Track map & timeline · Atlantic · October 14–25, 1962
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 Ella (1962) was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1962 Atlantic season. It formed on October 14, 1962, 69 mi NW of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, reached its peak of 109 mph (176 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 958 mb on October 20, 1962, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 11.0 days and travelled about 4,590 miles (7,386 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 22.5°N 73.0°W | 69 mi NW of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Oct 14 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 23.0°N 72.8°W | 91 mi NNW of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Oct 14 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 23.4°N 72.5°W | 113 mi N of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Oct 15 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 23.8°N 72.3°W | 139 mi N of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Oct 15 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 24.2°N 72.2°W | 167 mi N of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Oct 15 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 24.7°N 72.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 15 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1002 mb | 25.2°N 72.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 16 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1002 mb | 25.7°N 72.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 16 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 26.1°N 72.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 16 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1002 mb | 26.3°N 73.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 16 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1002 mb | 26.4°N 74.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 17 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 994 mb | 26.6°N 74.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 17 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 27.0°N 75.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 17 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 992 mb | 27.5°N 75.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 17 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 989 mb | 28.2°N 75.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 18 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 29.0°N 75.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 18 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 981 mb | 29.5°N 75.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 18 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 978 mb | 29.8°N 75.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 18 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 973 mb | 30.2°N 76.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 19 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 974 mb | 30.6°N 76.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 19 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 973 mb | 30.7°N 75.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 19 12:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 969 mb | 30.7°N 74.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 19 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 962 mb | 31.1°N 73.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 20 00:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 960 mb | 31.9°N 72.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 20 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 963 mb | 33.0°N 71.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 20 12:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 960 mb | 33.9°N 70.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 20 18:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 964 mb | 34.5°N 69.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 21 00:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 35.2°N 68.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 21 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 36.0°N 66.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 21 12:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 961 mb | 36.7°N 64.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 21 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 958 mb | 37.5°N 62.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 22 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 39.5°N 59.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 22 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 42.9°N 57.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 22 12:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | — | 46.0°N 54.0°W | 114 mi SSW of Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
| Oct 22 18:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | — | 48.0°N 49.0°W | 175 mi ENE of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
| Oct 23 00:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | — | 51.0°N 45.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 23 06:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | — | 54.1°N 42.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 23 12:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | — | 55.5°N 39.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 23 18:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | — | 56.0°N 35.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 24 00:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 57.0°N 31.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 24 06:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 58.0°N 27.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 24 12:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 59.0°N 23.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 24 18:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 60.0°N 17.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 25 00:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 60.5°N 10.5°W | 162 mi SW of Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |
| Oct 25 06:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 61.0°N 5.5°W | 81 mi SSE of Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Ella.
At its peak on October 20, 1962, Ella was a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 109 mph (176 km/h) and a central pressure of 958 mb.
11.0 days, from October 14, 1962 to October 25, 1962, including 114 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 4,590 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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