Hurricane Jig (1950)
Hurricane Jig reached Category 3 in the North Atlantic between October 11, 1950 and October 18, 1950.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Jig, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1950 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- October 11, 1950 to October 18, 1950
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 841 km (523 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 9.6
- Fastest the center moved
- 31 kt (36 mph)
- Identifier
- AL101950
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 12:00 | 22.4N 47.0W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 11, 18:00 | 22.7N 48.0W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 12, 00:00 | 23.0N 49.0W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 12, 06:00 | 23.3N 50.1W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 12, 12:00 | 23.6N 51.2W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 12, 18:00 | 23.9N 52.3W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 13, 00:00 | 24.3N 53.4W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 13, 06:00 | 24.8N 54.4W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 13, 12:00 | 25.4N 55.5W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 13, 18:00 | 26.1N 56.7W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 14, 00:00 | 27.0N 57.7W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 14, 06:00 | 28.0N 58.6W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 14, 12:00 | 29.0N 59.4W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 14, 18:00 | 29.9N 60.1W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 15, 00:00 | 30.8N 60.3W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 15, 06:00 | 31.9N 60.2W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 15, 12:00 | 33.0N 59.7W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 15, 18:00 | 34.1N 58.5W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 16, 00:00 | 35.1N 57.4W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 16, 06:00 | 36.0N 56.1W | 80 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 16, 12:00 | 36.9N 54.6W | 75 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 16, 18:00 | 38.1N 52.2W | 75 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 17, 00:00 | 39.5N 49.2W | 75 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 17, 06:00 | 41.0N 46.0W | 75 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 17, 12:00 | 43.0N 42.8W | 70 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 17, 18:00 | 45.0N 39.9W | 65 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 18, 00:00 | 47.5N 37.5W | 65 kt | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1950
- Hurricane AbleNorth Atlantic · 1950
- Hurricane BakerNorth Atlantic · 1950
- Hurricane CharlieNorth Atlantic · 1950
- Hurricane DogNorth Atlantic · 1950
- Hurricane EasyNorth Atlantic · 1950
- Hurricane FoxNorth Atlantic · 1950
- Hurricane GeorgeNorth Atlantic · 1950
- Tropical Storm HowNorth Atlantic · 1950
- Hurricane ItemNorth Atlantic · 1950
- Hurricane KingNorth Atlantic · 1950
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1950
- Hurricane LoveNorth Atlantic · 1950
- Tropical Storm MikeNorth Atlantic · 1950
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1950
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1950
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.