Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · September 10–13, 1956
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01 · The story
Tropical Storm Dora (1956) was a tropical storm of the 1956 Atlantic season. It formed on September 10, 1956, 59 mi NW of Campeche, Campeche, Mexico, reached its peak of 58 mph (93 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1000 mb on September 12, 1956, and made landfall near Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano, Veracruz, Mexico on September 12, 1956 as a tropical storm (58 mph). The storm lasted 2.8 days and travelled about 461 miles (741 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 12, 1956 · 18:00 UTC | near Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano, Veracruz, Mexico | TS 58 mph | 1000 mb |
04 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 20.5°N 91.1°W | 59 mi NW of Campeche, Campeche, Mexico |
| Sep 10 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 20.8°N 92.1°W | 122 mi WNW of Campeche, Campeche, Mexico |
| Sep 10 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1010 mb | 21.1°N 93.0°W | 183 mi WNW of Campeche, Campeche, Mexico |
| Sep 11 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 21.3°N 93.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 21.5°N 94.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 21.7°N 95.0°W | 163 mi ENE of Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 11 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1004 mb | 21.7°N 95.5°W | 133 mi ENE of Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 12 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 21.5°N 95.9°W | 104 mi ENE of Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 12 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 21.3°N 96.3°W | 75 mi ENE of Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 12 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1004 mb | 21.1°N 96.8°W | 40 mi ENE of Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 12 18:00 | TS LANDFALL | 58 mph | 1000 mb | 20.9°N 97.3°W | near Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 13 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 20.7°N 97.8°W | 17 mi SSW of Álamo, Veracruz, Mexico |
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Questions
Dora made landfall once: near Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano, Veracruz, Mexico on September 12, 1956 at 18:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 58 mph winds.
At its peak on September 12, 1956, Dora was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 58 mph (93 km/h) and a central pressure of 1000 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.
2.8 days, from September 10, 1956 to September 13, 1956. It travelled about 461 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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