Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · September 24–30, 1954
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 Gilda (1954) was a tropical storm of the 1954 Atlantic season. It formed on September 24, 1954, 227 mi NNW of Barranquilla, Colombia, reached its peak of 69 mph (111 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 998 mb on September 26, 1954, and made landfall 16 mi NNE of Bella Vista, Belize on September 27, 1954 as a tropical storm (63 mph). The storm lasted 5.5 days and travelled about 1,603 miles (2,579 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 27, 1954 · 17:00 UTC | 16 mi NNE of Bella Vista, Belize | TS 63 mph | — |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico | 41 mi | Sep 30 · 06:00 UTC | TD 29 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 24 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 14.1°N 75.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 14.3°N 76.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 14.4°N 78.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 14.6°N 79.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 14.9°N 81.4°W | 146 mi ENE of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua |
| Sep 26 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 15.5°N 83.0°W | 100 mi E of Brus Laguna, Honduras |
| Sep 26 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 16.0°N 84.2°W | 26 mi NE of Brus Laguna, Honduras |
| Sep 26 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 16.3°N 85.2°W | 24 mi NNW of Iriona, Honduras |
| Sep 26 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 16.5°N 86.0°W | 56 mi N of Tocoa, Honduras |
| Sep 27 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 998 mb | 16.6°N 86.8°W | 58 mi N of La Ceiba, Honduras |
| Sep 27 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 16.6°N 87.2°W | 63 mi NNW of La Ceiba, Honduras |
| Sep 27 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 16.6°N 87.8°W | 54 mi N of Puerto Cortez, Honduras |
| Sep 27 17:00 | TS LANDFALL | 63 mph | — | 16.7°N 88.4°W | 45 mi SSE of Belmopan, Belize |
| Sep 27 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 16.7°N 88.6°W | 40 mi SSE of Belmopan, Belize |
| Sep 28 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 16.9°N 89.2°W | 12 mi SSW of Melchor de Mencos, Guatemala |
| Sep 28 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 17.4°N 89.6°W | 39 mi NNE of San Benito, Guatemala |
| Sep 28 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 18.0°N 90.2°W | 55 mi SE of Escárcega, Campeche, Mexico |
| Sep 28 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 18.6°N 90.8°W | near Escárcega, Campeche, Mexico |
| Sep 29 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 19.2°N 91.5°W | 44 mi NNE of Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, Mexico |
| Sep 29 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 19.7°N 92.5°W | 85 mi NNW of Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, Mexico |
| Sep 29 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 20.0°N 93.9°W | 119 mi NNW of Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Sep 29 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 20.3°N 95.4°W | 91 mi NNE of Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 30 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 20.8°N 96.8°W | 30 mi NE of Gutiérrez Zamora, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 30 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 21.7°N 98.0°W | 27 mi SSE of Pánuco, Veracruz, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
Gilda made landfall once: 16 mi NNE of Bella Vista, Belize on September 27, 1954 at 17:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 63 mph winds.
At its peak on September 26, 1954, Gilda was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 69 mph (111 km/h) and a central pressure of 998 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.
5.5 days, from September 24, 1954 to September 30, 1954. It travelled about 1,603 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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