Hurricane Blanche (1975)
Hurricane Blanche reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between July 24, 1975 and July 28, 1975, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Blanche, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1975 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
- July 24, 1975 to July 28, 1975
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 980 mb (28.94 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.4
- Fastest the center moved
- 39 kt (45 mph)
- Identifier
- AL041975
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 00:00 | 26.0N 68.4W | 20 kt | 1014 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 24, 06:00 | 26.0N 69.5W | 20 kt | 1014 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 24, 12:00 | 26.1N 70.5W | 25 kt | 1014 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 24, 18:00 | 26.5N 71.5W | 30 kt | 1013 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 25, 00:00 | 27.2N 72.5W | 30 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 25, 06:00 | 28.0N 73.6W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 25, 12:00 | 28.9N 74.3W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 25, 18:00 | 29.9N 74.9W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 26, 00:00 | 31.0N 75.0W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 26, 06:00 | 32.2N 74.6W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 12:00 | 33.4N 73.5W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 18:00 | 34.2N 72.2W | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 27, 00:00 | 35.0N 71.0W | 60 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 27, 06:00 | 35.9N 70.0W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 27, 12:00 | 36.9N 69.0W | 70 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 27, 18:00 | 37.9N 68.0W | 75 kt | 981 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 28, 00:00 | 39.3N 67.2W | 75 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 28, 06:00 | 41.2N 66.4W | 70 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 28, 12:00 | 44.0N 65.2W | 60 kt | 988 mb | Extratropical |
| Jul 28, 18:00 | 47.2N 62.4W | 60 kt | 992 mb | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Tropical Storm AmyNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Hurricane CarolineNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Hurricane DorisNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Hurricane EloiseNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Hurricane FayeNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Hurricane GladysNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Tropical Storm HallieNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1975
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.