Hurricane Inez (1966)

Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · September 21 – October 11, 1966

Peak wind
161 mph
259 km/h · Sep 28
Peak category
Cat 5
Saffir–Simpson
Lowest pressure
927 mb
Landfalls
9
Dominican Republic · Guadeloupe
Lifetime
20.0 d
Sep 21 – Oct 11
Distance
4,940 mi
7,948 km
ACE
51.5
storm energy

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

What happened with Inez

Hurricane Inez (1966) was a Category 5 hurricane of the 1966 Atlantic season. It formed on September 21, 1966, reached its peak of 161 mph (259 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 927 mb on September 28, 1966, and made landfall 9 times — first near Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe on September 27, 1966 as a Category 3 hurricane (127 mph). Later landfalls: 18 mi SW of Enriquillo, Dominican Republic on September 29, 1966 as a Category 5 hurricane (161 mph); near Jacmel, Haiti on September 29, 1966 as a Category 3 hurricane (115 mph); near Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba on September 30, 1966 as a Category 3 hurricane (115 mph); and more. It rapidly intensified by 46 mph in 24 hours (to 115 mph on September 27, 1966). The storm lasted 20.0 days and travelled about 4,940 miles (7,948 km).

02 · Intensity

Wind and pressure, hour by hour

Maximum sustained wind (mph) — hover or drag to scrub the map

03 · Impact

Landfalls and cities in the path

Landfall (UTC)WhereStrengthPressure
September 27, 1966 · 17:00 UTCnear Petit-Bourg, GuadeloupeCat 3 127 mph958 mb
September 29, 1966 · 14:00 UTC18 mi SW of Enriquillo, Dominican RepublicCat 5 161 mph—
September 29, 1966 · 19:00 UTCnear Jacmel, HaitiCat 3 115 mph—
September 30, 1966 · 14:00 UTCnear Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba Province, CubaCat 3 115 mph—
October 1, 1966 · 15:00 UTC23 mi S of Sancti Spíritus, Sancti Spíritus Province, CubaCat 1 75 mph—
October 4, 1966 · 18:00 UTCnear Key Largo, FloridaCat 2 98 mph984 mb
October 4, 1966 · 23:00 UTC13 mi W of Marathon, FloridaCat 2 98 mph988 mb
October 5, 1966 · 02:00 UTCnear Key West, FloridaCat 2 98 mph988 mb
October 10, 1966 · 12:00 UTC19 mi ESE of Aldama, Tamaulipas, MexicoCat 3 115 mph961 mb

Closest approach to major cities

CityDistance to centerWhen (UTC)Storm strength then
Delmas, Haiti31 miSep 29 · 18:00 UTCCat 3 115 mph
Pétionville, Haiti29 miSep 29 · 18:00 UTCCat 3 115 mph
Port-au-Prince, Haiti29 miSep 29 · 19:00 UTCCat 3 115 mph
Carrefour, Haiti27 miSep 29 · 19:00 UTCCat 3 115 mph
Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba Province, Cubadirect hitSep 30 · 15:00 UTCCat 2 109 mph
Miami, Florida47 miOct 4 · 15:00 UTCCat 1 92 mph
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico48 miOct 7 · 17:00 UTCCat 2 99 mph
Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico64 miOct 11 · 12:00 UTCTD 23 mph
León de los Aldama, Guanajuato, Mexico74 miOct 11 · 12:00 UTCTD 23 mph
San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico51 miOct 11 · 12:00 UTCTD 23 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

