1961 season

Hurricane Hattie (1961)

Oct 26, 12:00 AM UTC – Nov 1, 6:00 AM UTC (6.3 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 5
Max sustained wind
165 mph (145 kt)
Lowest pressure
914 mb
Landfalls
1

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Oct 31, 12:00 PM UTC · 17.1°N 88.3°W · Hurricane · 150 mph · 924 mb
Every track point (26)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1961-10-26 00:00TD10.5°N 79.0°W25—
1961-10-26 06:00TD10.6°N 79.5°W30—
1961-10-26 12:00TS10.7°N 80.0°W35—
1961-10-26 18:00TS10.8°N 80.5°W35—
1961-10-27 00:00TS11.0°N 81.0°W35—
1961-10-27 06:00TS11.3°N 81.5°W40—
1961-10-27 12:00TS11.6°N 81.8°W50—
1961-10-27 18:00TS12.0°N 81.8°W60—
1961-10-28 00:00HU12.4°N 81.7°W70—
1961-10-28 06:00HU12.9°N 81.7°W80—
1961-10-28 12:00HU13.5°N 81.6°W90969
1961-10-28 18:00HU14.2°N 81.5°W105956
1961-10-29 00:00HU15.0°N 81.4°W110952
1961-10-29 06:00HU16.0°N 81.2°W100960
1961-10-29 12:00HU16.9°N 81.3°W100963
1961-10-29 18:00HU17.7°N 81.8°W100956
1961-10-30 00:00HU18.1°N 82.5°W100958
1961-10-30 06:00HU18.5°N 83.6°W115942
1961-10-30 12:00HU18.4°N 84.4°W120937
1961-10-30 18:00HU18.2°N 85.2°W135923
1961-10-31 00:00HU18.0°N 86.1°W145914
1961-10-31 06:00HU17.5°N 87.2°W135920
1961-10-31 12:00HU17.1°N 88.3°W130924Landfall
1961-10-31 18:00HU16.8°N 89.3°W75—
1961-11-01 00:00TS16.4°N 90.2°W45—
1961-11-01 06:00TD16.0°N 91.1°W30—

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.