1966 season

Hurricane Alma (1966)

Jun 5, 12:00 AM UTC – Jun 14, 12:00 PM UTC (9.5 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 3
Max sustained wind
115 mph (100 kt)
Lowest pressure
970 mb
Landfalls
3

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Jun 8, 8:00 AM UTC · 21.5°N 82.9°W · Hurricane · 100 mph
  • Jun 8, 12:00 PM UTC · 22.7°N 82.7°W · Hurricane · 105 mph
  • Jun 9, 9:00 PM UTC · 30.1°N 84.2°W · Hurricane · 85 mph · 977 mb
Every track point (41)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1966-06-05 00:00TD16.0°N 84.7°W25—
1966-06-05 06:00TD16.1°N 84.8°W25—
1966-06-05 12:00TD16.3°N 84.8°W301006
1966-06-05 18:00TD16.8°N 84.7°W30—
1966-06-06 00:00TS17.3°N 84.6°W35—
1966-06-06 06:00TS17.6°N 84.4°W401000
1966-06-06 12:00TS18.0°N 84.2°W50996
1966-06-06 18:00HU18.5°N 84.1°W65990
1966-06-07 00:00HU18.8°N 84.0°W65990
1966-06-07 06:00HU19.0°N 83.9°W65986
1966-06-07 12:00HU19.3°N 83.9°W70983
1966-06-07 18:00HU19.6°N 83.8°W75—
1966-06-08 00:00HU20.1°N 83.5°W80976
1966-06-08 06:00HU21.1°N 83.1°W85—
1966-06-08 08:00HU21.5°N 82.9°W85—Landfall
1966-06-08 12:00HU22.7°N 82.7°W90—Landfall
1966-06-08 18:00HU24.4°N 82.7°W100970
1966-06-09 00:00HU26.0°N 82.8°W90974
1966-06-09 06:00HU27.5°N 83.4°W90—
1966-06-09 12:00HU28.8°N 84.3°W90970
1966-06-09 18:00HU29.6°N 84.5°W75981
1966-06-09 21:00HU30.1°N 84.2°W75977Landfall
1966-06-10 00:00TS30.4°N 84.0°W60—
1966-06-10 06:00TS31.1°N 83.0°W45—
1966-06-10 12:00TS31.7°N 82.0°W40995
1966-06-10 18:00TS32.2°N 80.9°W40998
1966-06-11 00:00TS32.6°N 79.6°W50997
1966-06-11 06:00TS33.1°N 78.1°W55—
1966-06-11 12:00HU33.7°N 76.7°W65990
1966-06-11 18:00HU33.9°N 75.4°W75—
1966-06-12 00:00HU33.8°N 74.2°W75—
1966-06-12 06:00HU34.3°N 73.5°W70—
1966-06-12 12:00HU34.9°N 73.3°W65994
1966-06-12 18:00TS35.6°N 73.3°W60—
1966-06-13 00:00EX36.3°N 73.4°W55—
1966-06-13 06:00EX37.0°N 73.5°W50—
1966-06-13 12:00EX37.6°N 73.5°W45—
1966-06-13 18:00EX38.2°N 72.9°W451002
1966-06-14 00:00EX39.2°N 72.1°W40—
1966-06-14 06:00EX40.6°N 71.4°W40—
1966-06-14 12:00EX42.0°N 70.5°W40—

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.