Hurricane Debbie (1969)
Hurricane Debbie reached Category 3 in the North Atlantic between August 14, 1969 and August 27, 1969, with a lowest pressure of 950 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Debbie, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1969 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
- August 14, 1969 to August 27, 1969
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 950 mb (28.05 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 24.9
- Fastest the center moved
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Identifier
- AL081969
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 12:00 | 13.0N 35.5W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 14, 18:00 | 13.3N 37.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 15, 00:00 | 13.5N 38.5W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 15, 06:00 | 13.8N 40.0W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 15, 12:00 | 14.0N 41.5W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 15, 18:00 | 14.3N 43.0W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 16, 00:00 | 14.5N 44.5W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 16, 06:00 | 14.7N 45.7W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 16, 12:00 | 15.0N 46.9W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 16, 18:00 | 15.5N 48.0W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 17, 00:00 | 16.0N 49.0W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 17, 06:00 | 16.5N 50.0W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 17, 12:00 | 17.0N 50.8W | 85 kt | 974 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 17, 18:00 | 17.7N 51.7W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 18, 00:00 | 18.4N 52.6W | 90 kt | 966 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 18, 06:00 | 19.0N 53.3W | 90 kt | 967 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 18, 12:00 | 19.6N 54.0W | 85 kt | 971 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 18, 18:00 | 20.3N 54.6W | 85 kt | 971 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 19, 00:00 | 21.0N 55.4W | 80 kt | 977 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 19, 06:00 | 21.7N 56.6W | 80 kt | 976 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 19, 12:00 | 22.4N 57.8W | 85 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 19, 18:00 | 23.1N 59.2W | 100 kt | 964 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 20, 00:00 | 23.8N 60.6W | 110 kt | 954 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 20, 06:00 | 24.4N 62.1W | 110 kt | 952 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 20, 12:00 | 25.1N 63.3W | 110 kt | 954 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 20, 18:00 | 25.8N 64.2W | 110 kt | 950 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 21, 00:00 | 26.6N 64.9W | 95 kt | 959 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 21, 06:00 | 27.4N 65.1W | 95 kt | 958 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 21, 12:00 | 28.4N 64.8W | 95 kt | 959 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 21, 18:00 | 29.4N 64.0W | 95 kt | 959 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 22, 00:00 | 30.3N 62.8W | 95 kt | 959 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 22, 06:00 | 31.3N 61.4W | 90 kt | 965 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 22, 12:00 | 32.6N 60.0W | 90 kt | 964 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 22, 18:00 | 33.9N 58.8W | 90 kt | 963 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 23, 00:00 | 35.4N 57.5W | 90 kt | 965 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 23, 06:00 | 36.9N 56.3W | 85 kt | 967 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 23, 12:00 | 38.5N 55.0W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 23, 18:00 | 40.6N 53.8W | 75 kt | Extratropical | |
| Aug 24, 00:00 | 43.0N 53.1W | 70 kt | Extratropical | |
| Aug 24, 06:00 | 45.5N 52.7W | 65 kt | Extratropical | |
| Aug 24, 12:00 | 48.0N 52.0W | 60 kt | Extratropical | |
| Aug 24, 18:00 | 50.5N 50.5W | 55 kt | Extratropical | |
| Aug 25, 00:00 | 53.0N 48.0W | 50 kt | Extratropical | |
| Aug 25, 06:00 | 56.5N 43.5W | 50 kt | Extratropical | |
| Aug 25, 12:00 | 60.5N 38.5W | 55 kt | 988 mb | Extratropical |
| Aug 25, 18:00 | 62.5N 33.5W | 50 kt | 990 mb | Extratropical |
| Aug 26, 00:00 | 63.5N 28.0W | 45 kt | 992 mb | Extratropical |
| Aug 26, 06:00 | 65.0N 18.0W | 45 kt | 993 mb | Extratropical |
| Aug 26, 12:00 | 66.0N 10.0W | 40 kt | 994 mb | Extratropical |
| Aug 26, 18:00 | 66.0N 7.5W | 40 kt | 995 mb | Extratropical |
| Aug 27, 00:00 | 66.5N 5.0W | 40 kt | 995 mb | Extratropical |
| Aug 27, 06:00 | 64.5N 0.0E | 40 kt | 995 mb | Extratropical |
| Aug 27, 12:00 | 64.5N 5.5E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Tropical Storm AnnaNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Hurricane BlancheNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Hurricane CamilleNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Tropical Storm EveNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Hurricane FranceliaNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Hurricane GerdaNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Hurricane HollyNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Hurricane IngaNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Tropical Storm JennyNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Hurricane KaraNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Hurricane LaurieNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Hurricane MarthaNorth Atlantic · 1969
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.