Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · September 8–16, 1953
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 Dolly (1953) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1953 Atlantic season. It formed on September 8, 1953, 11 mi WSW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands, reached its peak of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 989 mb on September 10, 1953, and made landfall near Pembroke Parish, Bermuda on September 12, 1953 as a tropical storm (63 mph). The storm lasted 8.3 days and travelled about 3,672 miles (5,908 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 12, 1953 · 05:00 UTC | near Pembroke Parish, Bermuda | TS 63 mph | 996 mb |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Juan, Puerto Rico | 11 mi | Sep 8 · 10:00 UTC | TD 38 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 8 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 18.3°N 65.1°W | 11 mi WSW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands |
| Sep 8 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 18.7°N 66.4°W | 18 mi N of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico |
| Sep 8 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 19.1°N 67.5°W | 52 mi NNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico |
| Sep 9 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 19.6°N 68.5°W | 61 mi ENE of Samaná, Dominican Republic |
| Sep 9 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 20.2°N 69.0°W | 72 mi NNE of Samaná, Dominican Republic |
| Sep 9 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1005 mb | 20.7°N 69.4°W | 96 mi NNE of Nagua, Dominican Republic |
| Sep 9 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 21.3°N 69.7°W | 122 mi NNE of Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic |
| Sep 10 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 22.1°N 69.9°W | 152 mi E of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Sep 10 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 999 mb | 23.0°N 70.1°W | 161 mi ENE of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Sep 10 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 990 mb | 23.9°N 70.5°W | 184 mi NE of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Sep 10 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 989 mb | 24.9°N 70.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 25.9°N 70.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 27.0°N 69.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 28.5°N 69.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 29.9°N 67.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 31.3°N 66.3°W | 112 mi SW of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 12 05:00 | TS LANDFALL | 63 mph | 996 mb | 32.3°N 64.8°W | near Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 12 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 996 mb | 32.7°N 64.4°W | 36 mi NE of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 12 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 34.7°N 61.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 36.8°N 59.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 00:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 38.5°N 56.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 06:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 40.0°N 53.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 12:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 41.5°N 49.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 18:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | — | 42.4°N 46.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 00:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | — | 42.8°N 44.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 06:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 43.2°N 42.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 12:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | — | 43.2°N 40.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 18:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | — | 43.0°N 39.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 00:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | — | 43.0°N 37.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 06:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | — | 43.0°N 36.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 12:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | — | 43.3°N 34.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 18:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | — | 43.2°N 31.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 00:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | — | 42.6°N 28.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 06:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 42.3°N 26.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 12:00 | TD extratropical | 35 mph | — | 42.0°N 23.8°W | open ocean |
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Questions
Dolly made landfall once: near Pembroke Parish, Bermuda on September 12, 1953 at 05:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 63 mph winds.
At its peak on September 10, 1953, Dolly was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a central pressure of 989 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.
8.3 days, from September 8, 1953 to September 16, 1953, including 36 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 3,672 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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