Hurricane Becky (1966)
Hurricane Becky reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between June 30, 1966 and July 3, 1966, with a lowest pressure of 984 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Becky, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1966 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
- June 30, 1966 to July 3, 1966
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 984 mb (29.06 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 70 km (43 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.0
- Identifier
- AL021966
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 00:00 | 29.0N 64.0W | 30 kt | Extratropical | |
| Jun 30, 06:00 | 30.0N 64.0W | 30 kt | Extratropical | |
| Jun 30, 12:00 | 30.8N 64.0W | 30 kt | Subtropical storm | |
| Jun 30, 18:00 | 31.2N 63.8W | 35 kt | Subtropical storm | |
| Jul 1, 00:00 | 31.5N 63.0W | 35 kt | Subtropical storm | |
| Jul 1, 06:00 | 31.8N 61.8W | 35 kt | Subtropical storm | |
| Jul 1, 12:00 | 32.3N 60.3W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 1, 18:00 | 33.0N 58.5W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 2, 00:00 | 34.1N 57.0W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 2, 06:00 | 35.5N 55.5W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 2, 12:00 | 37.6N 54.8W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 2, 18:00 | 39.5N 54.7W | 75 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 3, 00:00 | 41.4N 55.0W | 65 kt | Extratropical | |
| Jul 3, 06:00 | 43.1N 56.0W | 55 kt | Extratropical | |
| Jul 3, 12:00 | 44.7N 57.6W | 45 kt | Extratropical | |
| Jul 3, 18:00 | 45.5N 59.3W | 35 kt | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1966
- Hurricane AlmaNorth Atlantic · 1966
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1966
- Hurricane CeliaNorth Atlantic · 1966
- Hurricane DorothyNorth Atlantic · 1966
- Tropical Storm EllaNorth Atlantic · 1966
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1966
- Hurricane FaithNorth Atlantic · 1966
- Tropical Storm GretaNorth Atlantic · 1966
- Tropical Storm HallieNorth Atlantic · 1966
- Hurricane InezNorth Atlantic · 1966
- Tropical Storm JudithNorth Atlantic · 1966
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1966
- Tropical Storm KendraNorth Atlantic · 1966
- Hurricane LoisNorth Atlantic · 1966
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1966
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1966
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.