Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 26–30, 1977
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 Dorothy (1977) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1977 Atlantic season. It formed on September 26, 1977, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 980 mb on September 29, 1977, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 35 mph in 24 hours (to 58 mph on September 28, 1977). The storm lasted 3.5 days and travelled about 2,001 miles (3,219 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26 18:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1010 mb | 28.5°N 71.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 00:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1009 mb | 29.5°N 69.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 30.2°N 67.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1002 mb | 30.9°N 65.8°W | 114 mi SSW of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 27 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 31.9°N 63.6°W | 75 mi ESE of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 28 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 996 mb | 33.2°N 61.8°W | 185 mi ENE of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 28 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 992 mb | 34.4°N 60.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 988 mb | 35.5°N 59.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 984 mb | 37.0°N 58.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 980 mb | 38.3°N 57.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 984 mb | 40.0°N 55.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 988 mb | 42.0°N 54.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 18:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | 990 mb | 44.5°N 53.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 00:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | 995 mb | 47.0°N 51.0°W | 89 mi ESE of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
| Sep 30 06:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 49.5°N 48.5°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Dorothy.
At its peak on September 29, 1977, Dorothy was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h) and a central pressure of 980 mb.
3.5 days, from September 26, 1977 to September 30, 1977, including 30 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 2,001 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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