1953 season

Hurricane Dolly (1953)

Sep 8, 6:00 AM UTC – Sep 16, 12:00 PM UTC (8.3 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 1
Max sustained wind
75 mph (65 kt)
Lowest pressure
989 mb
Landfalls
1

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Sep 12, 5:00 AM UTC · 32.3°N 64.8°W · Tropical Storm · 65 mph · 996 mb
Every track point (35)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1953-09-08 06:00TD18.3°N 65.1°W30—
1953-09-08 12:00TS18.7°N 66.4°W35—
1953-09-08 18:00TS19.1°N 67.5°W40—
1953-09-09 00:00TS19.6°N 68.5°W45—
1953-09-09 06:00TS20.2°N 69.0°W45—
1953-09-09 12:00TS20.7°N 69.4°W501005
1953-09-09 18:00TS21.3°N 69.7°W55—
1953-09-10 00:00TS22.1°N 69.9°W60—
1953-09-10 06:00TS23.0°N 70.1°W60999
1953-09-10 12:00HU23.9°N 70.5°W65990
1953-09-10 18:00HU24.9°N 70.8°W65989
1953-09-11 00:00HU25.9°N 70.5°W65—
1953-09-11 06:00HU27.0°N 69.9°W65—
1953-09-11 12:00HU28.5°N 69.0°W65—
1953-09-11 18:00HU29.9°N 67.8°W65—
1953-09-12 00:00TS31.3°N 66.3°W60—
1953-09-12 05:00TS32.3°N 64.8°W55996Landfall
1953-09-12 06:00TS32.7°N 64.4°W55996
1953-09-12 12:00TS34.7°N 61.8°W55994
1953-09-12 18:00TS36.8°N 59.1°W55—
1953-09-13 00:00EX38.5°N 56.4°W50—
1953-09-13 06:00EX40.0°N 53.3°W50—
1953-09-13 12:00EX41.5°N 49.5°W50—
1953-09-13 18:00EX42.4°N 46.3°W55—
1953-09-14 00:00EX42.8°N 44.1°W55—
1953-09-14 06:00EX43.2°N 42.1°W50—
1953-09-14 12:00EX43.2°N 40.7°W45—
1953-09-14 18:00EX43.0°N 39.3°W45—
1953-09-15 00:00EX43.0°N 37.8°W45—
1953-09-15 06:00EX43.0°N 36.2°W45—
1953-09-15 12:00EX43.3°N 34.4°W45—
1953-09-15 18:00EX43.2°N 31.9°W40—
1953-09-16 00:00EX42.6°N 28.3°W40—
1953-09-16 06:00EX42.3°N 26.1°W35—
1953-09-16 12:00EX42.0°N 23.8°W30—

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.