Hurricane Holly (1976)
Hurricane Holly reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between October 22, 1976 and October 29, 1976, with a lowest pressure of 990 mb.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Hurricane Holly. 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
- October 22, 1976 to October 29, 1976
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 990 mb (29.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 914 km (568 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.5
- Fastest the center moved
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Identifier
- AL211976
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 18:00 | 19.1N 55.8W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 23, 00:00 | 19.8N 56.4W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Oct 23, 06:00 | 20.9N 56.7W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Oct 23, 12:00 | 22.0N 57.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Oct 23, 18:00 | 22.5N 58.0W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 24, 00:00 | 23.3N 58.3W | 35 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 24, 06:00 | 24.2N 58.2W | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 24, 12:00 | 24.9N 58.1W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 24, 18:00 | 25.8N 57.8W | 65 kt | 993 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 25, 00:00 | 27.2N 57.5W | 65 kt | 995 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 25, 06:00 | 28.7N 56.7W | 65 kt | 998 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 25, 12:00 | 30.4N 55.7W | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 18:00 | 31.7N 54.0W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 26, 00:00 | 32.2N 53.0W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 26, 06:00 | 32.3N 52.1W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 26, 12:00 | 32.5N 51.3W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 26, 18:00 | 32.6N 50.3W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 27, 00:00 | 33.2N 50.1W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 27, 06:00 | 33.9N 50.0W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 27, 12:00 | 34.6N 49.5W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 27, 18:00 | 35.6N 48.0W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 28, 00:00 | 37.1N 45.9W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 28, 06:00 | 38.8N 43.5W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 28, 12:00 | 42.1N 39.5W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 28, 18:00 | 44.8N 35.0W | 35 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 29, 00:00 | 46.5N 30.0W | 35 kt | 1000 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
- Hurricane GloriaNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth 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.