Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · October 18–22, 1950
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 Love (1950) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1950 Atlantic season. It formed on October 18, 1950, 292 mi N of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico, reached its peak of 81 mph (130 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 987 mb on October 20, 1950, and made landfall 31 mi SSE of Perry, Florida on October 21, 1950 as a tropical storm (58 mph). The storm lasted 4.8 days and travelled about 1,123 miles (1,808 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 21, 1950 · 11:00 UTC | 31 mi SSE of Perry, Florida | TS 58 mph | — |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tallahassee, Florida | 69 mi | Oct 21 · 12:00 UTC | TS 58 mph |
| Gainesville, Florida | 59 mi | Oct 21 · 13:00 UTC | TS 54 mph |
| Jacksonville, Florida | 70 mi | Oct 21 · 19:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Savannah, Georgia | 31 mi | Oct 22 · 10:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Columbia, South Carolina | 70 mi | Oct 22 · 18:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| North Charleston, South Carolina | 72 mi | Oct 22 · 18:00 UTC | TD 35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 25.5°N 89.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 18 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 25.8°N 90.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 18 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 26.3°N 90.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 18 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 26.7°N 91.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 19 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 26.6°N 91.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 19 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 26.4°N 91.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 19 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 990 mb | 26.0°N 91.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 19 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 990 mb | 25.6°N 91.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 20 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 987 mb | 25.4°N 89.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 20 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 25.7°N 88.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 20 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 26.0°N 87.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 20 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 991 mb | 26.4°N 86.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 21 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 27.1°N 85.2°W | 159 mi WSW of Clearwater, Florida |
| Oct 21 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 28.5°N 84.0°W | 82 mi WNW of Clearwater, Florida |
| Oct 21 11:00 | TS LANDFALL | 58 mph | — | 29.7°N 83.4°W | 57 mi SW of Lake City, Florida |
| Oct 21 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 29.9°N 83.3°W | 44 mi WSW of Lake City, Florida |
| Oct 21 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 30.8°N 82.7°W | 35 mi E of Valdosta, Georgia |
| Oct 22 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 31.5°N 82.2°W | 22 mi NNE of Waycross, Georgia |
| Oct 22 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 32.0°N 81.8°W | 16 mi NW of Hinesville, Georgia |
| Oct 22 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 32.5°N 81.4°W | 23 mi E of Statesboro, Georgia |
| Oct 22 18:00 | TD extratropical | 35 mph | — | 33.0°N 81.2°W | 39 mi SSW of Orangeburg, South Carolina |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
Love made landfall once: 31 mi SSE of Perry, Florida on October 21, 1950 at 11:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 58 mph winds.
At its peak on October 20, 1950, Love was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 81 mph (130 km/h) and a central pressure of 987 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.
4.8 days, from October 18, 1950 to October 22, 1950, including 36 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,123 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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