Hurricane Alma (1966)

Basin

North Atlantic

Dates

June 5, 1966 to June 14, 1966

Peak strength

Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)

Lowest pressure

970 mb (28.64 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

13.3

Fastest the center moved

18 kt (21 mph)

Identifier

AL011966

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.

Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.

The Weather Prediction Center attributes 1,373 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 9.94 inches (252 mm).

WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.

• Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1966Tropical Storm40 kt · 1004 mb
• Hurricane BeckyNorth Atlantic · 1966Cat 175 kt · 984 mb
• Hurricane CeliaNorth Atlantic · 1966Cat 165 kt · 994 mb
• Hurricane DorothyNorth Atlantic · 1966Cat 175 kt · 989 mb
• Tropical Storm EllaNorth Atlantic · 1966Tropical Storm40 kt · 1008 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1966Tropical Depression25 kt · 1007 mb
• Hurricane FaithNorth Atlantic · 1966Cat 3105 kt · 950 mb
• Tropical Storm GretaNorth Atlantic · 1966Tropical Storm45 kt · 1004 mb
• Tropical Storm HallieNorth Atlantic · 1966Tropical Storm50 kt · 997 mb
• Hurricane InezNorth Atlantic · 1966Cat 5140 kt · 927 mb
• Tropical Storm JudithNorth Atlantic · 1966Tropical Storm40 kt · 1007 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1966Tropical Depression30 kt
• Tropical Storm KendraNorth Atlantic · 1966Tropical Storm35 kt
• Hurricane LoisNorth Atlantic · 1966Cat 175 kt · 983 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1966Tropical Storm55 kt · 994 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1966Tropical Storm55 kt · 997 mb

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.

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.

• Wikipedia article: Hurricane Alma