Hurricane Easy (1952)
Hurricane Easy reached Category 2 in the North Atlantic between October 6, 1952 and October 11, 1952, with a lowest pressure of 968 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Easy, 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
- October 6, 1952 to October 11, 1952
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 968 mb (28.59 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 967 km (601 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 5.5
- Identifier
- AL091952
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 6, 12:00 | 15.2N 51.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Oct 6, 18:00 | 15.3N 51.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Oct 7, 00:00 | 15.4N 50.9W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 7, 06:00 | 15.7N 50.8W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 7, 12:00 | 16.2N 50.7W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 7, 18:00 | 16.7N 50.6W | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 8, 00:00 | 17.1N 50.5W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 8, 06:00 | 17.4N 50.5W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 8, 12:00 | 17.7N 50.5W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 8, 18:00 | 18.0N 50.4W | 90 kt | 968 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 9, 00:00 | 18.1N 50.1W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 9, 06:00 | 18.1N 49.8W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 9, 12:00 | 18.0N 49.5W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 9, 18:00 | 17.7N 49.4W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 10, 00:00 | 17.0N 49.5W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 10, 06:00 | 16.3N 49.7W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 10, 12:00 | 15.7N 50.1W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 10, 18:00 | 15.4N 50.5W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 11, 00:00 | 15.2N 51.0W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 11, 06:00 | 14.9N 51.9W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Oct 11, 12:00 | 14.5N 53.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression |
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
- Hurricane CharlieNorth Atlantic · 1952
- Tropical Storm DogNorth Atlantic · 1952
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth 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.