Hurricane Jig (1951)
Hurricane Jig reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between October 15, 1951 and October 20, 1951, with a lowest pressure of 990 mb.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- October 15, 1951 to October 20, 1951
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 990 mb (29.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 352 km (219 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.8
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- AL111951
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 15, 06:00 | 27.7N 76.0W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 15, 12:00 | 29.0N 75.5W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 15, 18:00 | 30.3N 74.9W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 16, 00:00 | 31.1N 74.4W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 16, 06:00 | 31.5N 73.9W | 65 kt | 995 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 16, 12:00 | 31.7N 73.3W | 60 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 16, 18:00 | 32.0N 72.6W | 55 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 17, 00:00 | 32.4N 71.9W | 55 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 17, 06:00 | 32.9N 71.0W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 17, 12:00 | 33.4N 70.2W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 17, 18:00 | 33.6N 69.9W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 18, 00:00 | 33.8N 70.3W | 60 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 18, 06:00 | 33.7N 71.1W | 60 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 18, 12:00 | 33.5N 72.0W | 60 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 18, 18:00 | 33.2N 72.3W | 55 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 19, 00:00 | 32.2N 72.6W | 55 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 19, 06:00 | 31.6N 72.7W | 50 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 19, 12:00 | 31.0N 72.1W | 50 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 19, 18:00 | 30.4N 71.3W | 50 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 20, 00:00 | 29.8N 70.7W | 50 kt | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1951
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1951
- Hurricane AbleNorth Atlantic · 1951
- Tropical Storm BakerNorth 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
- 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.