1955 season

Hurricane Gladys (1955)

Sep 3, 6:00 PM UTC – Sep 6, 6:00 PM UTC (3.0 days)

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

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Sep 5, 10:00 PM UTC · 23.1°N 97.8°W · Hurricane · 75 mph · 996 mb
Every track point (14)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1955-09-03 18:00TD19.5°N 93.3°W25—
1955-09-04 00:00TD19.6°N 94.0°W25—
1955-09-04 06:00TD20.0°N 94.7°W25—
1955-09-04 12:00TD20.8°N 95.3°W30—
1955-09-04 18:00TS21.6°N 95.7°W35—
1955-09-05 00:00TS22.3°N 96.1°W40—
1955-09-05 06:00TS22.6°N 96.5°W50—
1955-09-05 12:00HU23.0°N 97.0°W65997
1955-09-05 18:00HU23.3°N 97.5°W65996
1955-09-05 22:00HU23.1°N 97.8°W65996Landfall
1955-09-06 00:00TS22.9°N 97.9°W50—
1955-09-06 06:00TS22.1°N 97.9°W40—
1955-09-06 12:00TS21.4°N 97.8°W35—
1955-09-06 18:00TD21.2°N 97.5°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.