Hurricane Anita (1977)
Hurricane Anita reached Category 5 in the North Atlantic between August 29, 1977 and September 3, 1977, with a lowest pressure of 926 mb, and made landfall. It killed 10 people, as Wikidata records it.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Anita, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1977 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 29, 1977 to September 3, 1977
- Peak strength
- Category 5, 150 kt (173 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 926 mb (27.34 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 12.8
- Fastest the center moved
- 19 kt (22 mph)
- Identifier
- AL051977
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
Wikidata
10 deathsno damage figure
A community-maintained total, usually direct and indirect deaths together and damage worldwide. Joined to this storm by its IBTrACS serial, not by name.
Rainfall
The Weather Prediction Center attributes 324 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 4.97 inches (126 mm).
| Station | Total | Position |
|---|---|---|
| RIO GRANDE CITY | 4.97 in (126 mm) | 26.38N 98.82W |
| MISSION | 4.93 in (125 mm) | 26.22N 98.40W |
| MC ALLEN | 4.32 in (110 mm) | 26.20N 98.25W |
| MCALLEN MILLER INTL AP | 3.87 in (98 mm) | 26.18N 98.23W |
| GALLIANO | 3.19 in (81 mm) | 29.47N 90.30W |
| WESLACO EXPERIMENT STN | 3.10 in (79 mm) | 26.15N 97.97W |
| MC COOK | 2.77 in (70 mm) | 26.48N 98.38W |
| RAYMONDVILLE | 2.51 in (64 mm) | 26.48N 97.82W |
| PINE GROVE TOWER | 2.45 in (62 mm) | 30.72N 90.75W |
| MERCEDES 6 SSE | 2.02 in (51 mm) | 26.07N 97.90W |
| FRANKLINTON 3 SSE | 1.94 in (49 mm) | 30.82N 90.18W |
| HOUMA 1 | 1.91 in (49 mm) | 29.58N 90.73W |
WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 12:00 | 26.9N 88.4W | 20 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 29, 18:00 | 27.0N 88.9W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 30, 00:00 | 26.9N 89.4W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 30, 06:00 | 26.8N 89.8W | 40 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 30, 12:00 | 26.7N 90.3W | 50 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 30, 18:00 | 26.5N 90.6W | 65 kt | 997 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 31, 00:00 | 26.4N 91.0W | 70 kt | 991 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 31, 06:00 | 26.3N 91.4W | 75 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 31, 12:00 | 26.2N 91.8W | 75 kt | 986 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 31, 18:00 | 26.1N 92.3W | 80 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 1, 00:00 | 25.9N 92.8W | 80 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 1, 06:00 | 25.8N 93.7W | 85 kt | 972 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 1, 12:00 | 25.5N 94.7W | 90 kt | 963 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 1, 18:00 | 25.2N 95.5W | 110 kt | 945 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 2, 00:00 | 24.6N 96.2W | 140 kt | 931 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 2, 06:00 | 24.2N 97.1W | 150 kt | 926 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 2, 12:00 | 23.7N 98.0W | 120 kt | 940 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 2, 18:00 | 23.1N 99.2W | 70 kt | 978 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 3, 00:00 | 22.5N 101.0W | 40 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 3, 06:00 | 22.0N 103.0W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1977
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1977
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1977
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1977
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1977
- Hurricane BabeNorth Atlantic · 1977
- Hurricane ClaraNorth Atlantic · 1977
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1977
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1977
- Hurricane DorothyNorth Atlantic · 1977
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1977
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1977
- Hurricane EvelynNorth Atlantic · 1977
- Tropical Storm FriedaNorth Atlantic · 1977
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1977
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.