Hurricane Gladys (1964)
Hurricane Gladys reached Category 4 in the North Atlantic between September 13, 1964 and September 25, 1964, with a lowest pressure of 945 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Gladys, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1964 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 13, 1964 to September 25, 1964
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 945 mb (27.91 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 30.3
- Fastest the center moved
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Identifier
- AL091964
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 13, 06:00 | 14.7N 44.5W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 13, 12:00 | 15.4N 46.0W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 16.2N 47.5W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 17.0N 49.0W | 60 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 17.9N 50.5W | 60 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 18.8N 52.0W | 65 kt | 992 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 19.6N 53.4W | 65 kt | 994 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 20.2N 54.5W | 65 kt | 994 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 20.7N 55.4W | 60 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 21.2N 56.2W | 60 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 21.7N 57.1W | 60 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 22.2N 58.1W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 22.7N 59.1W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 23.0N 60.0W | 70 kt | 986 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 23.3N 60.9W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 23.7N 62.0W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 24.2N 63.1W | 85 kt | 974 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 24.5N 64.0W | 105 kt | 954 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 25.0N 65.1W | 115 kt | 945 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 25.4N 65.9W | 110 kt | 951 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 25.8N 66.5W | 110 kt | 951 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 26.1N 67.1W | 110 kt | 952 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 26.4N 67.7W | 110 kt | 953 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 26.7N 68.2W | 110 kt | 947 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 27.0N 68.7W | 110 kt | 951 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 27.3N 69.1W | 100 kt | 960 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 27.6N 69.5W | 100 kt | 962 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 27.9N 69.6W | 100 kt | 962 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 28.4N 69.7W | 95 kt | 965 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 28.9N 69.7W | 85 kt | 967 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 29.4N 69.6W | 85 kt | 964 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 29.8N 69.5W | 80 kt | 964 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 30.4N 69.5W | 75 kt | 969 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 31.2N 69.7W | 65 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 21, 18:00 | 32.3N 70.2W | 65 kt | 977 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 22, 00:00 | 33.1N 70.8W | 65 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 22, 06:00 | 33.7N 71.3W | 65 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 22, 12:00 | 33.9N 71.8W | 65 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 22, 18:00 | 34.2N 72.2W | 65 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 23, 00:00 | 34.8N 72.4W | 70 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 23, 06:00 | 35.6N 72.2W | 75 kt | 977 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 23, 12:00 | 36.4N 71.8W | 75 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 37.7N 70.7W | 80 kt | 974 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 39.2N 69.0W | 75 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 24, 06:00 | 40.9N 66.9W | 75 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 42.8N 64.2W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 44.7N 59.8W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 47.5N 54.9W | 60 kt | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1964
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1964
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1964
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1964
- Tropical Storm AbbyNorth Atlantic · 1964
- Tropical Storm BrendaNorth Atlantic · 1964
- Hurricane CleoNorth Atlantic · 1964
- Hurricane DoraNorth Atlantic · 1964
- Hurricane EthelNorth Atlantic · 1964
- Tropical Storm FlorenceNorth Atlantic · 1964
- Hurricane HildaNorth Atlantic · 1964
- Hurricane IsbellNorth Atlantic · 1964
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1964
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.