Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 15–21, 1953
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 Edna (1953) was a Category 3 hurricane of the 1953 Atlantic season. It formed on September 15, 1953, 72 mi ENE of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands, reached its peak of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 962 mb on September 17, 1953, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 34 mph in 24 hours (to 86 mph on September 16, 1953). The storm lasted 6.8 days and travelled about 4,604 miles (7,408 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin, Ireland | 68 mi | Sep 21 · 12:00 UTC | Cat 1 75 mph |
| South Dublin, Ireland | 71 mi | Sep 21 · 12:00 UTC | Cat 1 75 mph |
| Belfast, United Kingdom | 16 mi | Sep 21 · 14:00 UTC | TS 73 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
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 18.9°N 64.0°W | 72 mi ENE of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands |
| Sep 15 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 19.9°N 65.3°W | 112 mi NNE of San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Sep 15 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 995 mb | 20.9°N 66.8°W | 168 mi N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico |
| Sep 15 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 987 mb | 21.9°N 68.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 22.9°N 69.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 23.7°N 70.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 12:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 977 mb | 24.6°N 70.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 969 mb | 25.8°N 71.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 00:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 27.1°N 70.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 06:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 28.2°N 70.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 12:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 966 mb | 29.3°N 69.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 18:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 962 mb | 30.7°N 67.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 00:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 32.3°N 65.8°W | 59 mi W of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 18 06:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 34.3°N 63.4°W | 160 mi NNE of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 18 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 36.5°N 60.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 38.9°N 56.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 00:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 81 mph | — | 41.0°N 51.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 06:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 75 mph | — | 42.6°N 48.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 12:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | — | 44.3°N 42.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 18:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | — | 46.2°N 36.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 00:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | — | 48.1°N 30.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 06:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 81 mph | — | 49.7°N 25.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 12:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 92 mph | — | 51.3°N 21.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 18:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 92 mph | — | 52.6°N 16.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 00:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 86 mph | — | 53.8°N 13.0°W | 151 mi W of Castlebar, Ireland |
| Sep 21 06:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 81 mph | — | 54.1°N 9.2°W | near Ballina, Ireland |
| Sep 21 12:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 75 mph | — | 54.3°N 6.6°W | near Armagh, United Kingdom |
| Sep 21 18:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | — | 54.6°N 4.0°W | 17 mi WNW of Whitehaven, United Kingdom |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Edna. Its closest approach to a major city was 16 miles from Belfast, United Kingdom.
At its peak on September 17, 1953, Edna was a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a central pressure of 962 mb.
6.8 days, from September 15, 1953 to September 21, 1953, including 84 hours at hurricane strength (12 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 4,604 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.
This site was built by Digital Dynamics Kft.
This archive is our own work, built from openly available data — the NOAA best-track records, the replay engine, the wind-field rendering and the map tiles served from our own servers in the European Union. If your business generates data — measurements, machines, orders, customers — we are happy to turn it into a clear, interactive interface.
But this is not all we build:
Or anything else that can be programmed — just get in touch.
See our work → or write: info@digitaldynamics.hu