The 1958 season

Hurricane Cleo (1958)

Hurricane Cleo reached Category 4 in the North Atlantic between August 11, 1958 and August 22, 1958, with a lowest pressure of 947 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Cleo, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1958 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
August 11, 1958 to August 22, 1958
Peak strength
Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
Lowest pressure
947 mb (27.96 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 404 km (251 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
25.2
Fastest the center moved
32 kt (37 mph)
Identifier
AL031958

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
Aug 11, 06:0012.0N 20.5W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 11, 12:0012.0N 23.0W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 11, 18:0012.0N 25.5W30 ktTropical depression
Aug 12, 00:0012.0N 27.8W30 ktTropical depression
Aug 12, 06:0012.0N 29.8W35 ktTropical storm
Aug 12, 12:0012.0N 31.8W40 ktTropical storm
Aug 12, 18:0012.0N 33.8W50 ktTropical storm
Aug 13, 00:0012.0N 35.8W65 ktHurricane
Aug 13, 06:0012.2N 37.8W80 ktHurricane
Aug 13, 12:0012.4N 39.6W85 ktHurricane
Aug 13, 18:0012.7N 41.2W85 ktHurricane
Aug 14, 00:0013.1N 42.7W90 ktHurricane
Aug 14, 06:0013.5N 44.2W95 ktHurricane
Aug 14, 12:0014.0N 45.7W100 ktHurricane
Aug 14, 18:0014.6N 47.1W100 kt960 mbHurricane
Aug 15, 00:0015.2N 48.3W105 ktHurricane
Aug 15, 06:0015.9N 49.0W110 ktHurricane
Aug 15, 12:0016.7N 49.4W115 kt951 mbHurricane
Aug 15, 18:0018.1N 49.6W120 kt947 mbHurricane
Aug 16, 00:0019.8N 49.9W115 kt953 mbHurricane
Aug 16, 06:0021.3N 50.4W115 kt956 mbHurricane
Aug 16, 12:0022.7N 51.0W110 kt954 mbHurricane
Aug 16, 18:0024.1N 51.6W100 ktHurricane
Aug 17, 00:0025.4N 52.4W95 ktHurricane
Aug 17, 06:0026.7N 53.4W90 kt959 mbHurricane
Aug 17, 12:0028.1N 54.4W85 kt965 mbHurricane
Aug 17, 18:0029.4N 55.3W85 kt968 mbHurricane
Aug 18, 00:0030.6N 55.9W85 ktHurricane
Aug 18, 06:0031.8N 56.4W80 ktHurricane
Aug 18, 12:0033.1N 56.5W80 kt973 mbHurricane
Aug 18, 18:0034.4N 56.2W80 kt972 mbHurricane
Aug 19, 00:0035.8N 55.7W80 ktHurricane
Aug 19, 06:0037.6N 54.9W85 ktHurricane
Aug 19, 12:0039.9N 52.4W85 kt973 mbHurricane
Aug 19, 18:0042.4N 49.9W80 kt980 mbHurricane
Aug 20, 00:0044.8N 47.1W75 ktExtratropical
Aug 20, 06:0046.6N 43.8W65 ktExtratropical
Aug 20, 12:0047.0N 40.0W60 ktExtratropical
Aug 20, 18:0047.0N 36.5W55 ktExtratropical
Aug 21, 00:0046.3N 33.0W50 ktExtratropical
Aug 21, 06:0045.2N 29.5W40 ktExtratropical
Aug 21, 12:0044.0N 26.0W35 ktExtratropical
Aug 21, 18:0042.8N 23.0W35 ktExtratropical
Aug 22, 00:0041.8N 21.0W30 ktExtratropical
Aug 22, 06:0040.9N 19.2W25 ktExtratropical
Aug 22, 12:0040.0N 18.0W25 ktExtratropical
Aug 22, 18:0039.2N 17.0W25 ktExtratropical

Other North Atlantic storms of 1958

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.