTS 62 mph
Charlotte, North Carolinadirect hitAug 31 · 02:00 UTCTD 29 mph
Raleigh, North Carolina27 miAug 31 · 16:00 UTCTD 33 mph
Virginia Beach, Virginia45 miSep 1 · 06:00 UTCTS 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

Every official fix 92 positions

Date · UTCStatusWindPressurePositionNearest place
Aug 20 18:00TS 46 mph1003 mb13.1°N 44.3°Wopen ocean
Aug 21 00:00TS 46 mph—13.3°N 46.7°Wopen ocean
Aug 21 06:00TS 52 mph—13.7°N 49.1°Wopen ocean
Aug 21 12:00TS 63 mph1000 mb14.1°N 51.4°Wopen ocean
Aug 21 18:00Cat 1 75 mph993 mb14.5°N 53.5°Wopen ocean
Aug 22 00:00Cat 1 86 mph—14.9°N 55.7°Wopen ocean
Aug 22 06:00Cat 2 98 mph—15.3°N 57.7°Wopen ocean
Aug 22 12:00Cat 3 115 mph970 mb15.7°N 59.7°W107 mi NE of Sainte-Marie, Martinique
Aug 22 17:00Cat 3 LANDFALL 127 mph962 mb15.9°N 61.3°W20 mi ESE of Capesterre-Belle-Eau, Guadeloupe
Aug 22 18:00Cat 3 LANDFALL 127 mph962 mb16.0°N 61.6°Wnear Capesterre-Belle-Eau, Guadeloupe
Aug 23 00:00Cat 4 138 mph—16.2°N 63.4°W88 mi SSW of Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Aug 23 06:00Cat 4 144 mph—16.3°N 65.0°W100 mi S of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Aug 23 12:00Cat 4 150 mph938 mb16.5°N 66.6°W104 mi S of Ponce, Puerto Rico
Aug 23 18:00Cat 4 144 mph945 mb16.7°N 68.0°W111 mi SSW of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
Aug 24 00:00Cat 4 144 mph—16.8°N 69.4°W120 mi SSE of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Aug 24 06:00Cat 4 144 mph—17.0°N 70.6°W90 mi SSE of Santa Cruz de Barahona, Dominican Republic
Aug 24 12:00Cat 4 150 mph—17.3°N 71.9°W52 mi SSW of Pedernales, Dominican Republic
Aug 24 18:00Cat 4 150 mph—18.0°N 73.2°W32 mi SSW of Miragoâne, Haiti
Aug 24 20:00Cat 4 LANDFALL 150 mph—18.2°N 73.7°Wnear Les Cayes, Haiti
Aug 25 00:00Cat 2 109 mph—18.6°N 74.4°W19 mi W of Jérémie, Haiti
Aug 25 06:00Cat 2 98 mph—19.0°N 75.5°W74 mi SSE of Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba
Aug 25 12:00Cat 1 86 mph—19.4°N 76.6°W58 mi SSE of Bartolomé Masó, Granma Province, Cuba
Aug 25 17:00Cat 1 LANDFALL 81 mph—19.9°N 77.4°Wnear Pilón, Granma Province, Cuba
Aug 25 18:00Cat 1 81 mph—20.0°N 77.6°Wnear Niquero, Granma Province, Cuba
Aug 26 00:00Cat 1 81 mph—20.8°N 78.4°W27 mi WNW of Santa Cruz del Sur, Camagüey, Cuba
Aug 26 06:00Cat 1 81 mph—21.5°N 78.9°W18 mi SSW of Venezuela, Ciego de Ávila Province, Cuba
Aug 26 07:00Cat 1 LANDFALL 81 mph—21.6°N 79.0°W16 mi SW of Venezuela, Ciego de Ávila Province, Cuba
Aug 26 12:00TS 69 mph—22.4°N 79.2°Wnear Yaguajay, Sancti Spíritus Province, Cuba
Aug 26 18:00Cat 1 81 mph990 mb23.7°N 79.6°W69 mi NNE of Sagua la Grande, Villa Clara Province, Cuba
Aug 27 00:00Cat 1 92 mph984 mb24.6°N 79.7°W58 mi SE of Key Largo, Florida
Aug 27 06:00Cat 2 109 mph968 mb25.5°N 80.0°W22 mi SSE of Miami, Florida
Aug 27 08:00Cat 2 LANDFALL 109 mph968 mb25.8°N 80.1°Wnear Miami, Florida
Aug 27 12:00Cat 1 92 mph971 mb26.3°N 80.2°Wnear Coral Springs, Florida
Aug 27 18:00TS 63 mph—27.2°N 80.5°W11 mi SW of Port Saint Lucie, Florida
Aug 28 00:00TS 52 mph983 mb27.9°N 80.7°W12 mi SW of Palm Bay, Florida
Aug 28 06:00TS 52 mph—28.6°N 81.0°W13 mi E of Alafaya, Florida
Aug 28 12:00TS 63 mph—29.5°N 81.3°Wnear Palm Coast, Florida
Aug 28 18:00TS 63 mph995 mb30.2°N 81.3°Wnear Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Aug 29 00:00TS 58 mph999 mb30.8°N 81.3°W13 mi NE of Fernandina Beach, Florida
Aug 29 04:00TS LANDFALL 58 mph999 mb31.2°N 81.3°Wnear Saint Simons Island, Georgia
