Hurricane Dolly (1996)
Hurricane Dolly reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between August 19, 1996 and August 25, 1996, with a lowest pressure of 989 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Hurricane Dolly. 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 19, 1996 to August 25, 1996
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 989 mb (29.21 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.9
- Fastest the center moved
- 16 kt (18 mph)
- Identifier
- AL041996
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Landfalls
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 17:30 | Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo, Mexico, 64 km away | 19.1N 87.7W | 65 kt (75 mph) | 999 mb |
| Aug 23, 12:00 | Naranjos, Veracruz, Mexico, 28 km away | 21.6N 97.7W | 70 kt (81 mph) | 989 mb |
Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 06:00 | 17.3N 80.2W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 19, 12:00 | 17.8N 81.7W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 19, 18:00 | 18.2N 83.0W | 45 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 00:00 | 18.6N 84.4W | 45 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 06:00 | 18.8N 85.7W | 55 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 12:00 | 19.0N 86.9W | 60 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 17:30 landfall | 19.1N 87.7W | 65 kt | 999 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 20, 18:00 | 19.2N 87.8W | 65 kt | 999 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 21, 00:00 | 19.2N 88.7W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 21, 06:00 | 19.3N 89.5W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 21, 12:00 | 19.4N 90.1W | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 21, 18:00 | 19.5N 90.7W | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 22, 00:00 | 19.7N 91.4W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 22, 06:00 | 20.1N 92.6W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 22, 12:00 | 20.4N 93.7W | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 22, 18:00 | 20.6N 94.2W | 50 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 23, 00:00 | 20.9N 94.9W | 55 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 23, 06:00 | 21.3N 96.1W | 60 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 23, 12:00 landfall | 21.6N 97.7W | 70 kt | 989 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 23, 18:00 | 21.6N 99.3W | 45 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 24, 00:00 | 21.6N 100.9W | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 24, 06:00 | 21.6N 102.5W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 24, 12:00 | 21.7N 104.0W | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 24, 18:00 | 21.7N 105.7W | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 25, 00:00 | 21.8N 107.3W | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1996
- Tropical Storm ArthurNorth Atlantic · 1996
- Hurricane BerthaNorth Atlantic · 1996
- Hurricane CesarNorth Atlantic · 1996
- Hurricane EdouardNorth Atlantic · 1996
- Hurricane FranNorth Atlantic · 1996
- Tropical Storm GustavNorth Atlantic · 1996
- Hurricane HortenseNorth Atlantic · 1996
- Hurricane IsidoreNorth Atlantic · 1996
- Tropical Storm JosephineNorth Atlantic · 1996
- Tropical Storm KyleNorth Atlantic · 1996
- Hurricane LiliNorth Atlantic · 1996 · 22 deaths · $662 million
- Hurricane MarcoNorth Atlantic · 1996
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.