Hurricane Edith (1963)
Hurricane Edith reached Category 2 in the North Atlantic between September 23, 1963 and September 29, 1963, with a lowest pressure of 990 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Edith, 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 23, 1963 to September 29, 1963
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 990 mb (29.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 7.1
- Fastest the center moved
- 20 kt (23 mph)
- Identifier
- AL061963
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 07:00 | Gros Islet, Gros-Islet, Saint Lucia, 9 km away | 14.0N 60.9W | 85 kt (98 mph) | |
| Sep 27, 10:00 | La Romana, La Romana, Dominican Republic, 46 km away | 18.1N 68.7W | 60 kt (69 mph) | 996 mb |
| Sep 28, 18:00 | Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, 6 km away | 21.8N 72.2W | 35 kt (40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 12:00 | 11.2N 51.5W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 11.7N 52.5W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 12.2N 53.7W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 06:00 | 12.5N 55.0W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 12.8N 56.5W | 50 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 13.2N 58.1W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 13.6N 59.5W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 13.9N 60.7W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 25, 07:00 landfall | 14.0N 60.9W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 14.3N 61.8W | 80 kt | 993 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 14.7N 62.9W | 80 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 15.0N 64.1W | 70 kt | 994 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 15.3N 65.4W | 60 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 26, 12:00 | 15.8N 66.6W | 55 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 16.8N 67.3W | 55 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 17.7N 67.9W | 65 kt | 992 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 18.1N 68.7W | 60 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 10:00 landfall | 18.1N 68.7W | 60 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 12:00 | 18.6N 69.4W | 55 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 18:00 | 19.4N 70.1W | 50 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 20.0N 70.5W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 28, 06:00 | 20.5N 70.9W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 28, 12:00 | 21.1N 71.5W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 28, 18:00 landfall | 21.8N 72.2W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 22.6N 72.8W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 29, 06:00 | 23.4N 72.5W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 24.2N 71.5W | 30 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 29, 18:00 | 25.0N 70.5W | 30 kt | Extratropical |
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 DebraNorth 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.