Hurricane Abby (1960)
Hurricane Abby reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between July 9, 1960 and July 17, 1960, with a lowest pressure of 995 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Hurricane Abby. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- July 9, 1960 to July 17, 1960
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 995 mb (29.38 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 7.2
- Fastest the center moved
- 18 kt (21 mph)
- Identifier
- AL021960
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.
Landfalls
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 12:00 | Castries, Castries, Saint Lucia, 16 km away | 13.9N 60.9W | 55 kt (63 mph) | 1003 mb |
| Jul 15, 06:00 | La Ceiba, Atlantida Department, Honduras, 63 km away | 16.3N 86.6W | 70 kt (81 mph) | |
| Jul 15, 14:00 | Lívingston, Izabal Department, Guatemala, 84 km away | 16.5N 88.4W | 70 kt (81 mph) |
Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 12:00 | 12.0N 55.8W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 9, 18:00 | 12.5N 57.0W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 10, 00:00 | 13.0N 58.2W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 10, 06:00 | 13.5N 59.6W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 10, 12:00 landfall | 13.9N 60.9W | 55 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 10, 18:00 | 14.1N 62.3W | 55 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 11, 00:00 | 14.3N 63.5W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 11, 06:00 | 14.5N 64.7W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 11, 12:00 | 14.7N 65.8W | 60 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 11, 18:00 | 14.9N 67.3W | 55 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 12, 00:00 | 14.9N 68.9W | 50 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 12, 06:00 | 14.7N 70.4W | 50 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 12, 12:00 | 14.7N 71.9W | 50 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 12, 18:00 | 15.0N 73.2W | 50 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 13, 00:00 | 15.2N 74.3W | 50 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 13, 06:00 | 15.2N 75.4W | 50 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 13, 12:00 | 14.9N 76.7W | 45 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 13, 18:00 | 14.7N 78.1W | 45 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 14, 00:00 | 14.7N 79.5W | 45 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 14, 06:00 | 15.1N 81.0W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 14, 12:00 | 15.6N 82.5W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 14, 18:00 | 15.9N 83.9W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 15, 00:00 | 16.1N 85.2W | 60 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 15, 06:00 landfall | 16.3N 86.6W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 15, 12:00 | 16.5N 88.0W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 15, 14:00 landfall | 16.5N 88.4W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 15, 18:00 | 16.6N 89.4W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 16, 00:00 | 16.8N 90.6W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 16, 06:00 | 17.1N 91.6W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 16, 12:00 | 17.5N 92.7W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 16, 18:00 | 18.0N 94.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 17, 00:00 | 18.6N 95.3W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 17, 06:00 | 19.4N 96.6W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 17, 12:00 | 20.5N 98.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1960
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.