Hurricane Cleo (1960)
Hurricane Cleo reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between August 17, 1960 and August 21, 1960, with a lowest pressure of 995 mb.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- August 17, 1960 to August 21, 1960
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 995 mb (29.38 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 90 km (56 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.8
- Identifier
- AL041960
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 18:00 | 26.0N 74.7W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 18, 00:00 | 25.5N 74.3W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 18, 06:00 | 25.7N 73.5W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 18, 12:00 | 26.6N 72.7W | 60 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 18, 18:00 | 27.8N 71.8W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 19, 00:00 | 29.3N 71.0W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 19, 06:00 | 31.0N 70.2W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 19, 12:00 | 33.1N 69.4W | 75 kt | 999 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 19, 18:00 | 35.4N 68.6W | 75 kt | 995 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 20, 00:00 | 37.7N 67.8W | 70 kt | 997 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 20, 06:00 | 40.0N 66.8W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 20, 12:00 | 42.2N 65.2W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 20, 18:00 | 43.6N 63.4W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 21, 00:00 | 44.2N 60.5W | 35 kt | Tropical storm |
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.