Hurricane Doria (1967)

Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · September 4–21, 1967

Peak wind

98 mph

157 km/h · Sep 14

Peak category

Cat 2

Saffir–Simpson

Lowest pressure

973 mb

Landfalls

Virginia

Lifetime

16.8 d

Sep 4 – Sep 21

Distance

3,022 mi

4,863 km

ACE

15.3

storm energy

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

What happened with Doria

Hurricane Doria (1967) was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1967 Atlantic season. It formed on September 4, 1967, 165 mi SE of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, reached its peak of 98 mph (157 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 973 mb on September 14, 1967, and made landfall 25 mi S of Virginia Beach, Virginia on September 17, 1967 as a tropical storm (58 mph). It rapidly intensified by 35 mph in 24 hours (to 75 mph on September 10, 1967). The storm lasted 16.8 days and travelled about 3,022 miles (4,863 km).

02 · Intensity

Wind and pressure, hour by hour

Maximum sustained wind (mph) — hover or drag to scrub the map

03 · Impact

Landfall and cities in the path

Landfall (UTC)	Where	Strength	Pressure
September 17, 1967 · 00:00 UTC	25 mi S of Virginia Beach, Virginia	TS 58 mph	—

Closest approach to major cities

City	Distance to center	When (UTC)	Storm strength then
Virginia Beach, Virginia	16 mi	Sep 16 · 22:00 UTC	TS 61 mph
East Hampton, Virginia	40 mi	Sep 16 · 22:00 UTC	TS 61 mph
Hampton, Virginia	40 mi	Sep 16 · 22:00 UTC	TS 61 mph
Norfolk, Virginia	31 mi	Sep 16 · 23:00 UTC	TS 59 mph
Chesapeake, Virginia	29 mi	Sep 16 · 23:00 UTC	TS 59 mph
Newport News, Virginia	42 mi	Sep 16 · 23:00 UTC	TS 59 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

