1956 season

Tropical Storm Dora (1956)

Sep 10, 6:00 AM UTC – Sep 13, 12:00 AM UTC (2.8 days)

Peak
Tropical Storm
Max sustained wind
60 mph (50 kt)
Lowest pressure
1000 mb
Landfalls
1

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Sep 12, 6:00 PM UTC · 20.9°N 97.3°W · Tropical Storm · 60 mph · 1000 mb
Every track point (12)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1956-09-10 06:00TD20.5°N 91.1°W30—
1956-09-10 12:00TS20.8°N 92.1°W35—
1956-09-10 18:00TS21.1°N 93.0°W351010
1956-09-11 00:00TS21.3°N 93.8°W40—
1956-09-11 06:00TS21.5°N 94.4°W40—
1956-09-11 12:00TS21.7°N 95.0°W45—
1956-09-11 18:00TS21.7°N 95.5°W451004
1956-09-12 00:00TS21.5°N 95.9°W45—
1956-09-12 06:00TS21.3°N 96.3°W50—
1956-09-12 12:00TS21.1°N 96.8°W501004
1956-09-12 18:00TS20.9°N 97.3°W501000Landfall
1956-09-13 00:00TD20.7°N 97.8°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.