Aug 29 06:00TS 58 mph999 mb31.4°N 81.3°W17 mi NNE of Saint Simon Mills, Georgia
Aug 29 12:00TS 52 mph1000 mb32.0°N 81.4°Wnear Richmond Hill, Georgia
Aug 29 18:00TS 46 mph—32.4°N 81.6°W11 mi ESE of Statesboro, Georgia
Aug 30 00:00TS 46 mph—32.9°N 81.9°W32 mi NNW of Statesboro, Georgia
Aug 30 06:00TS 40 mph1005 mb33.4°N 82.1°Wnear Augusta, Georgia
Aug 30 12:00TD 35 mph—34.0°N 82.0°W16 mi SE of Greenwood, South Carolina
Aug 30 18:00TD 29 mph—34.6°N 81.6°W23 mi N of Newberry, South Carolina
Aug 31 00:00TD 29 mph1007 mb35.1°N 81.1°W17 mi WSW of Charlotte, North Carolina
Aug 31 06:00TD 29 mph1007 mb35.6°N 80.3°W11 mi ESE of Salisbury, North Carolina
Aug 31 12:00TD 29 mph1007 mb36.0°N 79.5°Wnear Burlington, North Carolina
Aug 31 18:00TD 35 mph—36.2°N 78.5°W11 mi SSW of Henderson, North Carolina
Sep 1 00:00TD 35 mph1005 mb36.3°N 77.4°W18 mi SE of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
Sep 1 06:00TS 40 mph1001 mb36.3°N 76.4°Wnear Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Sep 1 12:00TS 46 mph999 mb35.9°N 75.4°W55 mi ESE of Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Sep 1 18:00TS 52 mph—35.6°N 74.4°W114 mi ESE of Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Sep 2 00:00TS 63 mph997 mb35.3°N 73.4°W180 mi SE of Virginia Beach, Virginia
Sep 2 06:00Cat 1 75 mph—35.2°N 72.3°Wopen ocean
Sep 2 12:00Cat 1 86 mph980 mb35.5°N 71.0°Wopen ocean
Sep 2 18:00Cat 1 86 mph—35.7°N 69.6°Wopen ocean
Sep 3 00:00Cat 1 86 mph—36.0°N 67.7°Wopen ocean
Sep 3 06:00Cat 1 86 mph980 mb36.5°N 65.6°Wopen ocean
Sep 3 12:00Cat 1 92 mph980 mb37.1°N 63.5°Wopen ocean
Sep 3 18:00Cat 2 98 mph975 mb37.8°N 61.0°Wopen ocean
Sep 4 00:00Cat 2 98 mph—38.7°N 56.9°Wopen ocean
Sep 4 06:00Cat 2 98 mph—41.5°N 53.0°Wopen ocean
Sep 4 12:00Cat 2 extratropical98 mph970 mb44.7°N 50.5°Wopen ocean
Sep 4 18:00Cat 1 extratropical92 mph—46.9°N 49.8°W144 mi ESE of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Sep 5 00:00Cat 1 extratropical86 mph—48.8°N 49.5°W171 mi ENE of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Sep 5 06:00Cat 1 extratropical75 mph—51.0°N 49.0°Wopen ocean
Sep 5 12:00TS extratropical69 mph—52.8°N 48.3°Wopen ocean
Sep 5 18:00TS extratropical63 mph—54.1°N 46.9°Wopen ocean
Sep 6 00:00TS extratropical58 mph—55.0°N 45.5°Wopen ocean
Sep 6 06:00TS extratropical58 mph—55.3°N 44.8°Wopen ocean
Sep 6 12:00TS extratropical58 mph—55.5°N 44.0°Wopen ocean
Sep 6 18:00TS extratropical58 mph—55.3°N 43.2°Wopen ocean
Sep 7 00:00TS extratropical52 mph—55.0°N 42.5°Wopen ocean
Sep 7 06:00TS extratropical52 mph—54.7°N 41.8°Wopen ocean
Sep 7 12:00TS extratropical46 mph—54.4°N 41.0°Wopen ocean
Sep 7 18:00TS extratropical46 mph—54.1°N 40.4°Wopen ocean
Sep 8 00:00TS extratropical46 mph—53.6°N 39.7°Wopen ocean
Sep 8 06:00TS extratropical46 mph—53.2°N 39.2°Wopen ocean
Sep 8 12:00TS extratropical40 mph—52.8°N 38.7°Wopen ocean
Sep 8 18:00TS extratropical40 mph—52.5°N 38.5°Wopen ocean
Sep 9 00:00TD extratropical35 mph—52.5°N 38.5°Wopen ocean
Sep 9 06:00TD extratropical35 mph—53.0°N 37.5°Wopen ocean
Sep 9 12:00TD extratropical35 mph—53.5°N 36.5°Wopen ocean
Sep 9 18:00TD extratropical35 mph—54.5°N 35.5°Wopen ocean
Sep 10 00:00TD extratropical35 mph—55.0°N 34.0°Wopen ocean
Sep 10 06:00TD extratropical35 mph—55.0°N 32.0°Wopen ocean
Sep 10 12:00TD extratropical35 mph—56.0°N 30.0°Wopen ocean
Sep 10 18:00TD extratropical35 mph—56.5°N 27.5°Wopen ocean
Sep 11 00:00TD extratropical29 mph—56.5°N 26.0°Wopen ocean

