1956 season

Tropical Storm Carla (1956)

Sep 7, 12:00 AM UTC – Sep 16, 6:00 AM UTC (9.3 days)

Peak
Tropical Storm
Max sustained wind
70 mph (60 kt)
Lowest pressure
1000 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (38)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1956-09-07 00:00TD24.8°N 75.0°W30—
1956-09-07 06:00TD25.3°N 75.0°W30—
1956-09-07 12:00TD26.0°N 74.8°W30—
1956-09-07 18:00TD27.0°N 74.4°W30—
1956-09-08 00:00TD27.9°N 74.0°W30—
1956-09-08 06:00TD28.7°N 73.6°W30—
1956-09-08 12:00TS29.3°N 73.3°W35—
1956-09-08 18:00TS30.0°N 73.0°W35—
1956-09-09 00:00TS30.7°N 72.5°W351003
1956-09-09 06:00TS31.4°N 72.0°W351002
1956-09-09 12:00TS32.0°N 70.8°W401000
1956-09-09 18:00TS32.5°N 69.2°W50—
1956-09-10 00:00TS33.2°N 67.0°W50—
1956-09-10 06:00EX34.3°N 64.2°W55—
1956-09-10 12:00EX35.6°N 61.2°W60—
1956-09-10 18:00EX37.7°N 58.7°W60—
1956-09-11 00:00EX39.7°N 56.1°W60—
1956-09-11 06:00EX41.8°N 53.0°W60—
1956-09-11 12:00EX45.5°N 50.0°W55—
1956-09-11 18:00EX50.0°N 45.0°W50—
1956-09-12 00:00EX53.0°N 41.0°W50—
1956-09-12 06:00EX53.5°N 38.0°W50—
1956-09-12 12:00EX54.5°N 34.0°W50—
1956-09-12 18:00EX56.1°N 30.0°W50—
1956-09-13 00:00EX57.8°N 26.5°W55—
1956-09-13 06:00EX59.0°N 23.0°W60—
1956-09-13 12:00EX59.5°N 19.0°W60—
1956-09-13 18:00EX60.5°N 14.5°W60—
1956-09-14 00:00EX62.0°N 9.5°W55—
1956-09-14 06:00EX64.0°N 4.0°W55—
1956-09-14 12:00EX66.0°N 1.5°E55—
1956-09-14 18:00EX67.5°N 7.0°E50—
1956-09-15 00:00EX68.5°N 10.0°E50—
1956-09-15 06:00EX69.3°N 13.0°E50—
1956-09-15 12:00EX70.2°N 14.7°E50—
1956-09-15 18:00EX71.0°N 15.7°E45—
1956-09-16 00:00EX72.0°N 16.0°E40—
1956-09-16 06:00EX73.0°N 16.0°E35—

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.