Track map & timeline · Atlantic · August 21 – September 13, 1966
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 Faith (1966) was a Category 3 hurricane of the 1966 Atlantic season. It formed on August 21, 1966, 240 mi WSW of Dakar, Senegal, reached its peak of 121 mph (194 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 950 mb on September 3, 1966, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 34 mph in 24 hours (to 109 mph on August 28, 1966). The storm lasted 23.8 days and travelled about 10,648 miles (17,133 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.9°N 20.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 21 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 13.3°N 22.3°W | 139 mi SE of Praia, Cabo Verde |
| Aug 21 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 13.7°N 24.1°W | 94 mi SSW of Praia, Cabo Verde |
| Aug 21 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 14.0°N 25.9°W | 113 mi WSW of São Filipe, Cabo Verde |
| Aug 22 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 14.3°N 27.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 22 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 14.6°N 29.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 22 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 14.8°N 30.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 22 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 15.0°N 32.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 23 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 15.1°N 34.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 23 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 15.2°N 37.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 23 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 15.2°N 39.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 23 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 984 mb | 15.3°N 41.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 24 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 15.3°N 43.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 24 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 15.3°N 45.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 24 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 992 mb | 15.3°N 47.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 24 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 15.5°N 49.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 993 mb | 16.0°N 52.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 995 mb | 16.4°N 54.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 986 mb | 16.7°N 56.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 990 mb | 17.0°N 58.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 994 mb | 17.4°N 59.6°W | 137 mi ENE of Le Moule, Guadeloupe |
| Aug 26 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 997 mb | 17.9°N 61.0°W | 77 mi NE of Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda |
| Aug 26 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 995 mb | 18.4°N 62.3°W | 81 mi NNE of Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Aug 26 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 994 mb | 19.0°N 63.7°W | 93 mi ENE of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands |
| Aug 27 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 19.7°N 65.1°W | 95 mi N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands |
| Aug 27 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 993 mb | 20.4°N 66.3°W | 134 mi N of San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Aug 27 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 989 mb | 21.0°N 67.5°W | 177 mi NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic |
| Aug 27 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 983 mb | 21.7°N 68.9°W | 175 mi NE of Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic |
| Aug 28 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 979 mb | 22.2°N 70.0°W | 147 mi ENE of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Aug 28 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 973 mb | 22.7°N 70.4°W | 134 mi ENE of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Aug 28 12:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 962 mb | 23.3°N 70.7°W | 144 mi NE of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Aug 28 18:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 957 mb | 23.8°N 71.0°W | 161 mi NNE of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Aug 29 00:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 955 mb | 24.2°N 71.1°W | 182 mi NNE of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Aug 29 06:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 960 mb | 24.6°N 71.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 12:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 963 mb | 25.0°N 71.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 963 mb | 25.4°N 71.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 963 mb | 25.8°N 71.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 06:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 965 mb | 26.3°N 71.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 966 mb | 26.9°N 72.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 18:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 967 mb | 27.4°N 72.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 00:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 967 mb | 28.0°N 73.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 973 mb | 28.7°N 73.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 29.4°N 73.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 963 mb | 30.5°N 73.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 31.7°N 72.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 963 mb | 32.9°N 71.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 12:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 963 mb | 34.0°N 70.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 18:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 957 mb | 35.0°N 69.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 00:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 958 mb | 35.8°N 68.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 06:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 960 mb | 36.5°N 66.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 12:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 37.0°N 65.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 18:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 37.1°N 63.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 00:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 37.2°N 60.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 06:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | 950 mb | 37.5°N 57.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 12:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 38.3°N 54.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 18:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 39.7°N 50.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 00:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 41.9°N 47.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 06:00 | Cat 2 extratropical | 104 mph | — | 44.7°N 43.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 12:00 | Cat 2 extratropical | 104 mph | 954 mb | 47.5°N 40.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 18:00 | Cat 2 extratropical | 104 mph | — | 50.2°N 36.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 00:00 | Cat 2 extratropical | 104 mph | — | 52.8°N 33.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 06:00 | Cat 2 extratropical | 98 mph | — | 55.2°N 29.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 12:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 92 mph | — | 57.3°N 24.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 18:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 86 mph | — | 58.7°N 19.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 00:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 81 mph | — | 60.2°N 12.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 06:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 75 mph | — | 61.5°N 7.0°W | 36 mi SSW of Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |
| Sep 6 12:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | — | 62.5°N 2.0°W | 157 mi ENE of Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |
| Sep 6 18:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | — | 62.8°N 3.0°E | 103 mi WNW of Ålesund, Norway |
| Sep 7 00:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | — | 63.0°N 9.0°E | 41 mi E of Kristiansund, Norway |
| Sep 7 06:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | — | 63.4°N 16.0°E | 45 mi ENE of Östersund, Sweden |
| Sep 7 12:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 64.0°N 23.0°E | 12 mi NNW of Kokkola, Finland |
| Sep 7 18:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 64.7°N 30.0°E | 61 mi NE of Sotkamo, Finland |
| Sep 8 00:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 65.7°N 35.0°E | 165 mi E of Kuusamo, Finland |
| Sep 8 06:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 66.8°N 39.5°E | open ocean |
| Sep 8 12:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 68.0°N 42.5°E | open ocean |
| Sep 8 18:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 69.5°N 46.0°E | open ocean |
| Sep 9 00:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 71.0°N 49.5°E | open ocean |
| Sep 9 06:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 72.5°N 52.0°E | open ocean |
| Sep 9 12:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 74.0°N 53.5°E | open ocean |
| Sep 9 18:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 75.0°N 54.2°E | open ocean |
| Sep 10 00:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | — | 76.0°N 54.6°E | open ocean |
| Sep 10 06:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | — | 77.0°N 54.8°E | open ocean |
| Sep 10 12:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | — | 78.0°N 55.0°E | open ocean |
| Sep 10 18:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | — | 79.0°N 55.0°E | open ocean |
| Sep 11 00:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | — | 80.0°N 55.0°E | open ocean |
| Sep 11 06:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | — | 81.0°N 55.0°E | open ocean |
| Sep 11 12:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | — | 82.0°N 55.0°E | open ocean |
| Sep 11 18:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | — | 82.5°N 55.2°E | open ocean |
| Sep 12 00:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 82.7°N 55.5°E | open ocean |
| Sep 12 06:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 82.9°N 56.2°E | open ocean |
| Sep 12 12:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 83.0°N 57.0°E | open ocean |
| Sep 12 18:00 | TD extratropical | 35 mph | — | 83.0°N 57.8°E | open ocean |
| Sep 13 00:00 | TD extratropical | 35 mph | — | 83.0°N 58.6°E | open ocean |
| Sep 13 06:00 | TD extratropical | 35 mph | — | 83.0°N 59.3°E | open ocean |
| Sep 13 12:00 | TD extratropical | 35 mph | — | 83.0°N 60.0°E | open ocean |
| Sep 13 18:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | — | 83.0°N 61.0°E | open ocean |
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Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Faith.
At its peak on September 3, 1966, Faith was a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 121 mph (194 km/h) and a central pressure of 950 mb.
23.8 days, from August 21, 1966 to September 13, 1966, including 246 hours at hurricane strength (36 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 10,648 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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