Track map & timeline · Atlantic · October 15–20, 1951
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 Jig (1951) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1951 Atlantic season. It formed on October 15, 1951, 183 mi ENE of Lucaya, Bahamas, reached its peak of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 990 mb on October 15, 1951, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 4.8 days and travelled about 1,010 miles (1,626 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 27.7°N 76.0°W | 183 mi ENE of Lucaya, Bahamas |
| Oct 15 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 29.0°N 75.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 15 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 30.3°N 74.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 16 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 990 mb | 31.1°N 74.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 16 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 31.5°N 73.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 16 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 1000 mb | 31.7°N 73.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 16 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 32.0°N 72.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 17 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 999 mb | 32.4°N 71.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 17 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 32.9°N 71.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 17 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 33.4°N 70.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 17 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 33.6°N 69.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 18 00:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | — | 33.8°N 70.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 18 06:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | — | 33.7°N 71.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 18 12:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | — | 33.5°N 72.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 18 18:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | — | 33.2°N 72.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 19 00:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | — | 32.2°N 72.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 19 06:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 31.6°N 72.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 19 12:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 31.0°N 72.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 19 18:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 30.4°N 71.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 20 00:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 29.8°N 70.7°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Jig.
At its peak on October 15, 1951, Jig was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a central pressure of 990 mb.
4.8 days, from October 15, 1951 to October 20, 1951, including 24 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,010 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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