The 1969 season

Unnamed hurricane (1969)

Unnamed hurricane reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between September 21, 1969 and September 29, 1969, with a lowest pressure of 987 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

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The storm

Basin
North Atlantic
Dates
September 21, 1969 to September 29, 1969
Peak strength
Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
Lowest pressure
987 mb (29.15 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
3.4
Identifier
AL211969

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
Sep 21, 12:0034.0N 72.0W40 ktExtratropical
Sep 21, 18:0034.1N 71.0W45 ktExtratropical
Sep 22, 00:0034.2N 70.0W45 ktExtratropical
Sep 22, 06:0034.3N 69.2W45 ktExtratropical
Sep 22, 12:0034.5N 68.5W45 kt995 mbSubtropical storm
Sep 22, 18:0034.7N 67.7W50 kt995 mbSubtropical storm
Sep 23, 00:0035.0N 67.2W50 kt994 mbSubtropical storm
Sep 23, 06:0035.2N 66.8W50 kt993 mbSubtropical storm
Sep 23, 12:0035.5N 66.6W55 kt992 mbSubtropical storm
Sep 23, 18:0035.8N 66.4W55 kt990 mbSubtropical storm
Sep 24, 00:0036.2N 66.2W60 ktSubtropical storm
Sep 24, 06:0036.7N 66.0W60 ktSubtropical storm
Sep 24, 12:0037.5N 65.7W65 ktHurricane
Sep 24, 18:0038.4N 65.0W65 ktHurricane
Sep 25, 00:0039.3N 64.1W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Sep 25, 06:0040.3N 62.5W65 ktHurricane
Sep 25, 12:0041.6N 60.3W65 ktHurricane
Sep 25, 18:0042.9N 58.0W65 ktHurricane
Sep 26, 00:0044.1N 56.0W65 ktHurricane
Sep 26, 06:0045.4N 53.8W65 ktHurricane
Sep 26, 12:0047.0N 51.0W60 ktExtratropical
Sep 26, 18:0049.2N 47.0W60 ktExtratropical
Sep 27, 00:0051.3N 42.0W55 ktExtratropical
Sep 27, 06:0053.3N 36.0W55 ktExtratropical
Sep 27, 12:0055.0N 30.0W55 ktExtratropical
Sep 27, 18:0056.7N 24.0W55 ktExtratropical
Sep 28, 00:0058.4N 18.5W60 ktExtratropical
Sep 28, 06:0059.7N 13.5W65 ktExtratropical
Sep 28, 12:0060.5N 8.5W70 ktExtratropical
Sep 28, 18:0061.2N 3.3W70 ktExtratropical
Sep 29, 00:0062.0N 2.0E70 ktExtratropical
Sep 29, 06:0063.3N 7.5E70 ktExtratropical
Sep 29, 12:0065.0N 13.0E65 ktExtratropical
Sep 29, 18:0067.0N 18.0E55 ktExtratropical

Other North Atlantic storms of 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.