Hurricane Florence (1953)
Sep 23, 12:00 PM UTC – Sep 27, 6:00 PM UTC (4.3 days)
- Peak
- Hurricane, Category 3
- Max sustained wind
- 115 mph (100 kt)
- Lowest pressure
- 968 mb
- Landfalls
- 1
Track
- Hurricane
- Tropical Storm
- Tropical Depression
- Other
- Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Landfalls
- Sep 26, 3:00 PM UTC · 30.3°N 86.2°W · Hurricane · 90 mph
Every track point (19)
| UTC | Status | Position | Wind kt | mb | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953-09-23 12:00 | TS | 15.0°N 78.0°W | 40 | — | |
| 1953-09-23 18:00 | TS | 16.3°N 79.5°W | 45 | — | |
| 1953-09-24 00:00 | TS | 17.6°N 81.0°W | 45 | — | |
| 1953-09-24 06:00 | TS | 18.9°N 82.5°W | 50 | — | |
| 1953-09-24 12:00 | TS | 20.2°N 84.0°W | 50 | — | |
| 1953-09-24 18:00 | TS | 21.3°N 85.4°W | 55 | 1001 | |
| 1953-09-25 00:00 | HU | 22.4°N 86.4°W | 65 | — | |
| 1953-09-25 06:00 | HU | 23.4°N 87.0°W | 80 | — | |
| 1953-09-25 12:00 | HU | 24.6°N 87.6°W | 90 | 968 | |
| 1953-09-25 18:00 | HU | 25.9°N 87.5°W | 100 | — | |
| 1953-09-26 00:00 | HU | 27.4°N 87.2°W | 95 | — | |
| 1953-09-26 06:00 | HU | 28.9°N 86.8°W | 90 | — | |
| 1953-09-26 12:00 | HU | 29.9°N 86.4°W | 80 | — | |
| 1953-09-26 15:00 | HU | 30.3°N 86.2°W | 80 | — | Landfall |
| 1953-09-26 18:00 | HU | 30.7°N 86.1°W | 70 | — | |
| 1953-09-27 00:00 | TS | 31.0°N 85.6°W | 50 | — | |
| 1953-09-27 06:00 | EX | 31.2°N 84.7°W | 40 | — | |
| 1953-09-27 12:00 | EX | 31.6°N 83.1°W | 40 | — | |
| 1953-09-27 18:00 | EX | 32.1°N 81.3°W | 40 | — |
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.