Hurricane Able (1952)
Aug 18, 6:00 AM UTC – Sep 3, 6:00 AM UTC (16.0 days)
- Peak
- Hurricane, Category 2
- Max sustained wind
- 100 mph (85 kt)
- Lowest pressure
- 983 mb
- Landfalls
- 1
Track
- Hurricane
- Tropical Storm
- Tropical Depression
- Other
- Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Landfalls
- Aug 31, 3:00 AM UTC · 32.3°N 80.6°W · Hurricane · 100 mph
Every track point (66)
| UTC | Status | Position | Wind kt | mb | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952-08-18 06:00 | TD | 14.6°N 19.0°W | 25 | — | |
| 1952-08-18 12:00 | TD | 14.4°N 19.6°W | 25 | — | |
| 1952-08-18 18:00 | TD | 14.3°N 20.5°W | 25 | — | |
| 1952-08-19 00:00 | TD | 14.1°N 21.5°W | 25 | — | |
| 1952-08-19 06:00 | TD | 13.9°N 22.6°W | 25 | — | |
| 1952-08-19 12:00 | TD | 13.7°N 23.7°W | 25 | — | |
| 1952-08-19 18:00 | TD | 13.4°N 25.1°W | 25 | — | |
| 1952-08-20 00:00 | TD | 13.2°N 26.6°W | 25 | — | |
| 1952-08-20 06:00 | TD | 13.0°N 28.2°W | 25 | — | |
| 1952-08-20 12:00 | TD | 12.8°N 29.8°W | 25 | — | |
| 1952-08-20 18:00 | TD | 12.6°N 31.4°W | 25 | — | |
| 1952-08-21 00:00 | TD | 12.4°N 33.1°W | 25 | — | |
| 1952-08-21 06:00 | TD | 12.3°N 34.8°W | 25 | — | |
| 1952-08-21 12:00 | TD | 12.3°N 36.6°W | 25 | — | |
| 1952-08-21 18:00 | TD | 12.3°N 38.4°W | 25 | — | |
| 1952-08-22 00:00 | TD | 12.3°N 40.1°W | 25 | — | |
| 1952-08-22 06:00 | TD | 12.6°N 41.8°W | 25 | — | |
| 1952-08-22 12:00 | TD | 13.0°N 43.4°W | 25 | — | |
| 1952-08-22 18:00 | TD | 13.5°N 45.0°W | 25 | — | |
| 1952-08-23 00:00 | TD | 14.0°N 46.6°W | 25 | — | |
| 1952-08-23 06:00 | TD | 14.5°N 48.2°W | 25 | — | |
| 1952-08-23 12:00 | TD | 15.0°N 49.8°W | 25 | — | |
| 1952-08-23 18:00 | TD | 15.5°N 51.2°W | 25 | — | |
| 1952-08-24 00:00 | TD | 16.0°N 52.4°W | 25 | — | |
| 1952-08-24 06:00 | TD | 16.5°N 53.6°W | 25 | — | |
| 1952-08-24 12:00 | TD | 17.0°N 54.8°W | 30 | — | |
| 1952-08-24 18:00 | TS | 17.5°N 55.8°W | 35 | — | |
| 1952-08-25 00:00 | TS | 18.0°N 56.7°W | 35 | — | |
| 1952-08-25 06:00 | TS | 18.6°N 57.6°W | 35 | — | |
| 1952-08-25 12:00 | TS | 19.3°N 58.4°W | 35 | — | |
| 1952-08-25 18:00 | TS | 19.8°N 59.1°W | 40 | — | |
| 1952-08-26 00:00 | TS | 20.0°N 59.9°W | 40 | — | |
| 1952-08-26 06:00 | TS | 20.3°N 60.8°W | 45 | — | |
| 1952-08-26 12:00 | TS | 20.7°N 61.7°W | 45 | — | |
| 1952-08-26 18:00 | TS | 21.1°N 62.4°W | 50 | — | |
| 1952-08-27 00:00 | TS | 21.4°N 63.1°W | 50 | — | |
| 1952-08-27 06:00 | TS | 21.7°N 63.8°W | 55 | — | |
| 1952-08-27 12:00 | TS | 21.9°N 64.6°W | 55 | 1003 | |
| 1952-08-27 18:00 | TS | 22.2°N 65.6°W | 60 | 998 | |
| 1952-08-28 00:00 | TS | 22.7°N 66.7°W | 60 | — | |
| 1952-08-28 06:00 | TS | 23.4°N 68.0°W | 55 | — | |
| 1952-08-28 12:00 | TS | 24.2°N 69.3°W | 55 | 1002 | |
| 1952-08-28 18:00 | TS | 25.1°N 70.6°W | 50 | 1003 | |
| 1952-08-29 00:00 | TS | 25.9°N 71.9°W | 50 | — | |
| 1952-08-29 06:00 | TS | 26.7°N 73.4°W | 55 | — | |
| 1952-08-29 12:00 | TS | 27.4°N 74.9°W | 60 | 999 | |
| 1952-08-29 18:00 | HU | 27.9°N 76.3°W | 65 | — | |
| 1952-08-30 00:00 | HU | 28.5°N 77.7°W | 65 | — | |
| 1952-08-30 06:00 | HU | 29.1°N 78.8°W | 70 | — | |
| 1952-08-30 12:00 | HU | 29.8°N 79.5°W | 70 | 992 | |
| 1952-08-30 18:00 | HU | 30.7°N 79.9°W | 80 | 983 | |
| 1952-08-31 00:00 | HU | 31.7°N 80.4°W | 85 | — | |
| 1952-08-31 03:00 | HU | 32.3°N 80.6°W | 85 | — | Landfall |
| 1952-08-31 06:00 | HU | 32.9°N 80.8°W | 65 | — | |
| 1952-08-31 12:00 | TS | 34.2°N 80.9°W | 45 | — | |
| 1952-08-31 18:00 | TS | 35.4°N 80.6°W | 40 | — | |
| 1952-09-01 00:00 | TS | 36.6°N 79.9°W | 40 | — | |
| 1952-09-01 06:00 | TS | 38.1°N 78.6°W | 45 | — | |
| 1952-09-01 12:00 | TS | 39.5°N 77.1°W | 50 | — | |
| 1952-09-01 18:00 | TS | 40.8°N 75.0°W | 50 | — | |
| 1952-09-02 00:00 | TS | 42.2°N 72.9°W | 45 | — | |
| 1952-09-02 06:00 | TD | 43.0°N 71.5°W | 30 | — | |
| 1952-09-02 12:00 | TD | 43.9°N 70.0°W | 25 | — | |
| 1952-09-02 18:00 | TD | 45.5°N 68.2°W | 25 | — | |
| 1952-09-03 00:00 | TD | 47.2°N 65.8°W | 25 | — | |
| 1952-09-03 06:00 | TD | 48.5°N 63.5°W | 20 | — |
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.