Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 2–9, 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 Flora (1955) was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1955 Atlantic season. It formed on September 2, 1955, reached its peak of 104 mph (167 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 967 mb on September 6, 1955, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 35 mph in 24 hours (to 75 mph on September 3, 1955). The storm lasted 7.5 days and travelled about 3,581 miles (5,761 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 19.0°N 31.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 19.2°N 33.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 19.4°N 35.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 19.8°N 37.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 20.4°N 38.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 21.0°N 40.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 21.6°N 41.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 22.2°N 43.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 22.9°N 44.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 23.7°N 46.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 989 mb | 24.7°N 48.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 25.6°N 50.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 26.5°N 51.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 12:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 975 mb | 27.4°N 52.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 971 mb | 28.2°N 53.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 977 mb | 29.3°N 53.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 29.8°N 54.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 12:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 30.5°N 54.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 967 mb | 31.3°N 55.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 32.1°N 55.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 33.0°N 55.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 12:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 33.9°N 55.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 34.9°N 54.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 36.2°N 53.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 06:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 37.6°N 52.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 39.1°N 51.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 975 mb | 40.7°N 49.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 42.2°N 47.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 06:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 81 mph | 976 mb | 44.0°N 44.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 12:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 75 mph | — | 46.0°N 39.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 18:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | — | 48.0°N 32.0°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Flora.
At its peak on September 6, 1955, Flora was a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 104 mph (167 km/h) and a central pressure of 967 mb.
7.5 days, from September 2, 1955 to September 9, 1955, including 138 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 3,581 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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