Hurricane Flora (1959)
Hurricane Flora reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between September 9, 1959 and September 13, 1959, with a lowest pressure of 994 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Flora, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1959 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 9, 1959 to September 13, 1959
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 994 mb (29.35 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1261 km (784 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.4
- Identifier
- AL071959
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 9, 06:00 | 16.8N 45.8W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 9, 12:00 | 18.2N 46.5W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 9, 18:00 | 19.5N 46.7W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 10, 00:00 | 20.8N 46.5W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 10, 06:00 | 22.0N 46.0W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 10, 12:00 | 23.1N 45.4W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 10, 18:00 | 24.3N 44.8W | 45 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 11, 00:00 | 25.5N 44.2W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 11, 06:00 | 26.9N 43.6W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 11, 12:00 | 28.5N 42.6W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 11, 18:00 | 30.0N 40.7W | 55 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 12, 00:00 | 31.7N 38.5W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 12, 06:00 | 33.5N 35.0W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 12, 12:00 | 35.2N 31.2W | 50 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 12, 18:00 | 36.8N 28.1W | 50 kt | 994 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 13, 00:00 | 38.7N 24.1W | 50 kt | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1959
- Tropical Storm ArleneNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Tropical Storm BeulahNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Hurricane CindyNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Hurricane DebraNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Tropical Storm EdithNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Hurricane GracieNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Hurricane HannahNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Tropical Storm IreneNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Hurricane JudithNorth Atlantic · 1959
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.