1960 season

Hurricane Donna (1960)

Aug 29, 6:00 PM UTC – Sep 14, 12:00 PM UTC (15.8 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 4
Max sustained wind
145 mph (125 kt)
Lowest pressure
930 mb
Landfalls
9

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Sep 4, 10:00 PM UTC · 17.7°N 61.8°W · Hurricane · 125 mph
  • Sep 5, 4:00 AM UTC · 18.1°N 63.0°W · Hurricane · 125 mph · 952 mb
  • Sep 8, 6:00 AM UTC · 22.2°N 74.3°W · Hurricane · 120 mph · 947 mb
  • Sep 8, 4:00 PM UTC · 22.4°N 75.8°W · Hurricane · 120 mph · 945 mb
  • Sep 10, 7:00 AM UTC · 24.8°N 80.9°W · Hurricane · 145 mph · 930 mb
  • Sep 10, 4:00 PM UTC · 25.9°N 81.6°W · Hurricane · 120 mph · 942 mb
  • Sep 12, 4:00 AM UTC · 34.6°N 77.3°W · Hurricane · 105 mph · 958 mb
  • Sep 12, 7:00 PM UTC · 40.7°N 72.9°W · Hurricane · 100 mph · 959 mb
  • Sep 12, 8:00 PM UTC · 41.3°N 72.4°W · Hurricane · 90 mph · 962 mb
Every track point (72)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1960-08-29 18:00TD10.2°N 22.8°W25—
1960-08-30 00:00TD10.1°N 24.2°W25—
1960-08-30 06:00TD10.2°N 25.5°W25—
1960-08-30 12:00TD10.3°N 26.9°W25—
1960-08-30 18:00TD10.5°N 28.4°W25—
1960-08-31 00:00TD10.7°N 30.0°W30—
1960-08-31 06:00TD10.9°N 31.6°W30—
1960-08-31 12:00TS11.1°N 33.1°W35—
1960-08-31 18:00TS11.4°N 34.6°W35—
1960-09-01 00:00TS11.7°N 36.2°W40—
1960-09-01 06:00TS12.0°N 37.8°W50—
1960-09-01 12:00TS12.3°N 39.4°W55—
1960-09-01 18:00HU12.6°N 41.1°W65—
1960-09-02 00:00HU12.9°N 42.8°W70—
1960-09-02 06:00HU13.3°N 44.3°W75—
1960-09-02 12:00HU13.6°N 45.8°W85—
1960-09-02 18:00HU13.9°N 47.6°W95973
1960-09-03 00:00HU14.3°N 49.4°W100—
1960-09-03 06:00HU14.7°N 51.2°W105—
1960-09-03 12:00HU15.3°N 53.1°W105962
1960-09-03 18:00HU15.9°N 55.0°W105—
1960-09-04 00:00HU16.4°N 56.6°W110—
1960-09-04 06:00HU16.6°N 58.2°W110—
1960-09-04 12:00HU16.9°N 59.7°W110958
1960-09-04 18:00HU17.4°N 60.9°W110—
1960-09-04 22:00HU17.7°N 61.8°W110—Landfall
1960-09-05 00:00HU17.8°N 62.1°W110956
1960-09-05 04:00HU18.1°N 63.0°W110952Landfall
1960-09-05 06:00HU18.3°N 63.4°W110952
1960-09-05 12:00HU19.1°N 64.8°W110958
1960-09-05 18:00HU19.7°N 65.8°W110956
1960-09-06 00:00HU20.1°N 66.5°W115941
1960-09-06 06:00HU20.6°N 67.5°W115—
1960-09-06 12:00HU21.2°N 68.3°W120940
1960-09-06 18:00HU21.5°N 68.9°W120940
1960-09-07 00:00HU21.8°N 69.7°W125932
1960-09-07 06:00HU22.0°N 70.5°W120—
1960-09-07 12:00HU22.1°N 71.3°W110948
1960-09-07 18:00HU22.1°N 72.3°W110—
1960-09-08 00:00HU22.2°N 73.4°W110945
1960-09-08 06:00HU22.2°N 74.3°W105947Landfall
1960-09-08 12:00HU22.3°N 75.3°W100951
1960-09-08 16:00HU22.4°N 75.8°W105945Landfall
1960-09-08 18:00HU22.4°N 76.1°W105945
1960-09-09 00:00HU22.6°N 76.9°W110939
1960-09-09 06:00HU22.9°N 77.8°W110942
1960-09-09 12:00HU23.2°N 78.7°W110942
1960-09-09 18:00HU23.7°N 79.4°W110944
1960-09-10 00:00HU24.2°N 80.1°W115938
1960-09-10 06:00HU24.7°N 80.8°W125930
1960-09-10 07:00HU24.8°N 80.9°W125930Landfall
1960-09-10 12:00HU25.3°N 81.3°W115939
1960-09-10 16:00HU25.9°N 81.6°W105942Landfall
1960-09-10 18:00HU26.3°N 81.8°W105945
1960-09-11 00:00HU27.3°N 81.9°W85957
1960-09-11 06:00HU28.3°N 81.7°W65964
1960-09-11 12:00HU29.7°N 81.0°W75968
1960-09-11 18:00HU31.1°N 79.9°W80970
1960-09-12 00:00HU33.0°N 78.3°W90958
1960-09-12 04:00HU34.6°N 77.3°W90958Landfall
1960-09-12 06:00HU35.1°N 76.7°W85960
1960-09-12 12:00HU37.3°N 74.8°W85—
1960-09-12 18:00HU40.1°N 73.3°W85959
1960-09-12 19:00HU40.7°N 72.9°W85959Landfall
1960-09-12 20:00HU41.3°N 72.4°W80962Landfall
1960-09-13 00:00TS42.8°N 71.2°W60969
1960-09-13 06:00EX46.8°N 68.6°W60—
1960-09-13 12:00EX50.0°N 66.0°W60—
1960-09-13 18:00EX53.1°N 62.5°W60—
1960-09-14 00:00EX56.0°N 58.2°W45—
1960-09-14 06:00EX58.5°N 54.0°W40—
1960-09-14 12:00EX61.0°N 50.0°W40—

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.