Hurricane Able (1951)
May 16, 12:00 AM UTC – May 24, 6:00 PM UTC (8.8 days)
- Peak
- Hurricane, Category 1
- Max sustained wind
- 90 mph (80 kt)
- Lowest pressure
- 973 mb
- Landfalls
- 1
Track
- Hurricane
- Tropical Storm
- Tropical Depression
- Other
- Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Landfalls
- May 18, 12:00 PM UTC · 27.0°N 77.9°W · Hurricane · 85 mph · 982 mb
Every track point (36)
| UTC | Status | Position | Wind kt | mb | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951-05-16 00:00 | TD | 32.0°N 68.0°W | 30 | — | |
| 1951-05-16 06:00 | TD | 31.9°N 70.8°W | 30 | — | |
| 1951-05-16 12:00 | TS | 31.6°N 73.8°W | 35 | — | |
| 1951-05-16 18:00 | TS | 30.6°N 76.4°W | 35 | — | |
| 1951-05-17 00:00 | TS | 29.4°N 77.5°W | 45 | — | |
| 1951-05-17 06:00 | TS | 28.8°N 78.4°W | 55 | — | |
| 1951-05-17 12:00 | HU | 28.2°N 78.8°W | 65 | — | |
| 1951-05-17 18:00 | HU | 27.5°N 78.9°W | 70 | 983 | |
| 1951-05-18 00:00 | HU | 27.1°N 78.6°W | 75 | — | |
| 1951-05-18 06:00 | HU | 26.9°N 78.3°W | 75 | — | |
| 1951-05-18 12:00 | HU | 27.0°N 77.9°W | 75 | 982 | Landfall |
| 1951-05-18 18:00 | HU | 27.2°N 77.5°W | 70 | 985 | |
| 1951-05-19 00:00 | HU | 27.4°N 77.2°W | 70 | — | |
| 1951-05-19 06:00 | HU | 27.7°N 76.9°W | 70 | — | |
| 1951-05-19 12:00 | HU | 28.1°N 76.6°W | 75 | 982 | |
| 1951-05-19 18:00 | HU | 28.7°N 76.3°W | 75 | — | |
| 1951-05-20 00:00 | HU | 29.5°N 76.0°W | 75 | 980 | |
| 1951-05-20 06:00 | HU | 30.5°N 75.7°W | 75 | — | |
| 1951-05-20 12:00 | HU | 31.4°N 75.4°W | 75 | — | |
| 1951-05-20 18:00 | HU | 32.4°N 75.2°W | 75 | 979 | |
| 1951-05-21 00:00 | HU | 33.5°N 75.0°W | 75 | — | |
| 1951-05-21 06:00 | HU | 34.7°N 74.6°W | 75 | — | |
| 1951-05-21 12:00 | HU | 35.6°N 74.2°W | 75 | 978 | |
| 1951-05-21 18:00 | HU | 36.1°N 73.8°W | 75 | 976 | |
| 1951-05-22 00:00 | HU | 36.3°N 73.2°W | 80 | — | |
| 1951-05-22 06:00 | HU | 36.5°N 72.3°W | 80 | — | |
| 1951-05-22 12:00 | HU | 36.6°N 71.1°W | 80 | 973 | |
| 1951-05-22 18:00 | HU | 36.7°N 69.9°W | 80 | — | |
| 1951-05-23 00:00 | HU | 36.8°N 68.7°W | 80 | — | |
| 1951-05-23 06:00 | HU | 37.0°N 67.0°W | 80 | — | |
| 1951-05-23 12:00 | HU | 37.3°N 65.0°W | 75 | 984 | |
| 1951-05-23 18:00 | HU | 37.6°N 63.5°W | 65 | — | |
| 1951-05-24 00:00 | TS | 38.0°N 62.2°W | 55 | — | |
| 1951-05-24 06:00 | TS | 38.7°N 61.2°W | 50 | — | |
| 1951-05-24 12:00 | TS | 39.7°N 60.0°W | 45 | — | |
| 1951-05-24 18:00 | TS | 40.5°N 58.7°W | 35 | 994 |
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.