Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · September 19–22, 1951
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
Tropical Storm George (1951) was a tropical storm of the 1951 Atlantic season. It formed on September 19, 1951, 69 mi N of Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico, reached its peak of 58 mph (93 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 999 mb on September 20, 1951, and made landfall 25 mi NE of Naranjos, Veracruz, Mexico on September 21, 1951 as a tropical storm (58 mph). The storm lasted 2.3 days and travelled about 406 miles (654 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 21, 1951 · 14:00 UTC | 25 mi NE of Naranjos, Veracruz, Mexico | TS 58 mph | — |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico | 25 mi | Sep 21 · 20:00 UTC | TD 36 mph |
Distance from the city to the storm’s center, interpolated hourly between official fixes. Damaging winds, surge and rain reach far beyond the center.
04 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 19.4°N 93.2°W | 69 mi N of Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Sep 20 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 19.5°N 93.4°W | 77 mi N of Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Sep 20 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 19.7°N 93.7°W | 95 mi NNW of Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Sep 20 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 20.2°N 94.2°W | 138 mi NNE of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 20 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 999 mb | 20.8°N 95.2°W | 128 mi NNE of Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 21 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 21.0°N 95.8°W | 91 mi ENE of Gutiérrez Zamora, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 21 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 21.2°N 96.4°W | 67 mi ENE of Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 21 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 21.5°N 97.1°W | 42 mi NNE of Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 21 14:00 | TS LANDFALL | 58 mph | — | 21.6°N 97.4°W | 25 mi NE of Naranjos, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 21 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 21.8°N 97.8°W | 31 mi S of Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Sep 22 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 22.3°N 98.6°W | 15 mi WNW of Ébano, San Luis Potosí, Mexico |
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Questions
George made landfall once: 25 mi NE of Naranjos, Veracruz, Mexico on September 21, 1951 at 14:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 58 mph winds.
At its peak on September 20, 1951, George was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 58 mph (93 km/h) and a central pressure of 999 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.
2.3 days, from September 19, 1951 to September 22, 1951. It travelled about 406 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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