Track map & timeline · Atlantic · October 17–22, 1961
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 Gerda (1961) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1961 Atlantic season. It formed on October 17, 1961, 40 mi WSW of Pilón, Granma Province, Cuba, reached its peak of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 988 mb on October 21, 1961, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 5.5 days and travelled about 2,606 miles (4,194 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camagüey, Camagüey, Cuba | direct hit | Oct 17 · 22:00 UTC | TD 35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1003 mb | 19.7°N 77.9°W | 32 mi SW of Niquero, Granma Province, Cuba |
| Oct 17 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1002 mb | 20.1°N 78.0°W | 27 mi W of Niquero, Granma Province, Cuba |
| Oct 17 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 20.5°N 78.0°W | 15 mi S of Santa Cruz del Sur, Camagüey, Cuba |
| Oct 17 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1002 mb | 21.0°N 78.0°W | 20 mi N of Santa Cruz del Sur, Camagüey, Cuba |
| Oct 18 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1002 mb | 21.6°N 78.0°W | 16 mi NNW of Camagüey, Camagüey, Cuba |
| Oct 18 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 22.5°N 77.9°W | 47 mi NNE of Esmeralda, Camagüey, Cuba |
| Oct 18 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1003 mb | 23.5°N 77.7°W | 110 mi SSW of Nassau, Bahamas |
| Oct 18 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 24.5°N 77.2°W | 40 mi SSE of Nassau, Bahamas |
| Oct 19 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 25.6°N 76.3°W | 75 mi ENE of Nassau, Bahamas |
| Oct 19 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1001 mb | 26.8°N 75.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 19 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 999 mb | 28.4°N 73.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 19 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 989 mb | 30.3°N 71.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 20 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 33.5°N 70.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 20 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 988 mb | 37.0°N 68.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 20 12:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | — | 39.3°N 68.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 20 18:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | — | 40.7°N 67.5°W | 150 mi ESE of Harwich, Massachusetts |
| Oct 21 00:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 75 mph | — | 41.5°N 66.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 21 06:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | — | 42.4°N 64.5°W | 162 mi SSW of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Oct 21 12:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | 994 mb | 43.2°N 62.7°W | 109 mi SSE of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Oct 21 18:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | — | 44.0°N 61.2°W | 126 mi ESE of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Oct 22 00:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 44.2°N 58.5°W | 157 mi SSE of Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Oct 22 06:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 44.4°N 54.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 22 12:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 44.6°N 49.3°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Gerda. Its closest approach to a major city was 6 miles from Camagüey, Camagüey, Cuba.
At its peak on October 21, 1961, Gerda was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a central pressure of 988 mb.
5.5 days, from October 17, 1961 to October 22, 1961. It travelled about 2,606 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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