Track map & timeline · Atlantic · October 2–12, 1953
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 Gail (1953) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1953 Atlantic season. It formed on October 2, 1953, reached its peak of 81 mph (130 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 986 mb on October 3, 1953, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 10.0 days and travelled about 3,017 miles (4,854 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 13.1°N 35.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 13.5°N 37.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 13.8°N 38.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 14.1°N 40.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 14.6°N 41.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 986 mb | 14.8°N 42.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 14.7°N 43.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 14.6°N 44.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 14.6°N 44.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 14.6°N 44.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 14.9°N 44.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 15.5°N 44.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 16.8°N 43.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 18.0°N 42.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 19.2°N 41.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 20.0°N 41.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 20.5°N 42.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 20.9°N 42.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 21.2°N 43.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 21.4°N 44.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 21.6°N 46.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 21.8°N 47.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 22.0°N 48.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 22.3°N 50.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 22.6°N 51.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 23.0°N 53.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 23.2°N 54.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 23.3°N 56.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 23.7°N 57.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 24.2°N 57.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 24.8°N 58.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 25.2°N 59.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 25.7°N 60.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 26.2°N 61.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 27.0°N 61.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 11 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 28.0°N 61.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 11 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 29.1°N 61.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 11 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 30.4°N 60.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 11 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 31.6°N 59.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 12 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 33.0°N 59.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 12 06:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | — | 34.5°N 58.0°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Gail.
At its peak on October 3, 1953, Gail was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 81 mph (130 km/h) and a central pressure of 986 mb.
10.0 days, from October 2, 1953 to October 12, 1953, including 42 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 3,017 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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