1956 season

Hurricane Greta (1956)

Oct 31, 12:00 AM UTC – Nov 7, 6:00 AM UTC (7.3 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 2
Max sustained wind
100 mph (85 kt)
Lowest pressure
970 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (30)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1956-10-31 00:00TD20.0°N 74.7°W25—
1956-10-31 06:00TD20.4°N 74.8°W25—
1956-10-31 12:00TD20.8°N 75.0°W25—
1956-10-31 18:00TD21.9°N 75.3°W301003
1956-11-01 00:00TD23.0°N 75.0°W30—
1956-11-01 06:00TS24.2°N 74.2°W35—
1956-11-01 12:00TS25.7°N 73.0°W45—
1956-11-01 18:00TS27.2°N 72.2°W50—
1956-11-02 00:00TS28.5°N 72.3°W50992
1956-11-02 06:00TS28.4°N 72.8°W50—
1956-11-02 12:00TS27.8°N 72.7°W50—
1956-11-02 18:00TS27.3°N 72.5°W55—
1956-11-03 00:00TS27.0°N 72.3°W55—
1956-11-03 06:00TS26.5°N 72.2°W60—
1956-11-03 12:00TS25.7°N 72.1°W60982
1956-11-03 18:00TS24.6°N 71.6°W60—
1956-11-04 00:00HU23.8°N 70.7°W65—
1956-11-04 06:00HU23.1°N 69.6°W70—
1956-11-04 12:00HU22.6°N 68.4°W80—
1956-11-04 18:00HU22.2°N 67.1°W85970
1956-11-05 00:00HU22.2°N 65.7°W85—
1956-11-05 06:00HU23.5°N 63.9°W85—
1956-11-05 12:00HU25.3°N 61.7°W85970
1956-11-05 18:00HU27.1°N 59.5°W85—
1956-11-06 00:00HU28.2°N 57.5°W85—
1956-11-06 06:00HU29.3°N 55.8°W85—
1956-11-06 12:00EX30.4°N 53.0°W85—
1956-11-06 18:00EX31.4°N 50.2°W75—
1956-11-07 00:00EX32.5°N 47.0°W65—
1956-11-07 06:00EX33.7°N 42.0°W55—

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.