Tropical Storm Baker (1951)
Tropical Storm Baker peaked at 50 kt in the North Atlantic between August 2, 1951 and August 5, 1951, with a lowest pressure of 996 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Baker, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1951 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
- August 2, 1951 to August 5, 1951
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 996 mb (29.41 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 652 km (405 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.9
- Identifier
- AL031951
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 06:00 | 20.9N 52.9W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 2, 12:00 | 21.8N 53.9W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 2, 18:00 | 22.7N 54.9W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 3, 00:00 | 23.7N 55.9W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 3, 06:00 | 25.0N 56.9W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 3, 12:00 | 26.4N 57.9W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 3, 18:00 | 27.7N 58.9W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 4, 00:00 | 29.0N 59.8W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 4, 06:00 | 30.4N 60.5W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 4, 12:00 | 31.9N 60.8W | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 4, 18:00 | 33.6N 60.9W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 5, 00:00 | 35.3N 60.0W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 5, 06:00 | 37.0N 58.8W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 5, 12:00 | 38.8N 57.5W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 5, 18:00 | 40.6N 56.1W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1951
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1951
- Hurricane AbleNorth Atlantic · 1951
- Hurricane CharlieNorth Atlantic · 1951
- Hurricane DogNorth Atlantic · 1951
- Hurricane EasyNorth Atlantic · 1951
- Hurricane FoxNorth Atlantic · 1951
- Tropical Storm GeorgeNorth Atlantic · 1951
- Hurricane HowNorth Atlantic · 1951
- Tropical Storm ItemNorth Atlantic · 1951
- Hurricane JigNorth Atlantic · 1951
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1951
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.