Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 9–13, 1959
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 (1959) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1959 Atlantic season. It formed on September 9, 1959, reached its peak of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 994 mb on September 11, 1959, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 3.8 days and travelled about 2,151 miles (3,462 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 16.8°N 45.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 18.2°N 46.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 19.5°N 46.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 20.8°N 46.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 22.0°N 46.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 23.1°N 45.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1008 mb | 24.3°N 44.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 25.5°N 44.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 26.9°N 43.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 28.5°N 42.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 15:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 994 mb | 29.2°N 41.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 1001 mb | 30.0°N 40.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 31.7°N 38.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 33.5°N 35.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 12:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 35.2°N 31.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 18:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | 994 mb | 36.8°N 28.1°W | 137 mi SSW of Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal |
| Sep 13 00:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 38.7°N 24.1°W | 104 mi NE of Lagoa, Portugal |
⬇ 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 11, 1959, Flora was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a central pressure of 994 mb.
3.8 days, from September 9, 1959 to September 13, 1959, including 6 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 2,151 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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