Hurricane Hilda (1955)

Basin

North Atlantic

Dates

September 12, 1955 to September 20, 1955

Peak strength

Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)

Lowest pressure

952 mb (28.11 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

18.4

Fastest the center moved

15 kt (17 mph)

Identifier

AL091955

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.

Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.

The Weather Prediction Center attributes 641 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 2.60 inches (66 mm).

WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.

• Tropical Storm BrendaNorth Atlantic · 1955Tropical Storm60 kt
• Hurricane ConnieNorth Atlantic · 1955Cat 4120 kt · 944 mb
• Hurricane DianeNorth Atlantic · 1955Cat 290 kt · 969 mb
• Hurricane EdithNorth Atlantic · 1955Cat 285 kt · 967 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1955Tropical Storm45 kt · 1004 mb
• Hurricane FloraNorth Atlantic · 1955Cat 290 kt · 967 mb
• Hurricane GladysNorth Atlantic · 1955Cat 165 kt · 996 mb
• Hurricane IoneNorth Atlantic · 1955Cat 4120 kt · 938 mb
• Hurricane JanetNorth Atlantic · 1955Cat 5150 kt · 914 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1955Tropical Storm45 kt
• Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1955Tropical Storm55 kt
• Hurricane KatieNorth Atlantic · 1955Cat 295 kt · 984 mb

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.

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.

• Wikipedia article: Hurricane Hilda