The 1957 season

Hurricane Carrie (1957)

Hurricane Carrie reached Category 4 in the North Atlantic between September 2, 1957 and September 25, 1957, with a lowest pressure of 945 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Carrie, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1957 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
North Atlantic
Dates
September 2, 1957 to September 25, 1957
Peak strength
Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
Lowest pressure
945 mb (27.91 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 24 km (15 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
55.8
Fastest the center moved
32 kt (37 mph)
Identifier
AL041957

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)PositionWindPressureStatus
Sep 2, 06:0013.0N 21.3W25 ktTropical depression
Sep 2, 12:0013.0N 22.2W25 ktTropical depression
Sep 2, 18:0013.0N 23.1W25 ktTropical depression
Sep 3, 00:0013.1N 24.0W25 ktTropical depression
Sep 3, 06:0013.4N 25.0W30 ktTropical depression
Sep 3, 12:0013.7N 25.9W35 ktTropical storm
Sep 3, 18:0013.9N 26.8W35 ktTropical storm
Sep 4, 00:0014.1N 27.7W40 ktTropical storm
Sep 4, 06:0014.3N 28.6W45 ktTropical storm
Sep 4, 12:0014.5N 29.6W50 ktTropical storm
Sep 4, 18:0014.5N 30.6W55 ktTropical storm
Sep 5, 00:0014.5N 31.6W60 ktTropical storm
Sep 5, 06:0014.5N 32.6W65 ktHurricane
Sep 5, 12:0014.7N 33.6W70 ktHurricane
Sep 5, 18:0014.9N 34.6W75 ktHurricane
Sep 6, 00:0015.1N 35.6W80 ktHurricane
Sep 6, 06:0015.4N 36.6W80 ktHurricane
Sep 6, 12:0015.7N 37.5W85 ktHurricane
Sep 6, 18:0015.9N 38.3W95 ktHurricane
Sep 7, 00:0016.1N 39.1W100 ktHurricane
Sep 7, 06:0016.4N 40.0W105 ktHurricane
Sep 7, 12:0016.7N 41.0W110 ktHurricane
Sep 7, 18:0017.0N 42.0W115 ktHurricane
Sep 8, 00:0017.4N 42.9W120 kt945 mbHurricane
Sep 8, 06:0017.7N 43.7W120 ktHurricane
Sep 8, 12:0017.9N 44.5W120 ktHurricane
Sep 8, 18:0018.0N 45.2W120 ktHurricane
Sep 9, 00:0018.1N 46.1W115 ktHurricane
Sep 9, 06:0018.3N 47.2W105 ktHurricane
Sep 9, 12:0018.7N 48.2W95 ktHurricane
Sep 9, 18:0019.1N 49.1W85 kt975 mbHurricane
Sep 10, 00:0019.4N 49.9W80 kt976 mbHurricane
Sep 10, 06:0019.7N 50.7W75 kt977 mbHurricane
Sep 10, 12:0019.9N 51.4W70 kt985 mbHurricane
Sep 10, 18:0020.1N 52.0W65 ktHurricane
Sep 11, 00:0020.3N 52.3W65 ktHurricane
Sep 11, 06:0020.6N 52.4W65 kt985 mbHurricane
Sep 11, 12:0020.9N 52.4W65 kt984 mbHurricane
Sep 11, 18:0021.2N 52.4W70 kt978 mbHurricane
Sep 12, 00:0021.6N 52.4W80 ktHurricane
Sep 12, 06:0022.1N 52.5W85 ktHurricane
Sep 12, 12:0022.8N 52.6W90 kt960 mbHurricane
Sep 12, 18:0023.6N 52.7W95 kt957 mbHurricane
Sep 13, 00:0024.3N 52.6W100 kt954 mbHurricane
Sep 13, 06:0025.0N 52.5W105 kt951 mbHurricane
Sep 13, 12:0025.7N 52.4W100 kt953 mbHurricane
Sep 13, 18:0026.4N 52.2W90 kt963 mbHurricane
Sep 14, 00:0027.1N 52.3W90 kt964 mbHurricane
Sep 14, 06:0027.7N 52.5W90 kt964 mbHurricane
Sep 14, 12:0028.1N 53.0W90 kt964 mbHurricane
Sep 14, 18:0028.4N 54.0W90 kt963 mbHurricane
Sep 15, 00:0028.8N 55.2W90 kt965 mbHurricane
Sep 15, 06:0029.3N 56.5W85 kt967 mbHurricane
Sep 15, 12:0030.0N 57.8W90 kt965 mbHurricane
Sep 15, 18:0030.8N 58.9W90 kt961 mbHurricane
Sep 16, 00:0031.4N 59.9W90 kt964 mbHurricane
Sep 16, 06:0032.0N 60.9W85 kt966 mbHurricane
Sep 16, 12:0032.5N 62.0W80 kt969 mbHurricane
Sep 16, 18:0033.2N 62.9W80 kt970 mbHurricane
Sep 17, 00:0033.9N 63.6W80 kt970 mbHurricane
Sep 17, 06:0034.6N 64.3W75 kt974 mbHurricane
Sep 17, 12:0035.3N 64.2W75 kt975 mbHurricane
Sep 17, 18:0035.8N 63.3W75 kt978 mbHurricane
Sep 18, 00:0036.0N 62.1W70 kt978 mbHurricane
Sep 18, 06:0036.0N 60.7W70 kt978 mbHurricane
Sep 18, 12:0035.9N 59.3W70 kt978 mbHurricane
Sep 18, 18:0035.5N 57.8W70 ktHurricane
Sep 19, 00:0035.2N 56.2W75 ktHurricane
Sep 19, 06:0034.9N 54.8W75 ktHurricane
Sep 19, 12:0034.7N 53.4W80 kt970 mbHurricane
Sep 19, 18:0034.5N 51.9W85 ktHurricane
Sep 20, 00:0034.4N 50.6W85 ktHurricane
Sep 20, 06:0034.3N 49.2W90 ktHurricane
Sep 20, 12:0034.2N 47.7W95 ktHurricane
Sep 20, 18:0034.2N 46.0W95 ktHurricane
Sep 21, 00:0034.3N 44.0W90 ktHurricane
Sep 21, 06:0034.5N 42.0W90 ktHurricane
Sep 21, 12:0034.7N 40.0W85 ktHurricane
Sep 21, 18:0035.0N 38.0W80 ktHurricane
Sep 22, 00:0035.5N 35.6W80 ktHurricane
Sep 22, 06:0036.1N 32.8W75 ktHurricane
Sep 22, 12:0037.5N 29.5W75 ktHurricane
Sep 22, 18:0039.2N 26.2W70 ktHurricane
Sep 23, 00:0041.5N 23.2W70 ktExtratropical
Sep 23, 06:0044.0N 21.0W70 ktExtratropical
Sep 23, 12:0046.0N 19.2W65 ktExtratropical
Sep 23, 18:0048.0N 17.4W60 ktExtratropical
Sep 24, 00:0050.0N 16.0W55 ktExtratropical
Sep 24, 06:0051.0N 14.5W55 ktExtratropical
Sep 24, 12:0051.2N 12.8W50 ktExtratropical
Sep 24, 18:0051.2N 11.0W45 ktExtratropical
Sep 25, 00:0051.2N 9.4W40 ktExtratropical
Sep 25, 06:0051.0N 8.0W35 ktExtratropical
Sep 25, 12:0050.5N 7.0W35 ktExtratropical
Sep 25, 18:0050.0N 6.0W35 ktExtratropical

Other North Atlantic storms of 1957

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.