Track map & timeline · Atlantic · August 23–31, 1958
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 Daisy (1958) was a Category 4 hurricane of the 1958 Atlantic season. It formed on August 23, 1958, 227 mi NNW of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, reached its peak of 132 mph (213 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 948 mb on August 27, 1958, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 35 mph in 24 hours (to 98 mph on August 26, 1958). The storm lasted 7.3 days and travelled about 2,426 miles (3,903 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 25.0°N 73.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 24 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 25.2°N 73.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 24 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 25.5°N 73.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 24 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 25.8°N 74.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 24 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 26.1°N 74.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1002 mb | 26.3°N 74.9°W | 175 mi ENE of Nassau, Bahamas |
| Aug 25 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1000 mb | 26.5°N 75.3°W | 162 mi NE of Nassau, Bahamas |
| Aug 25 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 996 mb | 26.7°N 75.5°W | 161 mi NE of Nassau, Bahamas |
| Aug 25 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 997 mb | 27.1°N 75.8°W | 171 mi NE of Nassau, Bahamas |
| Aug 26 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 992 mb | 27.5°N 76.3°W | 160 mi ENE of Lucaya, Bahamas |
| Aug 26 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 27.8°N 76.8°W | 144 mi NE of Lucaya, Bahamas |
| Aug 26 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 975 mb | 28.1°N 77.0°W | 149 mi NE of Lucaya, Bahamas |
| Aug 26 18:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 975 mb | 28.5°N 77.1°W | 166 mi NE of Lucaya, Bahamas |
| Aug 27 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 972 mb | 28.8°N 76.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 06:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 29.0°N 76.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 12:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | 952 mb | 29.2°N 76.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 18:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 948 mb | 29.6°N 75.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 00:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 30.3°N 75.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 06:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | — | 31.5°N 74.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 12:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 33.1°N 74.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 18:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 965 mb | 34.7°N 74.1°W | 159 mi E of Havelock, North Carolina |
| Aug 29 00:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 965 mb | 36.3°N 73.9°W | 121 mi ESE of Virginia Beach, Virginia |
| Aug 29 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 969 mb | 38.0°N 72.6°W | 136 mi SE of Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| Aug 29 12:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 40.0°N 70.4°W | 116 mi SSE of New Bedford, Massachusetts |
| Aug 29 18:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 81 mph | 980 mb | 41.5°N 67.9°W | 113 mi E of Harwich, Massachusetts |
| Aug 30 00:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 75 mph | — | 42.0°N 65.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 06:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | — | 42.5°N 61.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 12:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 42.2°N 57.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 18:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 42.2°N 53.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 00:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 42.2°N 49.0°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Daisy.
At its peak on August 27, 1958, Daisy was a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 132 mph (213 km/h) and a central pressure of 948 mb.
7.3 days, from August 23, 1958 to August 31, 1958, including 84 hours at hurricane strength (36 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 2,426 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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