Every official fix 88 positions

Date · UTCStatusWindPressurePositionNearest place
Sep 21 12:00TD 29 mph—9.9°N 35.1°Wopen ocean
Sep 21 18:00TD 29 mph—10.4°N 36.1°Wopen ocean
Sep 22 00:00TD 29 mph—10.9°N 37.2°Wopen ocean
Sep 22 06:00TD 29 mph—11.3°N 38.3°Wopen ocean
Sep 22 12:00TD 29 mph—11.7°N 39.4°Wopen ocean
Sep 22 18:00TD 29 mph—12.0°N 40.6°Wopen ocean
Sep 23 00:00TD 29 mph—12.3°N 41.8°Wopen ocean
Sep 23 06:00TD 29 mph—12.7°N 43.0°Wopen ocean
Sep 23 12:00TD 35 mph—13.1°N 44.1°Wopen ocean
Sep 23 18:00TD 35 mph—13.4°N 45.1°Wopen ocean
Sep 24 00:00TD 35 mph—13.7°N 46.0°Wopen ocean
Sep 24 06:00TD 35 mph—14.0°N 46.9°Wopen ocean
Sep 24 12:00TS 40 mph1009 mb14.4°N 47.9°Wopen ocean
Sep 24 18:00TS 46 mph1008 mb14.8°N 48.9°Wopen ocean
Sep 25 00:00TS 52 mph—15.1°N 49.8°Wopen ocean
Sep 25 06:00TS 58 mph—15.3°N 50.7°Wopen ocean
Sep 25 12:00TS 58 mph1000 mb15.5°N 51.6°Wopen ocean
Sep 25 18:00TS 58 mph1000 mb15.6°N 52.5°Wopen ocean
Sep 26 00:00TS 63 mph—15.6°N 53.6°Wopen ocean
Sep 26 06:00TS 69 mph—15.7°N 54.8°Wopen ocean
Sep 26 12:00Cat 1 75 mph995 mb15.8°N 56.0°Wopen ocean
Sep 26 18:00Cat 1 92 mph982 mb15.9°N 57.0°Wopen ocean
Sep 27 00:00Cat 2 104 mph—15.9°N 58.0°Wopen ocean
Sep 27 06:00Cat 3 115 mph965 mb16.0°N 59.1°W145 mi E of Saint-François, Guadeloupe
Sep 27 12:00Cat 3 121 mph961 mb16.1°N 60.3°W65 mi E of Saint-François, Guadeloupe
Sep 27 17:00Cat 3 LANDFALL 127 mph958 mb16.2°N 61.6°Wnear Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe
Sep 27 18:00Cat 3 127 mph958 mb16.2°N 61.7°Wnear Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe
Sep 28 00:00Cat 3 115 mph964 mb16.3°N 63.0°W71 mi SSW of Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Sep 28 06:00Cat 4 132 mph955 mb16.5°N 64.4°W88 mi SSE of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Sep 28 12:00Cat 4 150 mph—16.8°N 65.7°W86 mi SSE of Guayama, Puerto Rico
Sep 28 18:00Cat 5 161 mph927 mb17.0°N 67.2°W79 mi SSW of Ponce, Puerto Rico
Sep 29 00:00Cat 5 161 mph928 mb17.1°N 68.5°W96 mi SSE of La Romana, Dominican Republic
Sep 29 06:00Cat 5 161 mph—17.2°N 69.7°W89 mi S of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Sep 29 12:00Cat 5 161 mph—17.5°N 71.0°W49 mi S of Santa Cruz de Barahona, Dominican Republic
Sep 29 14:00Cat 5 LANDFALL 161 mph—17.7°N 71.4°W33 mi SE of Pedernales, Dominican Republic
Sep 29 18:00Cat 3 115 mph—18.1°N 72.3°W18 mi ESE of Jacmel, Haiti
Sep 29 19:00Cat 3 LANDFALL 115 mph—18.2°N 72.6°Wnear Jacmel, Haiti
Sep 30 00:00Cat 1 92 mph987 mb18.7°N 73.5°W32 mi WNW of Miragoâne, Haiti
Sep 30 06:00Cat 2 104 mph—19.2°N 74.5°W46 mi NNW of Jérémie, Haiti
Sep 30 12:00Cat 3 115 mph—19.8°N 75.4°W27 mi SSW of Guantánamo, Guantánamo Province, Cuba
Sep 30 14:00Cat 3 LANDFALL 115 mph—20.0°N 75.7°Wnear Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba
Sep 30 18:00Cat 1 92 mph—20.2°N 76.3°Wnear Contramaestre, Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba
Oct 1 00:00Cat 1 75 mph—20.5°N 77.3°W16 mi NW of Manzanillo, Granma Province, Cuba
Oct 1 06:00Cat 1 75 mph—20.7°N 78.5°W33 mi W of Santa Cruz del Sur, Camagüey, Cuba
Oct 1 12:00Cat 1 75 mph—21.3°N 79.4°W34 mi SSW of La Sierpe, Sancti Spíritus Province, Cuba
Oct 1 15:00Cat 1 LANDFALL 75 mph—21.6°N 79.5°W23 mi S of Sancti Spíritus, Sancti Spíritus Province, Cuba
Oct 1 18:00TS 69 mph—22.0°N 79.9°W9 mi NNW of Condado, Sancti Spíritus Province, Cuba
Oct 2 00:00TS 58 mph—22.6°N 80.1°Wnear Cifuentes, Villa Clara Province, Cuba
