Hurricane Debra (1963)
Hurricane Debra reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between September 19, 1963 and September 24, 1963, with a lowest pressure of 999 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Debra, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1963 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 19, 1963 to September 24, 1963
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 999 mb (29.50 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1319 km (820 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 5.3
- Identifier
- AL051963
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 19, 06:00 | 14.0N 38.3W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 14.8N 39.8W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 15.6N 41.2W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 16.4N 42.6W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 17.2N 44.0W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 18.0N 45.3W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 18.9N 46.7W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 19.9N 47.9W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 21.0N 48.5W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 22.1N 48.8W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 21, 18:00 | 23.1N 48.9W | 65 kt | 1000 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 22, 00:00 | 23.8N 48.9W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 22, 06:00 | 24.6N 48.8W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 22, 12:00 | 25.3N 48.7W | 65 kt | 1002 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 22, 18:00 | 25.8N 48.5W | 60 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 00:00 | 26.5N 48.2W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 23, 06:00 | 27.2N 47.9W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 23, 12:00 | 28.0N 47.7W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 28.8N 47.5W | 50 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 30.2N 47.8W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 24, 06:00 | 31.7N 48.1W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 33.4N 48.4W | 35 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 35.4N 48.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1963
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1963
- Hurricane ArleneNorth Atlantic · 1963
- Hurricane BeulahNorth Atlantic · 1963
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1963
- Tropical Storm CindyNorth Atlantic · 1963
- Hurricane EdithNorth Atlantic · 1963
- Hurricane FloraNorth Atlantic · 1963
- Hurricane GinnyNorth Atlantic · 1963
- Tropical Storm HelenaNorth Atlantic · 1963
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.