Hurricane Emmy (1976)
Hurricane Emmy reached Category 2 in the North Atlantic between August 20, 1976 and September 4, 1976, with a lowest pressure of 974 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Emmy, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1976 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 20, 1976 to September 4, 1976
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 974 mb (28.76 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 406 km (252 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 30.0
- Fastest the center moved
- 19 kt (22 mph)
- Identifier
- AL101976
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 20, 12:00 | 14.0N 48.0W | 20 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 20, 18:00 | 14.0N 49.3W | 20 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 21, 00:00 | 14.0N 50.6W | 20 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 21, 06:00 | 14.1N 51.8W | 20 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 21, 12:00 | 14.4N 52.8W | 25 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 21, 18:00 | 14.8N 53.5W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 22, 00:00 | 15.2N 54.2W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 22, 06:00 | 15.8N 55.2W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 22, 12:00 | 16.2N 56.0W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 22, 18:00 | 17.0N 57.2W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 23, 00:00 | 17.8N 58.6W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 23, 06:00 | 18.6N 60.0W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 23, 12:00 | 19.4N 61.0W | 55 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 23, 18:00 | 20.2N 62.0W | 55 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 24, 00:00 | 21.3N 63.2W | 55 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 24, 06:00 | 22.7N 64.0W | 55 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 24, 12:00 | 23.8N 64.5W | 55 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 24, 18:00 | 24.5N 64.8W | 60 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 25, 00:00 | 25.3N 64.2W | 60 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 25, 06:00 | 26.0N 63.4W | 60 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 25, 12:00 | 26.5N 62.1W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 25, 18:00 | 26.6N 60.4W | 65 kt | 991 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 26, 00:00 | 26.8N 59.0W | 70 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 26, 06:00 | 27.0N 57.8W | 75 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 26, 12:00 | 27.2N 56.2W | 80 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 26, 18:00 | 27.7N 54.8W | 85 kt | 976 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 27, 00:00 | 28.9N 53.6W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 27, 06:00 | 29.8N 53.4W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 27, 12:00 | 30.9N 53.7W | 85 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 27, 18:00 | 31.8N 54.0W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 28, 00:00 | 32.5N 55.2W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 28, 06:00 | 33.0N 56.0W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 28, 12:00 | 33.5N 56.6W | 85 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 28, 18:00 | 34.0N 57.2W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 29, 00:00 | 34.4N 57.4W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 29, 06:00 | 34.8N 57.4W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 29, 12:00 | 35.0N 56.8W | 90 kt | 974 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 29, 18:00 | 35.0N 55.5W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 30, 00:00 | 35.0N 54.5W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 30, 06:00 | 35.0N 53.3W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 30, 12:00 | 34.9N 52.0W | 90 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 30, 18:00 | 34.9N 50.5W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 31, 00:00 | 34.9N 48.7W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 31, 06:00 | 34.9N 46.8W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 31, 12:00 | 35.1N 44.9W | 85 kt | 977 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 31, 18:00 | 35.2N 42.8W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 1, 00:00 | 35.5N 40.5W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 1, 06:00 | 35.4N 38.5W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 1, 12:00 | 35.1N 36.6W | 80 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 1, 18:00 | 34.8N 34.8W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 2, 00:00 | 34.0N 33.2W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 2, 06:00 | 33.6N 32.0W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 2, 12:00 | 33.6N 30.5W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 2, 18:00 | 34.2N 29.4W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 3, 00:00 | 35.2N 28.7W | 75 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 3, 06:00 | 36.2N 28.3W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 3, 12:00 | 37.2N 28.0W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 3, 18:00 | 38.0N 27.2W | 70 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 4, 00:00 | 38.8N 26.8W | 65 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 4, 06:00 | 39.6N 25.8W | 65 kt | 994 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 4, 12:00 | 40.5N 25.0W | 50 kt | 998 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 4, 18:00 | 41.0N 24.0W | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Extratropical |
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 CandiceNorth 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.