Hurricane Hilda (1955)
Sep 12, 12:00 AM UTC – Sep 20, 6:00 AM UTC (8.3 days)
- Peak
- Hurricane, Category 3
- Max sustained wind
- 120 mph (105 kt)
- Lowest pressure
- 952 mb
- Landfalls
- 4
Track
- Hurricane
- Tropical Storm
- Tropical Depression
- Other
- Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Landfalls
- Sep 13, 9:00 PM UTC · 20.2°N 74.2°W · Hurricane · 80 mph · 986 mb
- Sep 15, 3:00 AM UTC · 19.3°N 81.2°W · Hurricane · 75 mph · 995 mb
- Sep 16, 2:00 PM UTC · 19.7°N 87.7°W · Hurricane · 120 mph
- Sep 19, 11:00 AM UTC · 22.3°N 97.9°W · Hurricane · 120 mph · 952 mb
Every track point (39)
| UTC | Status | Position | Wind kt | mb | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955-09-12 00:00 | TS | 19.2°N 66.1°W | 40 | — | |
| 1955-09-12 06:00 | TS | 19.5°N 67.0°W | 45 | — | |
| 1955-09-12 12:00 | TS | 19.8°N 68.0°W | 50 | — | |
| 1955-09-12 15:00 | TS | 20.0°N 68.5°W | 55 | 996 | R |
| 1955-09-12 18:00 | TS | 20.1°N 69.1°W | 60 | — | |
| 1955-09-13 00:00 | HU | 20.3°N 70.2°W | 70 | — | |
| 1955-09-13 06:00 | HU | 20.5°N 71.3°W | 70 | — | |
| 1955-09-13 12:00 | HU | 20.4°N 72.5°W | 70 | — | |
| 1955-09-13 18:00 | HU | 20.2°N 73.6°W | 70 | 986 | |
| 1955-09-13 21:00 | HU | 20.2°N 74.2°W | 70 | 986 | Landfall |
| 1955-09-14 00:00 | TS | 20.1°N 74.8°W | 60 | — | |
| 1955-09-14 06:00 | TS | 20.1°N 76.2°W | 55 | — | |
| 1955-09-14 12:00 | TS | 20.1°N 77.7°W | 50 | — | |
| 1955-09-14 18:00 | TS | 19.9°N 79.2°W | 50 | — | |
| 1955-09-15 00:00 | TS | 19.5°N 80.6°W | 60 | 995 | |
| 1955-09-15 03:00 | HU | 19.3°N 81.2°W | 65 | 995 | Landfall |
| 1955-09-15 06:00 | HU | 19.2°N 82.1°W | 75 | — | |
| 1955-09-15 12:00 | HU | 19.1°N 83.4°W | 90 | 980 | |
| 1955-09-15 18:00 | HU | 19.1°N 84.4°W | 100 | — | |
| 1955-09-16 00:00 | HU | 19.2°N 85.4°W | 105 | 963 | |
| 1955-09-16 06:00 | HU | 19.4°N 86.4°W | 105 | — | |
| 1955-09-16 12:00 | HU | 19.6°N 87.4°W | 105 | — | |
| 1955-09-16 14:00 | HU | 19.7°N 87.7°W | 105 | — | Landfall |
| 1955-09-16 18:00 | HU | 19.9°N 88.4°W | 80 | — | |
| 1955-09-17 00:00 | TS | 20.2°N 89.3°W | 60 | — | |
| 1955-09-17 06:00 | TS | 20.5°N 90.2°W | 55 | — | |
| 1955-09-17 12:00 | TS | 20.8°N 91.1°W | 55 | — | |
| 1955-09-17 18:00 | HU | 21.0°N 92.0°W | 65 | 985 | |
| 1955-09-18 00:00 | HU | 21.1°N 92.8°W | 75 | — | |
| 1955-09-18 06:00 | HU | 21.3°N 93.5°W | 80 | — | |
| 1955-09-18 12:00 | HU | 21.5°N 94.2°W | 85 | 970 | |
| 1955-09-18 18:00 | HU | 21.8°N 94.9°W | 90 | — | |
| 1955-09-19 00:00 | HU | 22.0°N 95.9°W | 100 | — | |
| 1955-09-19 06:00 | HU | 22.1°N 97.0°W | 105 | — | |
| 1955-09-19 11:00 | HU | 22.3°N 97.9°W | 105 | 952 | Landfall |
| 1955-09-19 12:00 | HU | 22.3°N 98.1°W | 105 | 952 | |
| 1955-09-19 18:00 | TS | 22.2°N 98.8°W | 50 | — | |
| 1955-09-20 00:00 | TD | 22.0°N 99.1°W | 30 | — | |
| 1955-09-20 06:00 | TD | 21.8°N 99.5°W | 25 | — |
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.