Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 8–17, 1950
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 Fox (1950) was a Category 4 hurricane of the 1950 Atlantic season. It formed on September 8, 1950, reached its peak of 138 mph (222 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 946 mb on September 14, 1950, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 9.3 days and travelled about 3,310 miles (5,326 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 15.5°N 41.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 15.5°N 41.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 15.6°N 42.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 15.7°N 43.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 15.9°N 44.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 16.1°N 45.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 16.4°N 46.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 16.7°N 46.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 17.1°N 47.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 17.5°N 48.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 995 mb | 17.9°N 48.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 18.3°N 49.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 18.7°N 50.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 19.1°N 50.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 986 mb | 19.6°N 51.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 20.2°N 51.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 21.0°N 52.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 12:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 21.7°N 53.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 18:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 977 mb | 22.3°N 54.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 22.7°N 55.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 06:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 22.9°N 55.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 12:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 23.1°N 56.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 18:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 23.3°N 57.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 00:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 23.6°N 57.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 06:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | — | 23.8°N 58.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 12:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 24.1°N 58.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 18:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 24.9°N 59.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 00:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 25.9°N 59.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 06:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 27.0°N 59.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 12:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | 946 mb | 28.2°N 59.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 18:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 30.2°N 59.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 00:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | — | 32.6°N 58.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 06:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 34.7°N 56.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 12:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 36.5°N 54.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 37.8°N 52.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 00:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 39.5°N 48.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 42.5°N 43.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 12:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | — | 45.5°N 39.5°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Fox.
At its peak on September 14, 1950, Fox was a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 138 mph (222 km/h) and a central pressure of 946 mb.
9.3 days, from September 8, 1950 to September 17, 1950, including 150 hours at hurricane strength (72 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 3,310 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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