1961 season

Hurricane Debbie (1961)

Sep 5, 12:00 PM UTC – Sep 18, 6:00 PM UTC (13.3 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 1
Max sustained wind
90 mph (80 kt)
Lowest pressure
961 mb
Landfalls
1

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Sep 6, 1:00 PM UTC · 15.0°N 23.4°W · Tropical Storm · 45 mph
Every track point (55)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1961-09-05 12:00TD13.5°N 17.7°W30—
1961-09-05 18:00TD14.1°N 19.3°W30—
1961-09-06 00:00TD14.6°N 20.7°W30—
1961-09-06 06:00TS14.9°N 22.0°W35—
1961-09-06 12:00TS15.0°N 23.2°W40—
1961-09-06 13:00TS15.0°N 23.4°W40—Landfall
1961-09-06 18:00TS15.1°N 24.4°W50—
1961-09-07 00:00HU15.2°N 25.6°W65—
1961-09-07 06:00HU15.4°N 26.8°W70—
1961-09-07 12:00HU15.7°N 28.1°W70—
1961-09-07 18:00HU16.1°N 29.4°W70—
1961-09-08 00:00HU16.5°N 30.7°W70—
1961-09-08 06:00HU17.0°N 32.0°W70—
1961-09-08 12:00HU17.5°N 33.2°W70—
1961-09-08 18:00HU18.0°N 34.5°W70—
1961-09-09 00:00HU18.5°N 35.7°W70—
1961-09-09 06:00HU19.1°N 37.0°W70—
1961-09-09 12:00HU19.7°N 38.2°W70—
1961-09-09 18:00HU20.4°N 39.4°W70—
1961-09-10 00:00HU21.2°N 40.6°W70—
1961-09-10 06:00HU22.0°N 41.8°W70—
1961-09-10 12:00HU22.8°N 43.0°W75—
1961-09-10 18:00HU23.8°N 44.1°W75—
1961-09-11 00:00HU25.0°N 45.0°W75—
1961-09-11 06:00HU26.5°N 45.7°W75—
1961-09-11 12:00HU27.9°N 46.0°W80—
1961-09-11 18:00HU29.2°N 46.1°W80976
1961-09-12 00:00HU30.4°N 46.1°W80—
1961-09-12 06:00HU31.5°N 46.0°W80—
1961-09-12 12:00HU32.3°N 45.8°W80975
1961-09-12 18:00HU33.1°N 45.6°W75—
1961-09-13 00:00HU33.9°N 45.4°W75—
1961-09-13 06:00HU34.6°N 45.0°W70980
1961-09-13 12:00HU35.1°N 44.2°W70—
1961-09-13 18:00HU35.5°N 43.0°W70—
1961-09-14 00:00HU35.9°N 41.3°W70—
1961-09-14 06:00HU36.2°N 39.4°W70—
1961-09-14 12:00HU36.5°N 37.0°W70—
1961-09-14 18:00HU37.0°N 34.4°W70—
1961-09-15 00:00EX37.8°N 31.0°W70—
1961-09-15 06:00EX39.5°N 26.4°W70—
1961-09-15 12:00EX41.7°N 22.2°W70—
1961-09-15 18:00EX44.6°N 18.2°W70—
1961-09-16 00:00EX48.0°N 14.8°W70—
1961-09-16 06:00EX51.7°N 11.6°W75—
1961-09-16 12:00EX56.0°N 8.5°W75961
1961-09-16 18:00EX60.5°N 5.8°W75—
1961-09-17 00:00EX64.0°N 3.0°W70—
1961-09-17 06:00EX66.0°N 0.0°E65—
1961-09-17 12:00EX67.0°N 2.0°E55—
1961-09-17 18:00EX67.5°N 6.0°E45—
1961-09-18 00:00EX68.0°N 12.0°E40—
1961-09-18 06:00EX68.5°N 18.0°E35—
1961-09-18 12:00EX69.0°N 25.0°E35—
1961-09-18 18:00EX69.5°N 33.0°E30—

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.