Every official fix 68 positions

Date · UTC	Status	Wind	Pressure	Position	Nearest place
Sep 4 18:00	TS extratropical	40 mph	—	31.0°N 78.0°W	165 mi SE of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Sep 5 00:00	TS extratropical	40 mph	—	31.0°N 78.0°W	165 mi SE of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Sep 5 06:00	TS extratropical	40 mph	—	31.0°N 77.9°W	169 mi SE of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Sep 5 12:00	TS extratropical	40 mph	—	31.0°N 77.6°W	182 mi SE of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Sep 5 18:00	TS extratropical	46 mph	—	31.0°N 77.1°W	open ocean
Sep 6 00:00	TS	46 mph	—	31.0°N 76.7°W	open ocean
Sep 6 06:00	TS	46 mph	—	30.9°N 76.5°W	open ocean
Sep 6 12:00	TS	40 mph	—	30.7°N 76.4°W	open ocean
Sep 6 18:00	TS	40 mph	—	30.5°N 76.4°W	open ocean
Sep 7 00:00	TS	40 mph	—	30.2°N 76.4°W	open ocean
Sep 7 06:00	TS	40 mph	—	29.9°N 76.4°W	open ocean
Sep 7 12:00	TD	35 mph	—	29.4°N 76.6°W	open ocean
Sep 7 18:00	TD	35 mph	—	28.8°N 77.0°W	open ocean
Sep 8 00:00	TD	35 mph	1007 mb	28.3°N 77.5°W	142 mi NNE of Lucaya, Bahamas
Sep 8 06:00	TD	35 mph	—	27.9°N 78.0°W	103 mi NNE of Lucaya, Bahamas
Sep 8 12:00	TD	35 mph	1007 mb	27.8°N 78.5°W	82 mi NNE of West End, Bahamas
Sep 8 18:00	TD	35 mph	—	27.7°N 78.9°W	70 mi N of West End, Bahamas
Sep 9 00:00	TD	35 mph	1007 mb	27.6°N 79.1°W	64 mi N of West End, Bahamas
Sep 9 06:00	TS	40 mph	—	27.7°N 79.2°W	71 mi ENE of Fort Pierce, Florida
Sep 9 12:00	TS	40 mph	1004 mb	27.9°N 79.1°W	81 mi ENE of Fort Pierce, Florida
Sep 9 18:00	TS	46 mph	—	28.2°N 78.7°W	106 mi N of West End, Bahamas
Sep 10 00:00	TS	58 mph	997 mb	29.0°N 78.1°W	165 mi ENE of Palm Bay, Florida
Sep 10 06:00	TS	69 mph	—	30.2°N 77.2°W	open ocean
Sep 10 12:00	Cat 1	75 mph	—	31.8°N 76.1°W	open ocean
Sep 10 18:00	Cat 1	81 mph	984 mb	33.2°N 75.1°W	155 mi SE of Havelock, North Carolina
Sep 11 00:00	Cat 1	81 mph	987 mb	34.2°N 73.6°W	open ocean
Sep 11 06:00	TS	69 mph	—	35.1°N 72.1°W	open ocean
Sep 11 12:00	TS	63 mph	999 mb	35.9°N 70.7°W	open ocean
Sep 11 18:00	TS	63 mph	998 mb	36.2°N 69.2°W	open ocean
Sep 12 00:00	TS	63 mph	—	36.3°N 67.8°W	open ocean
Sep 12 06:00	TS	63 mph	—	36.5°N 66.6°W	open ocean
Sep 12 12:00	TS	69 mph	—	36.6°N 65.7°W	open ocean
Sep 12 18:00	Cat 1	75 mph	—	36.7°N 65.1°W	open ocean
Sep 13 00:00	Cat 1	81 mph	989 mb	36.8°N 64.9°W	open ocean
Sep 13 06:00	Cat 1	81 mph	—	36.9°N 64.8°W	open ocean
Sep 13 12:00	Cat 1	86 mph	—	37.0°N 64.8°W	open ocean
Sep 13 18:00	Cat 1	86 mph	983 mb	37.1°N 64.9°W	open ocean
Sep 14 00:00	Cat 1	92 mph	—	37.3°N 65.2°W	open ocean
Sep 14 06:00	Cat 1	92 mph	—	37.6°N 65.6°W	open ocean
Sep 14 12:00	Cat 1	92 mph	—	37.8°N 66.0°W	open ocean
Sep 14 18:00	Cat 2	98 mph	973 mb	38.0°N 66.5°W	open ocean
Sep 15 00:00	Cat 2	98 mph	—	38.0°N 67.1°W	open ocean
Sep 15 06:00	Cat 2	98 mph	—	38.0°N 67.8°W	open ocean
Sep 15 12:00	Cat 1	92 mph	—	38.0°N 68.9°W	open ocean
Sep 15 18:00	Cat 1	92 mph	975 mb	37.9°N 70.5°W	open ocean
Sep 16 00:00	Cat 1	86 mph	981 mb	37.9°N 71.9°W	170 mi SE of Atlantic City, New Jersey
Sep 16 06:00	Cat 1	81 mph	986 mb	37.9°N 73.3°W	107 mi ESE of Ocean Pines, Maryland
Sep 16 12:00	Cat 1	75 mph	—	37.7°N 74.5°W	60 mi SE of Ocean Pines, Maryland
Sep 16 18:00	TS	69 mph	990 mb	37.3°N 75.3°W	48 mi NE of Virginia Beach, Virginia
Sep 17 00:00	TS LANDFALL	58 mph	—	36.5°N 75.9°W	25 mi S of Virginia Beach, Virginia
Sep 17 06:00	TS	46 mph	—	35.6°N 76.2°W	48 mi S of Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Sep 17 12:00	TD	35 mph	1006 mb	34.7°N 76.3°W	36 mi ESE of Havelock, North Carolina
Sep 17 18:00	TD	35 mph	—	33.8°N 76.2°W	85 mi SSE of Havelock, North Carolina
Sep 18 00:00	TD	35 mph	1006 mb	33.1°N 76.0°W	130 mi SE of Masonboro, North Carolina
Sep 18 06:00	TD	35 mph	—	32.4°N 75.6°W	179 mi SE of Masonboro, North Carolina
Sep 18 12:00	TD	35 mph	1006 mb	31.9°N 75.0°W	open ocean
Sep 18 18:00	TD	35 mph	1006 mb	31.5°N 74.5°W	open ocean
Sep 19 00:00	TD low/wave	29 mph	—	31.0°N 74.0°W	open ocean
Sep 19 06:00	TD low/wave	29 mph	—	30.5°N 73.5°W	open ocean
Sep 19 12:00	TD low/wave	29 mph	—	30.0°N 73.0°W	open ocean
Sep 19 18:00	TD low/wave	29 mph	—	29.7°N 72.3°W	open ocean
Sep 20 00:00	TD low/wave	29 mph	1010 mb	29.5°N 71.5°W	open ocean
Sep 20 06:00	TD low/wave	29 mph	—	29.5°N 70.8°W	open ocean
Sep 20 12:00	TD low/wave	29 mph	—	29.5°N 70.0°W	open ocean
Sep 20 18:00	TD low/wave	29 mph	—	29.5°N 69.5°W	open ocean
Sep 21 00:00	TD low/wave	29 mph	—	29.5°N 69.0°W	open ocean
Sep 21 06:00	TD low/wave	29 mph	—	29.5°N 68.5°W	open ocean
Sep 21 12:00	TD low/wave	29 mph	—	29.5°N 68.0°W	open ocean

⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track

Questions

Frequently asked questions

When and where did Doria make landfall?

Doria made landfall once: 25 mi S of Virginia Beach, Virginia on September 17, 1967 at 00:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 58 mph winds.

What category was Doria?

At its peak on September 14, 1967, Doria was a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 98 mph (157 km/h) and a central pressure of 973 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.

How long did Doria last?

16.8 days, from September 4, 1967 to September 21, 1967, including 114 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 3,022 miles.

Where can I download the track data for Doria?

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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Every storm named Doria

Year	Storm	Peak	Landfall
1967	Hurricane Doria · this page Atlantic	Cat 2 98 mph	Virginia
1971	Tropical Storm Doria Atlantic	TS 69 mph	North Carolina, Virginia	→

Names are recycled every six years unless a storm is so deadly or costly that the name is retired.

Strongest storms of 1967

Year	Storm	Peak	Landfall
1967	Hurricane Beulah Atlantic	Cat 5 161 mph	Quintana Roo, Mexico, Tamaulipas, Mexico	→
1967	Hurricane Sarah Central Pacific	Cat 4 150 mph	—	→
1967	Hurricane Olivia Eastern Pacific	Cat 3 127 mph	—	→
1967	Hurricane Chloe Atlantic	Cat 2 109 mph	—	→
1967	Hurricane Arlene Atlantic	Cat 1 92 mph	—	→
1967	Hurricane Heidi Atlantic	Cat 1 86 mph	—	→
1967	Hurricane Carlotta Eastern Pacific	Cat 1 86 mph	—	→
1967	Hurricane Jewel Eastern Pacific	Cat 1 86 mph	—	→

See every 1967 storm on one map →

Background reading: Hurricane Doria on Wikipedia.

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