Hurricane Edna (1953)
Hurricane Edna reached Category 3 in the North Atlantic between September 15, 1953 and September 21, 1953, with a lowest pressure of 962 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Edna, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1953 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 15, 1953 to September 21, 1953
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 962 mb (28.41 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 11.1
- Identifier
- AL071953
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 15, 00:00 | 18.9N 64.0W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 19.9N 65.3W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 20.9N 66.8W | 65 kt | 995 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 21.9N 68.0W | 75 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 22.9N 69.1W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 23.7N 70.0W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 24.6N 70.8W | 80 kt | 977 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 25.8N 71.1W | 90 kt | 969 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 27.1N 70.8W | 95 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 28.2N 70.4W | 95 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 29.3N 69.1W | 95 kt | 966 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 30.7N 67.6W | 100 kt | 962 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 32.3N 65.8W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 34.3N 63.4W | 95 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 36.5N 60.0W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 38.9N 56.1W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 41.0N 51.8W | 70 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 42.6N 48.0W | 65 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 44.3N 42.8W | 60 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 46.2N 36.9W | 60 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 48.1N 30.9W | 60 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 49.7N 25.0W | 70 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 51.3N 21.3W | 80 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 52.6N 16.7W | 80 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 53.8N 13.0W | 75 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 54.1N 9.2W | 70 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 54.3N 6.6W | 65 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 21, 18:00 | 54.6N 4.0W | 60 kt | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1953
- Tropical Storm AliceNorth Atlantic · 1953
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1953
- Hurricane BarbaraNorth Atlantic · 1953
- Hurricane CarolNorth Atlantic · 1953
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1953
- Hurricane DollyNorth Atlantic · 1953
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1953
- Hurricane FlorenceNorth Atlantic · 1953
- Hurricane GailNorth Atlantic · 1953
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1953
- Hurricane HazelNorth Atlantic · 1953
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1953
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1953
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.