Track map & timeline · Atlantic · August 21 – September 5, 1955
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 Edith (1955) was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1955 Atlantic season. It formed on August 21, 1955, reached its peak of 98 mph (157 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 967 mb on August 30, 1955, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 14.8 days and travelled about 4,174 miles (6,715 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 11.4°N 42.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 21 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.0°N 43.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 22 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.5°N 44.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 22 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 13.0°N 45.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 22 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 13.5°N 46.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 22 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 14.0°N 47.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 23 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 14.5°N 48.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 23 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 14.9°N 49.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 23 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 15.3°N 51.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 23 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 15.8°N 52.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 24 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 16.6°N 53.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 24 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 17.7°N 54.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 24 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 19.0°N 55.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 24 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 20.2°N 55.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 21.3°N 56.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 22.3°N 58.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 22.9°N 59.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 998 mb | 23.4°N 60.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 23.8°N 60.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 24.2°N 61.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 24.7°N 62.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 987 mb | 25.3°N 63.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 25.9°N 63.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 26.3°N 63.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 992 mb | 26.7°N 63.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 993 mb | 27.1°N 64.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 991 mb | 27.4°N 64.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 27.6°N 64.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 27.9°N 64.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 990 mb | 28.3°N 64.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 28.8°N 63.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 29.4°N 63.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 30.2°N 63.1°W | 176 mi SE of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Aug 29 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 31.3°N 62.4°W | 157 mi ESE of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Aug 30 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 32.4°N 61.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 06:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 33.6°N 60.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 967 mb | 35.0°N 59.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 18:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 36.5°N 58.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 38.0°N 56.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 39.6°N 54.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 12:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | — | 40.6°N 52.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 18:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 40.8°N 51.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 00:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | — | 40.5°N 50.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 06:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | — | 39.6°N 50.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 12:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | — | 38.5°N 50.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 18:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | — | 37.7°N 51.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 00:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | — | 37.2°N 52.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 06:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | — | 37.0°N 53.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 12:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 37.2°N 54.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 18:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 37.6°N 55.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 00:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 38.0°N 56.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 06:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 38.3°N 56.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 12:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 38.1°N 57.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 18:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 37.8°N 58.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 00:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 37.5°N 58.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 06:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 37.0°N 58.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 12:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 37.2°N 57.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 18:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 37.5°N 56.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 00:00 | TD extratropical | 35 mph | — | 39.0°N 55.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 06:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | — | 40.5°N 55.0°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Edith.
At its peak on August 30, 1955, Edith was a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 98 mph (157 km/h) and a central pressure of 967 mb.
14.8 days, from August 21, 1955 to September 5, 1955, including 66 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 4,174 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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