Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 21 – October 4, 1958
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 Helene (1958) was a Category 4 hurricane of the 1958 Atlantic season. It formed on September 21, 1958, reached its peak of 150 mph (241 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 930 mb on September 27, 1958, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 51 mph in 24 hours (to 132 mph on September 27, 1958). The storm lasted 13.0 days and travelled about 6,191 miles (9,962 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmington, North Carolina | 30 mi | Sep 27 · 18:00 UTC | Cat 4 138 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 21 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 17.0°N 52.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 17.6°N 54.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 18.3°N 56.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 19.1°N 58.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 20.1°N 60.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 21.1°N 62.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1013 mb | 21.9°N 64.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 22.4°N 65.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 23.0°N 66.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 23.5°N 67.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 24.0°N 68.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 24.6°N 69.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 25.6°N 70.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 997 mb | 26.5°N 71.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 995 mb | 27.2°N 72.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 27.7°N 73.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 28.3°N 73.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 28.8°N 73.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 982 mb | 29.2°N 74.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 981 mb | 29.5°N 74.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 974 mb | 29.7°N 75.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 12:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 963 mb | 30.2°N 76.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 18:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | 948 mb | 30.9°N 77.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 00:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 943 mb | 31.6°N 78.3°W | 123 mi SE of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina |
| Sep 27 06:00 | Cat 4 | 144 mph | 933 mb | 32.3°N 78.6°W | 81 mi ESE of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina |
| Sep 27 09:00 | Cat 4 | 150 mph | 930 mb | 32.7°N 78.6°W | 70 mi SSE of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina |
| Sep 27 12:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | 938 mb | 33.1°N 78.5°W | 46 mi SSE of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina |
| Sep 27 18:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 33.9°N 77.6°W | 24 mi SE of Masonboro, North Carolina |
| Sep 28 00:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 938 mb | 34.7°N 75.9°W | 58 mi ESE of Havelock, North Carolina |
| Sep 28 06:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | 950 mb | 35.5°N 73.8°W | 153 mi SE of Virginia Beach, Virginia |
| Sep 28 12:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 955 mb | 36.6°N 71.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 18:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 38.0°N 68.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 00:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 957 mb | 40.0°N 65.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 06:00 | Cat 2 extratropical | 98 mph | — | 43.0°N 62.5°W | 126 mi SSE of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Sep 29 12:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 86 mph | — | 46.5°N 60.2°W | 18 mi N of Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Sep 29 18:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 81 mph | — | 49.5°N 56.0°W | 42 mi NNW of Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
| Sep 30 00:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 75 mph | — | 51.5°N 51.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 06:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | — | 53.5°N 48.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 12:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | — | 55.0°N 46.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 18:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | — | 56.2°N 41.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 00:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | — | 57.0°N 37.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 06:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | — | 57.0°N 34.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 12:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 75 mph | — | 56.5°N 32.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 18:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 81 mph | — | 55.8°N 30.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 00:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 81 mph | — | 55.0°N 27.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 06:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 75 mph | — | 54.0°N 23.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 12:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | — | 52.3°N 20.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 18:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 50.7°N 19.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 00:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 51.0°N 16.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 06:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | — | 51.2°N 13.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 12:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | — | 51.2°N 12.8°W | 152 mi WSW of Tralee, Ireland |
| Oct 3 18:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | — | 51.2°N 11.5°W | 104 mi SW of Killarney, Ireland |
| Oct 4 00:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 51.2°N 8.5°W | 48 mi S of Cork, Ireland |
| Oct 4 06:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 51.2°N 5.5°W | 41 mi SSW of Milford Haven, United Kingdom |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Helene. Its closest approach to a major city was 30 miles from Wilmington, North Carolina.
At its peak on September 27, 1958, Helene was a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (241 km/h) and a central pressure of 930 mb.
13.0 days, from September 21, 1958 to October 4, 1958, including 102 hours at hurricane strength (54 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 6,191 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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