Track map & timeline · Atlantic · August 31 – September 4, 1954
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 (1954) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1954 Atlantic season. It formed on August 31, 1954, 112 mi NE of Nagua, Dominican Republic, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 994 mb on September 1, 1954, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 41 mph in 24 hours (to 81 mph on September 1, 1954). The storm lasted 4.3 days and travelled about 3,534 miles (5,685 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 20.5°N 68.6°W | 101 mi NNE of Samaná, Dominican Republic |
| Aug 31 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 22.3°N 69.4°W | 186 mi ENE of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Sep 1 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 24.6°N 69.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 26.6°N 69.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 28.8°N 69.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 31.7°N 69.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 994 mb | 34.6°N 69.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 37.0°N 67.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 39.7°N 63.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 18:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 75 mph | — | 42.1°N 60.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 00:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | — | 44.3°N 56.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 06:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | — | 45.8°N 51.9°W | 128 mi SSE of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
| Sep 3 12:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 46.8°N 47.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 18:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | — | 47.6°N 42.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 00:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | — | 48.3°N 38.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 06:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | — | 48.5°N 33.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 12:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | — | 48.5°N 28.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 18:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | — | 48.5°N 23.5°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Dolly.
At its peak on September 1, 1954, Dolly was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h) and a central pressure of 994 mb.
4.3 days, from August 31, 1954 to September 4, 1954, including 30 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 3,534 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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