Hurricane Candice (1976)
Hurricane Candice reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between August 18, 1976 and August 24, 1976, with a lowest pressure of 964 mb.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Hurricane Candice. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- August 18, 1976 to August 24, 1976
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 964 mb (28.47 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 289 km (180 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 8.8
- Fastest the center moved
- 33 kt (38 mph)
- Identifier
- AL091976
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 18, 12:00 | 31.7N 68.2W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 18, 18:00 | 33.4N 67.5W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 19, 00:00 | 35.2N 66.4W | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 19, 06:00 | 36.7N 65.7W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 19, 12:00 | 37.7N 65.0W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 19, 18:00 | 38.2N 64.0W | 40 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 00:00 | 38.8N 63.7W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 06:00 | 39.7N 63.3W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 12:00 | 40.2N 62.0W | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 18:00 | 40.8N 61.0W | 40 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 21, 00:00 | 41.1N 59.8W | 40 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 21, 06:00 | 41.2N 59.3W | 65 kt | 993 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 21, 12:00 | 41.0N 59.0W | 65 kt | 989 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 21, 18:00 | 40.5N 58.7W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 22, 00:00 | 40.3N 58.2W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 22, 06:00 | 40.8N 57.8W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 22, 12:00 | 41.0N 57.0W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 22, 18:00 | 41.3N 56.4W | 80 kt | 964 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 23, 00:00 | 41.7N 55.5W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 23, 06:00 | 42.4N 54.3W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 23, 12:00 | 43.1N 53.2W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 23, 18:00 | 44.4N 51.2W | 80 kt | 971 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 24, 00:00 | 45.9N 48.7W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 24, 06:00 | 47.3N 45.5W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 24, 12:00 | 49.9N 42.8W | 65 kt | Hurricane |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1976
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Tropical Storm AnnaNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Hurricane BelleNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Tropical Storm DottieNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Hurricane EmmyNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Hurricane FrancesNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Hurricane GloriaNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Hurricane HollyNorth Atlantic · 1976
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.