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

Questions

Frequently asked questions

When and where did Cleo make landfall?

Cleo made landfall 7 times: near Grand-Bourg, Guadeloupe on August 22, 1964 at 17:00 UTC, as a Category 3 hurricane with 127 mph winds; near Capesterre-Belle-Eau, Guadeloupe on August 22, 1964 at 18:00 UTC, as a Category 3 hurricane with 127 mph winds; near Les Cayes, Haiti on August 24, 1964 at 20:00 UTC, as a Category 4 hurricane with 150 mph winds; near Pilón, Granma Province, Cuba on August 25, 1964 at 17:00 UTC, as a Category 1 hurricane with 81 mph winds; 16 mi SW of Venezuela, Ciego de Ávila Province, Cuba on August 26, 1964 at 07:00 UTC, as a Category 1 hurricane with 81 mph winds; near Miami, Florida on August 27, 1964 at 08:00 UTC, as a Category 2 hurricane with 109 mph winds; near Saint Simons Island, Georgia on August 29, 1964 at 04:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 58 mph winds.

What category was Cleo?

At its peak on August 23, 1964, Cleo was a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (241 km/h) and a central pressure of 938 mb. At its first landfall it was a Category 3 hurricane.

How long did Cleo last?

21.3 days, from August 20, 1964 to September 11, 1964, including 192 hours at hurricane strength (60 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 7,097 miles.

Where can I download the track data for Cleo?

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.

This site was built by Digital Dynamics Kft.

We build live, data-driven sites like this one

This archive is our own work, built from openly available data — the NOAA best-track records, the replay engine, the wind-field rendering and the map tiles served from our own servers in the European Union. If your business generates data — measurements, machines, orders, customers — we are happy to turn it into a clear, interactive interface.

But this is not all we build:

  • online shops and websites, with a design of your own
  • SaaS products and ERP systems
  • mobile apps for Android and iPhone
  • data collection, automation and map-based visualization

Or anything else that can be programmed — just get in touch.

See our work → or write: info@digitaldynamics.hu
digitaldynamics.hu Preview of the digitaldynamics.hu website