The 1967 season

Hurricane Arlene (1967)

Hurricane Arlene reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between August 28, 1967 and September 5, 1967, with a lowest pressure of 982 mb.

Radar

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The storm

Basin
North Atlantic
Dates
August 28, 1967 to September 5, 1967
Peak strength
Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure
982 mb (29.00 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 278 km (173 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
7.0
Identifier
AL111967

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 28, 18:0015.8N 35.8W30 ktTropical depression
Aug 29, 00:0016.4N 36.8W30 ktTropical depression
Aug 29, 06:0017.1N 37.9W30 ktTropical depression
Aug 29, 12:0017.8N 39.0W30 ktTropical depression
Aug 29, 18:0018.5N 40.2W35 ktTropical storm
Aug 30, 00:0019.3N 41.6W40 ktTropical storm
Aug 30, 06:0020.0N 43.0W40 ktTropical storm
Aug 30, 12:0020.6N 44.3W45 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Aug 30, 18:0021.1N 45.5W45 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Aug 31, 00:0021.8N 46.9W45 ktTropical storm
Aug 31, 06:0022.8N 48.3W40 ktTropical storm
Aug 31, 12:0024.3N 49.7W40 ktTropical storm
Aug 31, 18:0025.8N 51.0W40 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Sep 1, 00:0027.1N 52.1W40 ktTropical storm
Sep 1, 06:0028.4N 52.9W40 ktTropical storm
Sep 1, 12:0029.7N 53.8W45 kt1009 mbTropical storm
Sep 1, 18:0030.8N 55.1W50 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 00:0031.9N 56.3W50 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 06:0033.2N 56.8W55 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 12:0034.6N 56.9W60 kt999 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 18:0036.1N 56.6W65 kt995 mbHurricane
Sep 3, 00:0037.6N 55.8W70 kt990 mbHurricane
Sep 3, 06:0039.2N 54.8W70 ktHurricane
Sep 3, 12:0040.8N 53.8W75 ktHurricane
Sep 3, 18:0042.6N 52.5W80 ktHurricane
Sep 4, 00:0044.5N 51.0W80 kt982 mbHurricane
Sep 4, 06:0045.6N 49.3W70 ktHurricane
Sep 4, 12:0046.0N 47.4W60 ktExtratropical
Sep 4, 18:0046.2N 45.3W50 ktExtratropical
Sep 5, 00:0046.3N 43.2W45 ktExtratropical
Sep 5, 06:0046.3N 41.5W40 ktExtratropical
Sep 5, 12:0046.5N 40.0W35 ktExtratropical
Sep 5, 18:0047.0N 39.0W30 ktExtratropical

Other North Atlantic storms of 1967

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.