Track map & timeline · Atlantic · August 27 – September 5, 1951
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 Dog (1951) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1951 Atlantic season. It formed on August 27, 1951, 230 mi SW of Praia, Cabo Verde, reached its peak of 92 mph (148 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 992 mb on September 2, 1951, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 9.3 days and travelled about 3,630 miles (5,840 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.3°N 25.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.3°N 26.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.3°N 27.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.3°N 28.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.3°N 29.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.3°N 31.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.3°N 32.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.3°N 33.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.3°N 34.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.3°N 36.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.4°N 38.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.6°N 39.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 12.8°N 41.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 13.0°N 42.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 13.2°N 44.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 13.4°N 46.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 13.6°N 47.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 13.7°N 49.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 13.8°N 51.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 13.9°N 52.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 14.0°N 54.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 14.1°N 56.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 14.1°N 57.3°W | 170 mi ENE of Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Sep 2 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 14.1°N 58.4°W | 107 mi NE of Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Sep 2 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 14.1°N 59.7°W | 69 mi N of Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Sep 2 12:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 14.2°N 61.1°W | 14 mi NW of Gros Islet, Saint Lucia |
| Sep 2 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 14.2°N 62.7°W | 112 mi WSW of Fort-de-France, Martinique |
| Sep 3 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 992 mb | 14.3°N 64.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 14.4°N 65.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 14.6°N 67.4°W | 179 mi NNE of Kralendijk, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba |
| Sep 3 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 993 mb | 14.8°N 69.4°W | 160 mi NNE of Noord, Aruba |
| Sep 4 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 15.0°N 71.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 15.1°N 73.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1004 mb | 15.1°N 74.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 15.2°N 75.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 15.4°N 76.4°W | 181 mi S of Kingston, Jamaica |
| Sep 5 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 15.5°N 77.9°W | 176 mi SSW of May Pen, Jamaica |
| Sep 5 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 15.5°N 79.5°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Dog.
At its peak on September 2, 1951, Dog was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 92 mph (148 km/h) and a central pressure of 992 mb.
9.3 days, from August 27, 1951 to September 5, 1951, including 54 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 3,630 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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