1961 season

Hurricane Anna (1961)

Jul 17, 6:00 PM UTC – Jul 25, 12:00 AM UTC (7.3 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 2
Max sustained wind
105 mph (90 kt)
Lowest pressure
976 mb
Landfalls
3

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall

Landfalls

  • Jul 23, 12:00 PM UTC · 15.8°N 84.3°W · Hurricane · 80 mph · 992 mb
  • Jul 24, 1:00 AM UTC · 16.1°N 86.9°W · Hurricane · 85 mph · 989 mb
  • Jul 24, 10:00 AM UTC · 16.4°N 88.5°W · Hurricane · 85 mph
Every track point (32)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1961-07-17 18:00TD10.5°N 46.0°W30—
1961-07-18 00:00TD10.6°N 47.6°W30—
1961-07-18 06:00TD10.7°N 49.3°W30—
1961-07-18 12:00TS10.8°N 51.0°W35—
1961-07-18 18:00TS11.0°N 52.5°W35—
1961-07-19 00:00TS11.2°N 54.0°W40—
1961-07-19 06:00TS11.4°N 55.5°W40—
1961-07-19 12:00TS11.5°N 57.0°W45—
1961-07-19 18:00TS11.6°N 58.5°W45—
1961-07-20 00:00TS11.7°N 60.2°W50—
1961-07-20 06:00TS11.8°N 62.0°W55—
1961-07-20 12:00TS11.9°N 63.8°W60—
1961-07-20 18:00HU12.4°N 65.6°W65999
1961-07-21 00:00HU12.9°N 67.5°W651002
1961-07-21 06:00HU13.2°N 69.5°W75992
1961-07-21 12:00HU13.4°N 71.3°W80980
1961-07-21 18:00HU13.6°N 73.1°W80981
1961-07-22 00:00HU13.7°N 74.8°W80984
1961-07-22 06:00HU14.0°N 76.5°W80983
1961-07-22 12:00HU14.5°N 78.2°W90976
1961-07-22 18:00HU15.1°N 79.9°W85—
1961-07-23 00:00HU15.2°N 81.4°W70990
1961-07-23 06:00HU15.3°N 82.9°W70—
1961-07-23 12:00HU15.8°N 84.3°W70992Landfall
1961-07-23 18:00HU16.1°N 85.7°W80981
1961-07-24 00:00HU16.1°N 86.7°W75989
1961-07-24 01:00HU16.1°N 86.9°W75989Landfall
1961-07-24 06:00HU16.2°N 87.7°W75—
1961-07-24 10:00HU16.4°N 88.5°W75—Landfall
1961-07-24 12:00HU16.5°N 88.7°W65—
1961-07-24 18:00TS16.8°N 89.7°W45—
1961-07-25 00:00TD17.0°N 90.7°W30—

From the National Hurricane Center's best-track archive (HURDAT2), its post-season reanalysis; values can differ from the advisories issued at the time. Source: hurdat2-1851-2025-092326.txt, hurdat2-nepac-1949-2025-092926.txt.