1959 season

Hurricane Gracie (1959)

Sep 20, 12:00 PM UTC – Oct 2, 12:00 PM UTC (12.0 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 4
Max sustained wind
130 mph (115 kt)
Lowest pressure
951 mb
Landfalls
1

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Sep 29, 5:00 PM UTC · 32.5°N 80.4°W · Hurricane · 130 mph · 951 mb
Every track point (50)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1959-09-20 12:00TD19.8°N 68.3°W251009
1959-09-20 18:00TD19.9°N 69.6°W251008
1959-09-21 00:00TD20.1°N 71.0°W25—
1959-09-21 06:00TD20.3°N 72.4°W30—
1959-09-21 12:00TD20.6°N 73.7°W301011
1959-09-21 18:00TD21.2°N 74.1°W301009
1959-09-22 00:00TS21.8°N 74.1°W35—
1959-09-22 06:00TS22.2°N 73.6°W45—
1959-09-22 12:00TS22.6°N 73.2°W55—
1959-09-22 18:00HU23.2°N 73.0°W65997
1959-09-23 00:00HU23.9°N 73.0°W651000
1959-09-23 06:00HU24.4°N 73.2°W651002
1959-09-23 12:00HU24.9°N 73.5°W65—
1959-09-23 18:00TS25.4°N 74.0°W60—
1959-09-24 00:00TS25.8°N 74.6°W551001
1959-09-24 06:00TS26.2°N 75.1°W55—
1959-09-24 12:00TS26.5°N 75.4°W551000
1959-09-24 18:00TS26.9°N 75.5°W50—
1959-09-25 00:00TS27.4°N 75.4°W451004
1959-09-25 06:00TS27.7°N 75.2°W451000
1959-09-25 12:00TS27.9°N 75.0°W50—
1959-09-25 18:00TS28.0°N 74.8°W50997
1959-09-26 00:00TS27.8°N 74.5°W451000
1959-09-26 06:00TS27.8°N 74.1°W50—
1959-09-26 12:00TS27.8°N 73.5°W55—
1959-09-26 18:00TS27.9°N 73.0°W60—
1959-09-27 00:00TS28.0°N 73.0°W60997
1959-09-27 06:00HU28.2°N 73.5°W65—
1959-09-27 12:00HU28.4°N 74.0°W65—
1959-09-27 18:00HU28.5°N 74.5°W70—
1959-09-28 00:00HU28.5°N 75.0°W75981
1959-09-28 06:00HU28.7°N 75.5°W80979
1959-09-28 12:00HU28.9°N 76.3°W90—
1959-09-28 18:00HU29.4°N 77.1°W105964
1959-09-29 00:00HU30.0°N 78.1°W110957
1959-09-29 06:00HU30.6°N 79.1°W115951
1959-09-29 12:00HU31.6°N 79.8°W115—
1959-09-29 17:00HU32.5°N 80.4°W115951Landfall
1959-09-29 18:00HU32.5°N 80.6°W115951
1959-09-30 00:00HU33.7°N 80.9°W65—
1959-09-30 06:00TS34.8°N 81.3°W45—
1959-09-30 12:00TS36.0°N 81.6°W35—
1959-09-30 18:00EX37.7°N 81.7°W30—
1959-10-01 00:00EX39.3°N 81.0°W25—
1959-10-01 06:00EX40.6°N 79.1°W25—
1959-10-01 12:00EX41.7°N 77.0°W25—
1959-10-01 18:00EX42.5°N 74.8°W25—
1959-10-02 00:00EX42.9°N 72.0°W25—
1959-10-02 06:00EX43.0°N 68.0°W25—
1959-10-02 12:00EX43.0°N 63.4°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.