Oct 2 06:00TS 58 mph—23.1°N 80.1°W20 mi N of Sagua la Grande, Villa Clara Province, Cuba
Oct 2 12:00TS 58 mph—23.5°N 79.9°W49 mi NNE of Sagua la Grande, Villa Clara Province, Cuba
Oct 2 18:00TS 63 mph999 mb24.1°N 79.6°W87 mi SE of Key Largo, Florida
Oct 3 00:00TS 69 mph995 mb24.5°N 79.2°W88 mi ESE of Key Largo, Florida
Oct 3 06:00TS 69 mph989 mb24.9°N 78.9°W98 mi W of Nassau, Bahamas
Oct 3 12:00Cat 1 75 mph985 mb25.2°N 78.6°W79 mi W of Nassau, Bahamas
Oct 3 18:00Cat 1 75 mph986 mb25.5°N 78.5°W72 mi S of Lucaya, Bahamas
Oct 4 00:00Cat 1 75 mph985 mb25.5°N 78.5°W72 mi S of Lucaya, Bahamas
Oct 4 06:00Cat 1 75 mph988 mb25.5°N 79.0°W77 mi ESE of Miami, Florida
Oct 4 12:00Cat 1 86 mph987 mb25.2°N 79.6°W54 mi SE of Miami, Florida
Oct 4 18:00Cat 2 LANDFALL 98 mph984 mb25.0°N 80.5°Wnear Key Largo, Florida
Oct 4 23:00Cat 2 LANDFALL 98 mph988 mb24.7°N 81.3°W32 mi ENE of Key West, Florida
Oct 5 00:00Cat 2 98 mph988 mb24.6°N 81.4°W24 mi E of Key West, Florida
Oct 5 02:00Cat 2 LANDFALL 98 mph988 mb24.6°N 81.8°Wnear Key West, Florida
Oct 5 06:00Cat 2 98 mph985 mb24.5°N 82.3°W33 mi W of Key West, Florida
Oct 5 12:00Cat 2 98 mph—24.5°N 83.0°W77 mi W of Key West, Florida
Oct 5 18:00Cat 2 98 mph980 mb24.3°N 83.7°W102 mi NNW of Bahía Honda, Artemisa, Cuba
Oct 6 00:00Cat 2 98 mph977 mb24.0°N 84.3°W100 mi NNW of Minas de Matahambre, Pinar del Río, Cuba
Oct 6 06:00Cat 2 98 mph974 mb23.7°N 85.0°W102 mi NW of Minas de Matahambre, Pinar del Río, Cuba
Oct 6 12:00Cat 2 98 mph974 mb23.3°N 85.7°W114 mi NW of Mantua, Pinar del Río, Cuba
Oct 6 18:00Cat 2 98 mph974 mb22.8°N 86.4°W116 mi NNE of Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Oct 7 00:00Cat 3 115 mph961 mb22.3°N 87.2°W81 mi NNW of Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Oct 7 06:00Cat 2 109 mph—22.0°N 88.1°W59 mi N of Tizimín, Yucatán, Mexico
Oct 7 12:00Cat 2 104 mph—21.8°N 89.0°W52 mi NNE of Motul, Yucatán, Mexico
Oct 7 18:00Cat 2 98 mph972 mb21.6°N 90.0°W31 mi NW of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico
Oct 8 00:00Cat 2 109 mph—21.5°N 91.0°W80 mi WNW of Hunucmá, Yucatán, Mexico
Oct 8 06:00Cat 3 121 mph—21.5°N 92.1°W147 mi WNW of Hunucmá, Yucatán, Mexico
Oct 8 12:00Cat 4 132 mph953 mb21.8°N 93.1°Wopen ocean
Oct 8 18:00Cat 4 132 mph956 mb22.0°N 93.9°Wopen ocean
Oct 9 00:00Cat 4 132 mph948 mb22.2°N 94.7°Wopen ocean
Oct 9 06:00Cat 4 132 mph951 mb22.6°N 95.2°W170 mi E of Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Oct 9 12:00Cat 3 127 mph951 mb22.7°N 95.6°W146 mi ENE of Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Oct 9 18:00Cat 3 115 mph961 mb22.9°N 96.0°W126 mi ENE of Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Oct 10 00:00Cat 3 115 mph960 mb23.0°N 96.4°W106 mi ENE of Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Oct 10 06:00Cat 3 115 mph962 mb23.0°N 97.0°W75 mi NE of Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Oct 10 12:00Cat 3 LANDFALL 115 mph961 mb22.8°N 97.8°W19 mi ESE of Aldama, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Oct 10 18:00TS 69 mph—22.4°N 98.5°W15 mi NNW of Ébano, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Oct 11 00:00TD 35 mph—22.1°N 99.2°W14 mi WNW of Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Oct 11 06:00TD 29 mph—21.8°N 99.9°W11 mi SE of Rioverde, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Oct 11 12:00TD 23 mph—21.5°N 100.6°W15 mi NNW of San Luis de la Paz, Guanajuato, Mexico

⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track

Questions

Frequently asked questions

When and where did Inez make landfall?

Inez made landfall 9 times: near Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe on September 27, 1966 at 17:00 UTC, as a Category 3 hurricane with 127 mph winds; 18 mi SW of Enriquillo, Dominican Republic on September 29, 1966 at 14:00 UTC, as a Category 5 hurricane with 161 mph winds; near Jacmel, Haiti on September 29, 1966 at 19:00 UTC, as a Category 3 hurricane with 115 mph winds; near Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba on September 30, 1966 at 14:00 UTC, as a Category 3 hurricane with 115 mph winds; 23 mi S of Sancti Spíritus, Sancti Spíritus Province, Cuba on October 1, 1966 at 15:00 UTC, as a Category 1 hurricane with 75 mph winds; near Key Largo, Florida on October 4, 1966 at 18:00 UTC, as a Category 2 hurricane with 98 mph winds; 13 mi W of Marathon, Florida on October 4, 1966 at 23:00 UTC, as a Category 2 hurricane with 98 mph winds; near Key West, Florida on October 5, 1966 at 02:00 UTC, as a Category 2 hurricane with 98 mph winds; 19 mi ESE of Aldama, Tamaulipas, Mexico on October 10, 1966 at 12:00 UTC, as a Category 3 hurricane with 115 mph winds.

What category was Inez?

At its peak on September 28, 1966, Inez was a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 161 mph (259 km/h) and a central pressure of 927 mb. At its first landfall it was a Category 3 hurricane.

How long did Inez last?

20.0 days, from September 21, 1966 to October 11, 1966, including 300 hours at hurricane strength (138 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 4,940 miles.

Where can I download the track data for Inez?

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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