Hurricane Charlie (1952)
Hurricane Charlie reached Category 3 in the North Atlantic between September 24, 1952 and October 1, 1952, with a lowest pressure of 958 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Charlie, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1952 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
- September 24, 1952 to October 1, 1952
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 958 mb (28.29 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 78 km (48 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 9.6
- Identifier
- AL061952
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 20.0N 69.2W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 24, 06:00 | 20.8N 70.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 21.7N 70.8W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 22.7N 71.7W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 23.5N 72.8W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 24.5N 73.4W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 25.5N 74.0W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 26.5N 74.6W | 70 kt | 993 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 27.2N 74.9W | 75 kt | 989 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 27.9N 74.8W | 85 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 26, 12:00 | 29.0N 74.3W | 95 kt | 969 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 30.3N 73.1W | 105 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 31.5N 71.6W | 105 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 32.5N 70.2W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 27, 12:00 | 33.8N 68.6W | 100 kt | 958 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 27, 18:00 | 35.1N 65.9W | 95 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 36.7N 63.0W | 95 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 28, 06:00 | 38.4N 60.8W | 90 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 28, 12:00 | 39.5N 58.7W | 85 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 28, 18:00 | 39.9N 57.1W | 85 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 40.3N 55.5W | 75 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 29, 06:00 | 40.6N 54.1W | 70 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 40.6N 52.9W | 65 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 29, 18:00 | 40.4N 51.5W | 60 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 30, 00:00 | 39.9N 50.1W | 55 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 30, 06:00 | 39.7N 48.6W | 50 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 30, 12:00 | 39.5N 47.2W | 45 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 30, 18:00 | 39.5N 46.0W | 40 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 1, 00:00 | 40.0N 44.7W | 35 kt | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1952
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1952
- Hurricane AbleNorth Atlantic · 1952
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1952
- Hurricane BakerNorth Atlantic · 1952
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1952
- Tropical Storm DogNorth Atlantic · 1952
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1952
- Hurricane EasyNorth Atlantic · 1952
- Hurricane FoxNorth Atlantic · 1952
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1952
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.