Unnamed tropical storm (1955)
Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 45 kt in the North Atlantic between August 25, 1955 and August 28, 1955, with a lowest pressure of 1004 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed tropical storm, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1955 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
- August 25, 1955 to August 28, 1955
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1004 mb (29.65 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.2
- Identifier
- AL051955
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 18:00 | 24.6N 85.1W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 26, 00:00 | 25.1N 85.3W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 26, 06:00 | 26.0N 85.7W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 26, 12:00 | 27.4N 86.1W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 26, 18:00 | 28.9N 87.0W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 27, 00:00 | 29.7N 88.3W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 27, 04:00 landfall | 30.0N 89.2W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 27, 06:00 | 30.1N 89.7W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 27, 12:00 | 30.3N 91.3W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 27, 18:00 | 30.5N 92.9W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 28, 00:00 | 30.5N 93.7W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 28, 06:00 | 30.6N 94.2W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 28, 12:00 | 31.0N 94.8W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 28, 18:00 | 31.5N 95.3W | 25 kt | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1955
- Tropical Storm BrendaNorth Atlantic · 1955
- Hurricane ConnieNorth Atlantic · 1955
- Hurricane DianeNorth Atlantic · 1955
- Hurricane EdithNorth Atlantic · 1955
- Hurricane FloraNorth Atlantic · 1955
- Hurricane GladysNorth Atlantic · 1955
- Hurricane IoneNorth Atlantic · 1955
- Hurricane HildaNorth Atlantic · 1955
- Hurricane JanetNorth Atlantic · 1955
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1955
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1955
- Hurricane KatieNorth Atlantic · 1955
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.