Hurricane Gloria (1976)
Hurricane Gloria reached Category 2 in the North Atlantic between September 26, 1976 and October 5, 1976, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Gloria, 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
- September 26, 1976 to October 5, 1976
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 970 mb (28.64 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 942 km (585 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 11.5
- Fastest the center moved
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Identifier
- AL171976
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 26, 12:00 | 23.0N 58.0W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 23.7N 58.1W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 24.3N 58.2W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 24.9N 58.1W | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 27, 12:00 | 25.7N 58.0W | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 18:00 | 26.3N 58.0W | 45 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 27.0N 58.0W | 55 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 06:00 | 27.5N 58.2W | 60 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 12:00 | 27.8N 58.6W | 60 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 18:00 | 28.2N 59.0W | 60 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 28.6N 59.5W | 60 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 06:00 | 29.1N 59.8W | 65 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 29.7N 60.2W | 65 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 29, 18:00 | 30.2N 60.3W | 70 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 30, 00:00 | 31.1N 60.2W | 80 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 30, 06:00 | 32.2N 59.8W | 85 kt | 971 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 30, 12:00 | 33.1N 58.8W | 90 kt | 977 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 30, 18:00 | 34.0N 57.5W | 90 kt | 981 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 1, 00:00 | 34.7N 56.1W | 90 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 1, 06:00 | 35.3N 54.8W | 85 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 1, 12:00 | 35.7N 53.7W | 80 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 1, 18:00 | 36.1N 52.6W | 75 kt | 992 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 2, 00:00 | 36.4N 51.7W | 70 kt | 993 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 2, 06:00 | 36.6N 50.8W | 60 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 2, 12:00 | 36.8N 49.9W | 60 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 2, 18:00 | 36.9N 49.0W | 55 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 3, 00:00 | 36.8N 48.3W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 3, 06:00 | 36.4N 47.6W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 3, 12:00 | 36.2N 46.9W | 40 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 3, 18:00 | 35.8N 45.8W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 00:00 | 35.7N 44.6W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 06:00 | 36.0N 43.0W | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 4, 12:00 | 36.5N 41.4W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 4, 18:00 | 37.4N 38.7W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 5, 00:00 | 39.0N 35.0W | 30 kt | 1008 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 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
- 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.