Hurricane Janice (1958)
Hurricane Janice reached Category 2 in the North Atlantic between October 4, 1958 and October 13, 1958, with a lowest pressure of 968 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Janice, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- October 4, 1958 to October 13, 1958
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 968 mb (28.59 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 12.4
- Identifier
- AL101958
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 12:00 | 18.5N 81.1W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Oct 4, 18:00 | 19.0N 81.2W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Oct 5, 00:00 | 19.4N 81.3W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 5, 06:00 | 19.8N 81.4W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 5, 12:00 | 20.3N 81.4W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 5, 18:00 | 20.9N 81.2W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 6, 00:00 | 21.6N 80.6W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 6, 03:00 landfall | 22.0N 80.3W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 6, 06:00 | 22.4N 79.9W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 6, 12:00 | 23.3N 78.8W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 6, 16:00 landfall | 24.2N 78.0W | 55 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 6, 18:00 | 24.5N 77.6W | 55 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 6, 21:00 landfall | 25.1N 77.1W | 60 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 6, 23:00 landfall | 25.5N 76.8W | 60 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 7, 00:00 | 25.8N 76.6W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 7, 06:00 | 27.2N 75.6W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 7, 12:00 | 28.3N 75.1W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 7, 18:00 | 28.9N 74.8W | 70 kt | 983 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 8, 00:00 | 29.4N 74.5W | 70 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 8, 06:00 | 30.0N 74.2W | 70 kt | 986 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 8, 12:00 | 30.7N 73.8W | 70 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 8, 18:00 | 31.4N 73.3W | 70 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 9, 00:00 | 31.8N 72.8W | 70 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 9, 06:00 | 32.0N 72.1W | 70 kt | 983 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 9, 12:00 | 32.2N 70.9W | 70 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 9, 18:00 | 32.7N 69.6W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 10, 00:00 | 33.3N 68.4W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 10, 06:00 | 34.0N 67.1W | 85 kt | 968 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 10, 12:00 | 34.8N 65.7W | 80 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 10, 18:00 | 36.0N 63.9W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 11, 00:00 | 37.2N 61.5W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 11, 06:00 | 38.4N 59.0W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 11, 12:00 | 39.9N 55.9W | 80 kt | 974 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 11, 18:00 | 41.5N 51.5W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 12, 00:00 | 43.3N 47.0W | 70 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 12, 06:00 | 45.0N 43.0W | 60 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 12, 12:00 | 46.2N 38.2W | 50 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 12, 18:00 | 47.2N 33.5W | 45 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 13, 00:00 | 48.0N 28.2W | 45 kt | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1958
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1958
- Tropical Storm AlmaNorth Atlantic · 1958
- Tropical Storm BeckyNorth Atlantic · 1958
- Hurricane CleoNorth Atlantic · 1958
- Hurricane DaisyNorth Atlantic · 1958
- Hurricane EllaNorth Atlantic · 1958
- Hurricane FifiNorth Atlantic · 1958
- Tropical Storm GerdaNorth Atlantic · 1958
- Hurricane HeleneNorth Atlantic · 1958
- Hurricane IlsaNorth Atlantic · 1958
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 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.