Hurricane Carol (1953)
Aug 28, 6:00 AM UTC – Sep 9, 12:00 PM UTC (12.3 days)
- Peak
- Hurricane, Category 5
- Max sustained wind
- 160 mph (140 kt)
- Lowest pressure
- 929 mb
- Landfalls
- 2
Track
- Hurricane
- Tropical Storm
- Tropical Depression
- Other
- Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Landfalls
- Sep 7, 8:00 PM UTC · 44.2°N 66.4°W · Hurricane · 85 mph
- Sep 7, 10:00 PM UTC · 45.3°N 65.8°W · Hurricane · 80 mph
Every track point (52)
| UTC | Status | Position | Wind kt | mb | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953-08-28 06:00 | TD | 14.0°N 20.5°W | 25 | — | |
| 1953-08-28 12:00 | TD | 13.9°N 21.6°W | 25 | — | |
| 1953-08-28 18:00 | TD | 13.8°N 22.8°W | 25 | — | |
| 1953-08-29 00:00 | TD | 13.7°N 24.0°W | 25 | — | |
| 1953-08-29 06:00 | TD | 13.6°N 25.3°W | 30 | — | |
| 1953-08-29 12:00 | TD | 13.5°N 26.7°W | 30 | — | |
| 1953-08-29 18:00 | TD | 13.6°N 28.2°W | 30 | — | |
| 1953-08-30 00:00 | TD | 13.8°N 29.9°W | 30 | — | |
| 1953-08-30 06:00 | TD | 13.9°N 31.6°W | 30 | — | |
| 1953-08-30 12:00 | TD | 14.0°N 33.3°W | 30 | — | |
| 1953-08-30 18:00 | TD | 14.0°N 35.0°W | 30 | — | |
| 1953-08-31 00:00 | TD | 14.0°N 36.7°W | 30 | — | |
| 1953-08-31 06:00 | TS | 14.0°N 38.4°W | 35 | — | |
| 1953-08-31 12:00 | TS | 14.0°N 40.1°W | 40 | — | |
| 1953-08-31 18:00 | TS | 14.0°N 41.8°W | 50 | — | |
| 1953-09-01 00:00 | TS | 14.0°N 43.4°W | 60 | — | |
| 1953-09-01 06:00 | HU | 14.0°N 45.0°W | 70 | — | |
| 1953-09-01 12:00 | HU | 14.0°N 46.6°W | 80 | — | |
| 1953-09-01 18:00 | HU | 14.1°N 48.2°W | 90 | — | |
| 1953-09-02 00:00 | HU | 14.4°N 49.7°W | 100 | — | |
| 1953-09-02 06:00 | HU | 15.0°N 51.2°W | 110 | — | |
| 1953-09-02 12:00 | HU | 15.7°N 52.7°W | 120 | 944 | |
| 1953-09-02 18:00 | HU | 16.5°N 54.3°W | 125 | — | |
| 1953-09-03 00:00 | HU | 17.3°N 55.9°W | 130 | — | |
| 1953-09-03 06:00 | HU | 18.2°N 57.3°W | 135 | — | |
| 1953-09-03 12:00 | HU | 19.1°N 58.7°W | 140 | — | |
| 1953-09-03 18:00 | HU | 20.0°N 60.1°W | 140 | 929 | |
| 1953-09-04 00:00 | HU | 21.2°N 61.3°W | 135 | — | |
| 1953-09-04 06:00 | HU | 22.4°N 62.4°W | 125 | — | |
| 1953-09-04 12:00 | HU | 23.6°N 63.2°W | 120 | — | |
| 1953-09-04 18:00 | HU | 24.9°N 64.0°W | 115 | 942 | |
| 1953-09-05 00:00 | HU | 26.2°N 64.8°W | 115 | — | |
| 1953-09-05 06:00 | HU | 27.5°N 65.7°W | 115 | — | |
| 1953-09-05 12:00 | HU | 28.8°N 66.5°W | 110 | 945 | |
| 1953-09-05 18:00 | HU | 29.9°N 67.2°W | 105 | — | |
| 1953-09-06 00:00 | HU | 31.0°N 67.9°W | 100 | — | |
| 1953-09-06 06:00 | HU | 32.2°N 68.6°W | 95 | — | |
| 1953-09-06 12:00 | HU | 33.4°N 69.4°W | 90 | — | |
| 1953-09-06 18:00 | HU | 35.0°N 70.0°W | 85 | 962 | |
| 1953-09-07 00:00 | HU | 37.0°N 70.5°W | 80 | — | |
| 1953-09-07 06:00 | HU | 38.8°N 70.0°W | 75 | — | |
| 1953-09-07 12:00 | HU | 40.6°N 68.4°W | 75 | — | |
| 1953-09-07 18:00 | HU | 43.4°N 66.8°W | 75 | — | |
| 1953-09-07 20:00 | HU | 44.2°N 66.4°W | 75 | — | Landfall |
| 1953-09-07 22:00 | HU | 45.3°N 65.8°W | 70 | — | Landfall |
| 1953-09-08 00:00 | TS | 46.4°N 65.2°W | 60 | — | |
| 1953-09-08 06:00 | EX | 49.1°N 63.0°W | 50 | — | |
| 1953-09-08 12:00 | EX | 51.8°N 60.8°W | 45 | — | |
| 1953-09-08 18:00 | EX | 54.5°N 58.4°W | 45 | — | |
| 1953-09-09 00:00 | EX | 57.0°N 56.2°W | 45 | — | |
| 1953-09-09 06:00 | EX | 59.5°N 54.1°W | 45 | — | |
| 1953-09-09 12:00 | EX | 61.8°N 52.0°W | 45 | — |
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.