Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 4–17, 1964
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 Ethel (1964) was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1964 Atlantic season. It formed on September 4, 1964, reached its peak of 104 mph (167 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 969 mb on September 13, 1964, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 13.3 days and travelled about 5,058 miles (8,138 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 17.7°N 35.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 18.0°N 37.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 18.4°N 38.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 18.8°N 39.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 19.2°N 41.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 19.5°N 43.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 19.9°N 44.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 20.3°N 46.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 20.9°N 48.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1008 mb | 22.0°N 50.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 23.3°N 52.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1006 mb | 24.3°N 53.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 25.0°N 55.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 25.6°N 56.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 26.3°N 57.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 26.9°N 58.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 27.2°N 59.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 999 mb | 27.4°N 60.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 986 mb | 27.5°N 60.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 27.6°N 61.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 989 mb | 27.7°N 61.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 984 mb | 27.7°N 62.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 27.7°N 63.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 27.6°N 64.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 27.4°N 64.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 976 mb | 27.3°N 65.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 977 mb | 27.4°N 65.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 27.5°N 66.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 27.8°N 66.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 983 mb | 28.2°N 66.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 977 mb | 28.8°N 66.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 29.5°N 67.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 30.3°N 67.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 12:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 974 mb | 31.1°N 67.3°W | 169 mi WSW of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 12 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 976 mb | 31.9°N 66.9°W | 126 mi WSW of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 13 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 32.9°N 66.1°W | 87 mi WNW of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 13 06:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 34.1°N 64.9°W | 125 mi N of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 13 12:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 35.5°N 63.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 37.0°N 61.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 38.4°N 59.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 40.0°N 57.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 12:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 41.5°N 54.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 18:00 | Cat 2 extratropical | 98 mph | 969 mb | 42.9°N 51.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 00:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 86 mph | — | 44.0°N 49.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 06:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 75 mph | — | 44.8°N 45.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 12:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | — | 45.0°N 42.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 18:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | — | 44.8°N 38.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 00:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | — | 44.4°N 34.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 06:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 44.0°N 31.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 12:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | — | 43.5°N 29.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 18:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | — | 42.5°N 27.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 00:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 41.5°N 26.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 06:00 | TD extratropical | 35 mph | — | 40.5°N 25.7°W | 151 mi NNE of Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal |
| Sep 17 12:00 | TD extratropical | 35 mph | — | 39.5°N 25.0°W | 125 mi NNE of Lagoa, Portugal |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Ethel.
At its peak on September 13, 1964, Ethel was a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 104 mph (167 km/h) and a central pressure of 969 mb.
13.3 days, from September 4, 1964 to September 17, 1964, including 144 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 5,058 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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