1955 season

Hurricane Edith (1955)

Aug 21, 12:00 PM UTC – Sep 5, 6:00 AM UTC (14.8 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 2
Max sustained wind
100 mph (85 kt)
Lowest pressure
967 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (60)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1955-08-21 12:00TD11.4°N 42.0°W25—
1955-08-21 18:00TD12.0°N 43.1°W25—
1955-08-22 00:00TD12.5°N 44.2°W25—
1955-08-22 06:00TD13.0°N 45.3°W25—
1955-08-22 12:00TD13.5°N 46.5°W25—
1955-08-22 18:00TD14.0°N 47.7°W25—
1955-08-23 00:00TD14.5°N 48.8°W25—
1955-08-23 06:00TD14.9°N 49.9°W30—
1955-08-23 12:00TS15.3°N 51.0°W45—
1955-08-23 18:00TS15.8°N 52.1°W45—
1955-08-24 00:00TS16.6°N 53.2°W45—
1955-08-24 06:00TS17.7°N 54.1°W45—
1955-08-24 12:00TS19.0°N 55.0°W45—
1955-08-24 18:00TS20.2°N 55.9°W45—
1955-08-25 00:00TS21.3°N 56.9°W50—
1955-08-25 06:00TS22.3°N 58.0°W50—
1955-08-25 12:00TS22.9°N 59.0°W50—
1955-08-25 18:00TS23.4°N 60.0°W50998
1955-08-26 00:00TS23.8°N 60.9°W55—
1955-08-26 06:00TS24.2°N 61.7°W60—
1955-08-26 12:00HU24.7°N 62.4°W65—
1955-08-26 18:00HU25.3°N 63.1°W65987
1955-08-27 00:00TS25.9°N 63.4°W60—
1955-08-27 06:00TS26.3°N 63.6°W55—
1955-08-27 12:00TS26.7°N 63.8°W50992
1955-08-27 18:00TS27.1°N 64.0°W50993
1955-08-28 00:00TS27.4°N 64.2°W50991
1955-08-28 06:00TS27.6°N 64.3°W50—
1955-08-28 12:00TS27.9°N 64.2°W55—
1955-08-28 18:00TS28.3°N 64.0°W55990
1955-08-29 00:00TS28.8°N 63.8°W60—
1955-08-29 06:00HU29.4°N 63.6°W65—
1955-08-29 12:00HU30.2°N 63.1°W70—
1955-08-29 18:00HU31.3°N 62.4°W75—
1955-08-30 00:00HU32.4°N 61.5°W80—
1955-08-30 06:00HU33.6°N 60.5°W85—
1955-08-30 12:00HU35.0°N 59.4°W85967
1955-08-30 18:00HU36.5°N 58.1°W85—
1955-08-31 00:00HU38.0°N 56.0°W75—
1955-08-31 06:00HU39.6°N 54.2°W65—
1955-08-31 12:00EX40.6°N 52.6°W55—
1955-08-31 18:00EX40.8°N 51.4°W50—
1955-09-01 00:00EX40.5°N 50.0°W45—
1955-09-01 06:00EX39.6°N 50.3°W40—
1955-09-01 12:00EX38.5°N 50.8°W40—
1955-09-01 18:00EX37.7°N 51.6°W40—
1955-09-02 00:00EX37.2°N 52.6°W40—
1955-09-02 06:00EX37.0°N 53.5°W40—
1955-09-02 12:00EX37.2°N 54.5°W35—
1955-09-02 18:00EX37.6°N 55.6°W35—
1955-09-03 00:00EX38.0°N 56.7°W35—
1955-09-03 06:00EX38.3°N 56.8°W35—
1955-09-03 12:00EX38.1°N 57.4°W35—
1955-09-03 18:00EX37.8°N 58.0°W35—
1955-09-04 00:00EX37.5°N 58.2°W35—
1955-09-04 06:00EX37.0°N 58.2°W35—
1955-09-04 12:00EX37.2°N 57.5°W35—
1955-09-04 18:00EX37.5°N 56.3°W35—
1955-09-05 00:00EX39.0°N 55.5°W30—
1955-09-05 06:00EX40.5°N 55.0°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.