Track map & timeline · Central Pacific · August 1–8, 1959
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 Dot (1959) was a Category 4 hurricane of the 1959 Central Pacific season. It formed on August 1, 1959, reached its peak of 150 mph (241 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 952 mb on August 3, 1959, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 69 mph in 24 hours (to 138 mph on August 2, 1959). The storm lasted 6.5 days and travelled about 1,686 miles (2,712 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 15.7°N 141.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 2 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 15.8°N 141.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 2 06:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 15.7°N 142.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 2 12:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | — | 15.6°N 144.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 2 18:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 15.5°N 144.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 3 00:00 | Cat 4 | 150 mph | 952 mb | 15.3°N 145.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 3 06:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 15.3°N 146.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 3 12:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 15.4°N 147.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 3 18:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 15.6°N 148.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 4 00:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 15.9°N 149.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 4 06:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 16.3°N 150.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 4 12:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 16.6°N 151.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 4 18:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 16.7°N 152.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 5 00:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 17.0°N 153.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 5 06:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 17.1°N 155.0°W | 172 mi S of Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaii |
| Aug 5 12:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 17.3°N 156.0°W | 162 mi S of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii |
| Aug 5 18:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | — | 17.7°N 156.8°W | 144 mi SSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii |
| Aug 6 00:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | — | 18.2°N 157.7°W | 149 mi SW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii |
| Aug 6 06:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 18.7°N 158.2°W | 158 mi WSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii |
| Aug 6 12:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 19.5°N 158.5°W | 132 mi SSW of Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Aug 6 18:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 20.3°N 158.8°W | 85 mi SSW of Makakilo / Kapolei / Honokai Hale, Hawaii |
| Aug 7 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 21.0°N 159.0°W | 63 mi WSW of Makakilo / Kapolei / Honokai Hale, Hawaii |
| Aug 7 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 21.8°N 159.5°W | 22 mi SSW of Kapa‘a, Hawaii |
| Aug 7 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 22.4°N 159.5°W | 25 mi NNW of Kapa‘a, Hawaii |
| Aug 7 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 22.9°N 160.7°W | 105 mi WNW of Kapa‘a, Hawaii |
| Aug 8 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 23.0°N 162.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 8 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 23.2°N 163.0°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Dot.
At its peak on August 3, 1959, Dot was a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (241 km/h) and a central pressure of 952 mb.
6.5 days, from August 1, 1959 to August 8, 1959, including 132 hours at hurricane strength (114 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 1,686 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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