The 1966 season

Hurricane Faith (1966)

Hurricane Faith reached Category 3 in the North Atlantic between August 21, 1966 and September 13, 1966, with a lowest pressure of 950 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Faith, 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.

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The storm

Basin
North Atlantic
Dates
August 21, 1966 to September 13, 1966
Peak strength
Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
Lowest pressure
950 mb (28.05 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
33.4
Fastest the center moved
38 kt (44 mph)
Identifier
AL061966

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)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 21, 00:0012.9N 20.5W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 21, 06:0013.3N 22.3W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 21, 12:0013.7N 24.1W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 21, 18:0014.0N 25.9W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Aug 22, 00:0014.3N 27.6W35 ktTropical storm
Aug 22, 06:0014.6N 29.3W35 ktTropical storm
Aug 22, 12:0014.8N 30.9W40 ktTropical storm
Aug 22, 18:0015.0N 32.7W45 ktTropical storm
Aug 23, 00:0015.1N 34.8W50 ktTropical storm
Aug 23, 06:0015.2N 37.2W60 ktTropical storm
Aug 23, 12:0015.2N 39.6W65 ktHurricane
Aug 23, 18:0015.3N 41.8W70 kt984 mbHurricane
Aug 24, 00:0015.3N 43.8W70 ktHurricane
Aug 24, 06:0015.3N 45.7W70 ktHurricane
Aug 24, 12:0015.3N 47.7W65 kt992 mbHurricane
Aug 24, 18:0015.5N 49.8W65 kt993 mbHurricane
Aug 25, 00:0016.0N 52.0W65 kt993 mbHurricane
Aug 25, 06:0016.4N 54.1W65 kt995 mbHurricane
Aug 25, 12:0016.7N 56.2W75 kt986 mbHurricane
Aug 25, 18:0017.0N 58.0W70 kt990 mbHurricane
Aug 26, 00:0017.4N 59.6W60 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 06:0017.9N 61.0W55 kt997 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 12:0018.4N 62.3W55 kt995 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 18:0019.0N 63.7W60 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 00:0019.7N 65.1W60 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 06:0020.4N 66.3W60 kt993 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 12:0021.0N 67.5W65 kt989 mbHurricane
Aug 27, 18:0021.7N 68.9W70 kt983 mbHurricane
Aug 28, 00:0022.2N 70.0W75 kt979 mbHurricane
Aug 28, 06:0022.7N 70.4W80 kt973 mbHurricane
Aug 28, 12:0023.3N 70.7W95 kt962 mbHurricane
Aug 28, 18:0023.8N 71.0W100 kt957 mbHurricane
Aug 29, 00:0024.2N 71.1W100 kt955 mbHurricane
Aug 29, 06:0024.6N 71.1W95 kt960 mbHurricane
Aug 29, 12:0025.0N 71.1W90 kt963 mbHurricane
Aug 29, 18:0025.4N 71.2W90 kt963 mbHurricane
Aug 30, 00:0025.8N 71.5W90 kt963 mbHurricane
Aug 30, 06:0026.3N 71.9W85 kt965 mbHurricane
Aug 30, 12:0026.9N 72.3W85 kt966 mbHurricane
Aug 30, 18:0027.4N 72.9W85 kt967 mbHurricane
Aug 31, 00:0028.0N 73.2W85 kt967 mbHurricane
Aug 31, 06:0028.7N 73.4W80 kt973 mbHurricane
Aug 31, 12:0029.4N 73.5W85 kt968 mbHurricane
Aug 31, 18:0030.5N 73.3W90 kt963 mbHurricane
Sep 1, 00:0031.7N 72.5W90 kt963 mbHurricane
Sep 1, 06:0032.9N 71.4W90 kt963 mbHurricane
Sep 1, 12:0034.0N 70.3W90 kt963 mbHurricane
Sep 1, 18:0035.0N 69.2W95 kt957 mbHurricane
Sep 2, 00:0035.8N 68.0W95 kt958 mbHurricane
Sep 2, 06:0036.5N 66.8W95 kt960 mbHurricane
Sep 2, 12:0037.0N 65.2W95 ktHurricane
Sep 2, 18:0037.1N 63.0W95 ktHurricane
Sep 3, 00:0037.2N 60.1W100 ktHurricane
Sep 3, 06:0037.5N 57.0W105 kt950 mbHurricane
Sep 3, 12:0038.3N 54.0W105 ktHurricane
Sep 3, 18:0039.7N 50.5W100 ktHurricane
Sep 4, 00:0041.9N 47.0W95 ktHurricane
Sep 4, 06:0044.7N 43.5W90 ktExtratropical
Sep 4, 12:0047.5N 40.0W90 kt954 mbExtratropical
Sep 4, 18:0050.2N 36.5W90 ktExtratropical
Sep 5, 00:0052.8N 33.0W90 ktExtratropical
Sep 5, 06:0055.2N 29.4W85 ktExtratropical
Sep 5, 12:0057.3N 24.5W80 ktExtratropical
Sep 5, 18:0058.7N 19.4W75 ktExtratropical
Sep 6, 00:0060.2N 12.7W70 ktExtratropical
Sep 6, 06:0061.5N 7.0W65 ktExtratropical
Sep 6, 12:0062.5N 2.0W60 ktExtratropical
Sep 6, 18:0062.8N 3.0E60 ktExtratropical
Sep 7, 00:0063.0N 9.0E55 ktExtratropical
Sep 7, 06:0063.4N 16.0E55 ktExtratropical
Sep 7, 12:0064.0N 23.0E50 ktExtratropical
Sep 7, 18:0064.7N 30.0E50 ktExtratropical
Sep 8, 00:0065.7N 35.0E50 ktExtratropical
Sep 8, 06:0066.8N 39.5E50 ktExtratropical
Sep 8, 12:0068.0N 42.5E50 ktExtratropical
Sep 8, 18:0069.5N 46.0E50 ktExtratropical
Sep 9, 00:0071.0N 49.5E50 ktExtratropical
Sep 9, 06:0072.5N 52.0E50 ktExtratropical
Sep 9, 12:0074.0N 53.5E50 ktExtratropical
Sep 9, 18:0075.0N 54.2E50 ktExtratropical
Sep 10, 00:0076.0N 54.6E45 ktExtratropical
Sep 10, 06:0077.0N 54.8E45 ktExtratropical
Sep 10, 12:0078.0N 55.0E45 ktExtratropical
Sep 10, 18:0079.0N 55.0E45 ktExtratropical
Sep 11, 00:0080.0N 55.0E45 ktExtratropical
Sep 11, 06:0081.0N 55.0E45 ktExtratropical
Sep 11, 12:0082.0N 55.0E40 ktExtratropical
Sep 11, 18:0082.5N 55.2E40 ktExtratropical
Sep 12, 00:0082.7N 55.5E35 ktExtratropical
Sep 12, 06:0082.9N 56.2E35 ktExtratropical
Sep 12, 12:0083.0N 57.0E35 ktExtratropical
Sep 12, 18:0083.0N 57.8E30 ktExtratropical
Sep 13, 00:0083.0N 58.6E30 ktExtratropical
Sep 13, 06:0083.0N 59.3E30 ktExtratropical
Sep 13, 12:0083.0N 60.0E30 ktExtratropical
Sep 13, 18:0083.0N 61.0E25 ktExtratropical

Other North Atlantic storms of 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.