Hurricane Daisy (1962)
Hurricane Daisy reached Category 2 in the North Atlantic between September 29, 1962 and October 9, 1962, with a lowest pressure of 950 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Daisy, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1962 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 29, 1962 to October 9, 1962
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 950 mb (28.05 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 10.8
- Fastest the center moved
- 36 kt (41 mph)
- Identifier
- AL041962
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.
Rainfall
The Weather Prediction Center attributes 639 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 9.47 inches (241 mm).
| Station | Total | Position |
|---|---|---|
| PORTLAND INTL JETPORT | 9.47 in (241 mm) | 43.65N 70.30W |
| NEWBURYPORT 3 WNW | 6.76 in (172 mm) | 42.83N 70.93W |
| BOSTON LOGAN INTL AP | 4.83 in (123 mm) | 42.37N 71.02W |
| SANFORD 2 NNW | 4.61 in (117 mm) | 43.47N 70.78W |
| WEST RUMNEY | 4.48 in (114 mm) | 43.80N 71.85W |
| DANVILLE | 4.39 in (112 mm) | 44.42N 72.13W |
| CHATHAM LT STN | 4.28 in (109 mm) | 41.67N 69.95W |
| SOUTH DANBURY | 4.24 in (108 mm) | 43.50N 71.90W |
| BLACKWATER DAM | 4.23 in (107 mm) | 43.32N 71.72W |
| PLYMOUTH-KINGSTON | 4.21 in (107 mm) | 41.98N 70.70W |
| MANCHESTER | 4.21 in (107 mm) | 43.03N 71.48W |
| FRANKLIN FALLS DAM | 4.18 in (106 mm) | 43.47N 71.65W |
WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 06:00 | 14.5N 48.9W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 14.8N 50.5W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 29, 18:00 | 15.0N 52.3W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 30, 00:00 | 15.2N 54.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 30, 06:00 | 15.5N 55.7W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 30, 12:00 | 15.8N 57.4W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 30, 18:00 | 16.3N 59.0W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 1, 00:00 | 16.8N 60.1W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 1, 06:00 | 17.4N 60.8W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 1, 12:00 | 18.0N 61.4W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 1, 18:00 | 19.0N 61.9W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 2, 00:00 | 20.1N 62.3W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 2, 06:00 | 21.1N 62.6W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 2, 12:00 | 22.0N 63.0W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 2, 18:00 | 22.5N 63.8W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 3, 00:00 | 22.8N 64.5W | 45 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 3, 06:00 | 23.1N 65.1W | 50 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 3, 12:00 | 23.3N 65.6W | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 3, 18:00 | 23.6N 66.2W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 00:00 | 23.9N 66.8W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 06:00 | 24.1N 67.4W | 60 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 12:00 | 24.3N 68.1W | 65 kt | 992 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 4, 18:00 | 24.7N 68.8W | 70 kt | 986 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 5, 00:00 | 25.2N 69.3W | 70 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 5, 06:00 | 26.0N 69.6W | 70 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 5, 12:00 | 27.0N 69.6W | 80 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 5, 18:00 | 28.0N 69.6W | 85 kt | 969 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 6, 00:00 | 29.2N 69.3W | 85 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 6, 06:00 | 30.8N 68.6W | 90 kt | 968 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 6, 12:00 | 32.6N 67.9W | 90 kt | 965 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 6, 18:00 | 34.8N 67.2W | 90 kt | 968 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 7, 00:00 | 37.5N 66.3W | 90 kt | 966 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 7, 06:00 | 39.8N 65.8W | 90 kt | 963 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 7, 12:00 | 42.0N 66.4W | 90 kt | 950 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 7, 18:00 | 42.7N 66.9W | 80 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 8, 00:00 | 43.5N 66.5W | 70 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 8, 06:00 | 44.1N 64.8W | 65 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 8, 12:00 | 44.7N 63.3W | 55 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 8, 18:00 | 45.3N 61.5W | 50 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 9, 00:00 | 45.5N 59.5W | 50 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 9, 06:00 | 46.0N 54.9W | 50 kt | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1962
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.