Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 29 – October 9, 1962
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 (1962) was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1962 Atlantic season. It formed on September 29, 1962, reached its peak of 104 mph (167 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 950 mb on October 6, 1962, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 10.0 days and travelled about 3,553 miles (5,717 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | direct hit | Oct 8 · 11:00 UTC | TS 65 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 14.5°N 48.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 14.8°N 50.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 15.0°N 52.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 15.2°N 54.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 15.5°N 55.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 15.8°N 57.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1006 mb | 16.3°N 59.0°W | 151 mi E of Saint-François, Guadeloupe |
| Oct 1 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 16.8°N 60.1°W | 86 mi ENE of Saint-François, Guadeloupe |
| Oct 1 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 17.4°N 60.8°W | 72 mi ENE of Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda |
| Oct 1 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1004 mb | 18.0°N 61.4°W | 67 mi NNE of Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda |
| Oct 1 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 19.0°N 61.9°W | 130 mi N of Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda |
| Oct 2 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 20.1°N 62.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1003 mb | 21.1°N 62.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 22.0°N 63.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 22.5°N 63.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1003 mb | 22.8°N 64.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 23.1°N 65.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1000 mb | 23.3°N 65.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 995 mb | 23.6°N 66.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 23.9°N 66.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 24.1°N 67.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 992 mb | 24.3°N 68.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 986 mb | 24.7°N 68.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 985 mb | 25.2°N 69.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 984 mb | 26.0°N 69.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 12:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 973 mb | 27.0°N 69.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 18:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 969 mb | 28.0°N 69.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 00:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 970 mb | 29.2°N 69.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 30.8°N 68.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 12:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 965 mb | 32.6°N 67.9°W | 182 mi W of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Oct 6 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 968 mb | 34.8°N 67.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 37.5°N 66.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 963 mb | 39.8°N 65.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 12:00 | Cat 2 extratropical | 104 mph | 950 mb | 42.0°N 66.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 18:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 92 mph | — | 42.7°N 66.9°W | 173 mi SSE of Bangor, Maine |
| Oct 8 00:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 81 mph | — | 43.5°N 66.5°W | 124 mi S of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Oct 8 06:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 75 mph | — | 44.1°N 64.8°W | 71 mi WSW of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Oct 8 12:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | — | 44.7°N 63.3°W | 14 mi ENE of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Oct 8 18:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 45.3°N 61.5°W | 59 mi ESE of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Oct 9 00:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 45.5°N 59.5°W | 55 mi SE of Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Oct 9 06:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 46.0°N 54.9°W | 137 mi SW of Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Daisy. Its closest approach to a major city was 3 miles from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
At its peak on October 6, 1962, Daisy was a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 104 mph (167 km/h) and a central pressure of 950 mb.
10.0 days, from September 29, 1962 to October 9, 1962, including 72 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 3,553 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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