Hurricane Frances (1961)
Sep 30, 6:00 AM UTC – Oct 10, 6:00 AM UTC (10.0 days)
- Peak
- Hurricane, Category 4
- Max sustained wind
- 130 mph (115 kt)
- Lowest pressure
- 948 mb
- Landfalls
- 2
Track
- Hurricane
- Tropical Storm
- Tropical Depression
- Other
- Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Landfalls
- Oct 1, 8:00 AM UTC · 16.1°N 61.6°W · Tropical Storm · 60 mph
- Oct 3, 5:00 AM UTC · 18.3°N 68.5°W · Tropical Storm · 50 mph
Every track point (43)
| UTC | Status | Position | Wind kt | mb | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961-09-30 06:00 | TS | 16.0°N 58.0°W | 35 | — | |
| 1961-09-30 12:00 | TS | 16.1°N 58.8°W | 40 | — | |
| 1961-09-30 18:00 | TS | 16.2°N 59.6°W | 45 | 1005 | |
| 1961-10-01 00:00 | TS | 16.2°N 60.4°W | 45 | — | |
| 1961-10-01 06:00 | TS | 16.2°N 61.2°W | 50 | — | |
| 1961-10-01 08:00 | TS | 16.1°N 61.6°W | 50 | — | Landfall |
| 1961-10-01 12:00 | TS | 16.0°N 62.3°W | 45 | — | |
| 1961-10-01 18:00 | TS | 15.9°N 63.3°W | 40 | — | |
| 1961-10-02 00:00 | TS | 16.0°N 64.2°W | 40 | 1010 | |
| 1961-10-02 06:00 | TS | 16.1°N 65.1°W | 45 | — | |
| 1961-10-02 12:00 | TS | 16.3°N 66.0°W | 45 | 1011 | |
| 1961-10-02 18:00 | TS | 17.0°N 67.0°W | 45 | 1010 | |
| 1961-10-03 00:00 | TS | 17.8°N 67.9°W | 45 | — | |
| 1961-10-03 05:00 | TS | 18.3°N 68.5°W | 45 | — | Landfall |
| 1961-10-03 06:00 | TS | 18.6°N 68.7°W | 45 | — | |
| 1961-10-03 12:00 | TS | 19.4°N 69.2°W | 50 | — | |
| 1961-10-03 18:00 | TS | 20.5°N 69.6°W | 50 | — | |
| 1961-10-04 00:00 | TS | 21.8°N 70.2°W | 55 | 1005 | |
| 1961-10-04 06:00 | TS | 23.0°N 70.7°W | 60 | — | |
| 1961-10-04 12:00 | HU | 24.2°N 71.3°W | 65 | 999 | |
| 1961-10-04 18:00 | HU | 25.4°N 71.6°W | 65 | — | |
| 1961-10-05 00:00 | HU | 26.5°N 71.8°W | 65 | 997 | |
| 1961-10-05 06:00 | HU | 27.5°N 71.4°W | 75 | 991 | |
| 1961-10-05 12:00 | HU | 28.4°N 70.9°W | 90 | 973 | |
| 1961-10-05 18:00 | HU | 29.1°N 70.3°W | 100 | 963 | |
| 1961-10-06 00:00 | HU | 29.8°N 69.5°W | 105 | 960 | |
| 1961-10-06 06:00 | HU | 30.5°N 68.8°W | 105 | — | |
| 1961-10-06 12:00 | HU | 31.3°N 68.2°W | 110 | — | |
| 1961-10-06 18:00 | HU | 32.1°N 67.4°W | 110 | 954 | |
| 1961-10-07 00:00 | HU | 33.0°N 66.3°W | 115 | 948 | |
| 1961-10-07 06:00 | HU | 34.0°N 65.2°W | 115 | — | |
| 1961-10-07 12:00 | HU | 35.2°N 64.5°W | 115 | — | |
| 1961-10-07 18:00 | HU | 36.5°N 64.2°W | 110 | — | |
| 1961-10-08 00:00 | HU | 37.9°N 64.2°W | 105 | — | |
| 1961-10-08 06:00 | HU | 39.1°N 64.7°W | 95 | — | |
| 1961-10-08 12:00 | HU | 40.1°N 65.2°W | 80 | — | |
| 1961-10-08 18:00 | EX | 41.2°N 66.0°W | 70 | — | |
| 1961-10-09 00:00 | EX | 42.2°N 67.0°W | 60 | — | |
| 1961-10-09 06:00 | EX | 43.1°N 67.8°W | 50 | — | |
| 1961-10-09 12:00 | EX | 43.5°N 68.0°W | 45 | — | |
| 1961-10-09 18:00 | EX | 44.2°N 67.0°W | 40 | — | |
| 1961-10-10 00:00 | EX | 44.8°N 64.5°W | 35 | — | |
| 1961-10-10 06:00 | EX | 45.3°N 60.5°W | 35 | — |
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.