Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 13–18, 1969
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 Holly (1969) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1969 Atlantic season. It formed on September 13, 1969, reached its peak of 81 mph (130 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 984 mb on September 16, 1969, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 5.0 days and travelled about 833 miles (1,340 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 11.2°N 46.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 11.4°N 47.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 11.6°N 47.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 11.9°N 47.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1000 mb | 12.2°N 48.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 12.6°N 48.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 13.2°N 48.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 13.9°N 49.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 992 mb | 14.5°N 49.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 15.0°N 49.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 992 mb | 15.4°N 50.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 994 mb | 15.7°N 50.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 984 mb | 16.0°N 50.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 999 mb | 16.3°N 51.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 997 mb | 16.6°N 51.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1000 mb | 16.8°N 52.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1002 mb | 17.0°N 52.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1004 mb | 17.0°N 53.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1004 mb | 16.8°N 54.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 16.6°N 55.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 16.4°N 56.2°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Holly.
At its peak on September 16, 1969, Holly was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 81 mph (130 km/h) and a central pressure of 984 mb.
5.0 days, from September 13, 1969 to September 18, 1969, including 6 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 833 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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