Hurricane Holly (1969)
Hurricane Holly reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between September 13, 1969 and September 18, 1969, with a lowest pressure of 984 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Holly, 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
- September 13, 1969 to September 18, 1969
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 984 mb (29.06 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 822 km (511 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.6
- Identifier
- AL171969
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 11.2N 46.5W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 11.4N 47.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 11.6N 47.4W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 11.9N 47.8W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 12.2N 48.2W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 12.6N 48.5W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 13.2N 48.8W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 13.9N 49.1W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 14.5N 49.5W | 60 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 15.0N 49.9W | 60 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 15.4N 50.2W | 60 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 15.7N 50.4W | 60 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 16.0N 50.8W | 70 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 16.3N 51.3W | 55 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 16.6N 51.8W | 55 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 16.8N 52.3W | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 17.0N 52.9W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 17.0N 53.6W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 16.8N 54.3W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 16.6N 55.2W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 16.4N 56.2W | 30 kt | Tropical depression |
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
- Hurricane DebbieNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Tropical Storm EveNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Hurricane FranceliaNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Hurricane GerdaNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth 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.