Tropical Storm Ethel (1956)
Tropical Storm Ethel peaked at 50 kt in the North Atlantic between September 11, 1956 and September 14, 1956, with a lowest pressure of 999 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Ethel, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1956 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 11, 1956 to September 14, 1956
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 999 mb (29.50 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 229 km (142 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.2
- Identifier
- AL061956
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 11, 18:00 | 23.5N 75.7W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 12, 00:00 | 24.0N 75.5W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 12, 06:00 | 24.8N 74.9W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 12, 12:00 | 25.7N 74.1W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 12, 18:00 | 26.6N 73.2W | 50 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 00:00 | 27.3N 72.7W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 13, 06:00 | 27.8N 72.3W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 13, 12:00 | 28.2N 72.0W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 28.6N 71.8W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 29.0N 71.7W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 29.4N 71.7W | 25 kt | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1956
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1956
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1956
- Hurricane AnnaNorth Atlantic · 1956
- Hurricane BetsyNorth Atlantic · 1956
- Tropical Storm CarlaNorth Atlantic · 1956
- Tropical Storm DoraNorth Atlantic · 1956
- Hurricane FlossyNorth Atlantic · 1956
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1956
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1956
- Hurricane GretaNorth Atlantic · 1956
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1956
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.