1951 season

Hurricane Charlie (1951)

Aug 12, 12:00 AM UTC – Aug 23, 6:00 PM UTC (11.8 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 4
Max sustained wind
130 mph (115 kt)
Lowest pressure
968 mb
Landfalls
4

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Aug 18, 3:00 AM UTC · 17.9°N 76.9°W · Hurricane · 125 mph
  • Aug 20, 2:00 AM UTC · 20.3°N 87.0°W · Hurricane · 130 mph
  • Aug 20, 3:00 AM UTC · 20.4°N 87.3°W · Hurricane · 130 mph
  • Aug 22, 7:00 PM UTC · 22.3°N 97.8°W · Hurricane · 115 mph · 968 mb
Every track point (52)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1951-08-12 00:00TD12.1°N 44.1°W30—
1951-08-12 06:00TD12.1°N 45.3°W30—
1951-08-12 12:00TD12.2°N 46.2°W30—
1951-08-12 18:00TD12.4°N 46.9°W30—
1951-08-13 00:00TD12.6°N 47.6°W30—
1951-08-13 06:00TD12.7°N 48.4°W30—
1951-08-13 12:00TD12.8°N 49.2°W30—
1951-08-13 18:00TD12.9°N 50.0°W30—
1951-08-14 00:00TS13.0°N 50.8°W35—
1951-08-14 06:00TS13.2°N 51.6°W40—
1951-08-14 12:00TS13.4°N 52.4°W40—
1951-08-14 18:00TS13.6°N 53.6°W40—
1951-08-15 00:00TS13.8°N 55.3°W45—
1951-08-15 06:00TS14.1°N 57.1°W50—
1951-08-15 12:00TS14.4°N 58.9°W55999
1951-08-15 18:00TS14.8°N 60.7°W60—
1951-08-16 00:00TS15.2°N 62.6°W60—
1951-08-16 06:00HU15.6°N 64.6°W65—
1951-08-16 12:00HU15.9°N 66.7°W65992
1951-08-16 18:00HU16.2°N 68.6°W70—
1951-08-17 00:00HU16.3°N 70.2°W75—
1951-08-17 06:00HU16.4°N 71.7°W80—
1951-08-17 12:00HU16.6°N 73.1°W85978
1951-08-17 18:00HU17.1°N 74.6°W95971
1951-08-18 00:00HU17.6°N 76.2°W110—
1951-08-18 03:00HU17.9°N 76.9°W110—Landfall
1951-08-18 06:00HU18.1°N 77.8°W85—
1951-08-18 12:00HU18.3°N 79.4°W75—
1951-08-18 18:00HU18.6°N 80.9°W75—
1951-08-19 00:00HU18.9°N 82.2°W80982
1951-08-19 06:00HU19.2°N 83.4°W85—
1951-08-19 12:00HU19.4°N 84.5°W85976
1951-08-19 18:00HU19.8°N 85.6°W100—
1951-08-20 00:00HU20.2°N 86.7°W115—
1951-08-20 02:00HU20.3°N 87.0°W115—Landfall
1951-08-20 03:00HU20.4°N 87.3°W115—Landfall
1951-08-20 06:00HU20.6°N 87.9°W90—
1951-08-20 12:00HU21.0°N 89.2°W70—
1951-08-20 18:00HU21.4°N 90.4°W65—
1951-08-21 00:00HU21.6°N 91.6°W65989
1951-08-21 06:00HU21.6°N 92.7°W65—
1951-08-21 12:00HU21.6°N 93.7°W65—
1951-08-21 18:00HU21.6°N 94.3°W65988
1951-08-22 00:00HU21.7°N 94.9°W70982
1951-08-22 06:00HU21.9°N 95.7°W80—
1951-08-22 12:00HU22.1°N 96.6°W85972
1951-08-22 18:00HU22.2°N 97.5°W100968
1951-08-22 19:00HU22.3°N 97.8°W100968Landfall
1951-08-23 00:00HU22.3°N 98.2°W65—
1951-08-23 06:00TS22.4°N 98.8°W45—
1951-08-23 12:00TS22.4°N 99.4°W35—
1951-08-23 18:00TD22.4°N 99.9°W25—

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.