1963 season

Tropical Storm Helena (1963)

Oct 25, 6:00 AM UTC – Oct 30, 12:00 PM UTC (5.3 days)

Peak
Tropical Storm
Max sustained wind
50 mph (45 kt)
Lowest pressure
1002 mb
Landfalls
1

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Oct 28, 2:00 AM UTC · 17.0°N 61.8°W · Tropical Storm · 50 mph
Every track point (23)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1963-10-25 06:00TD14.8°N 58.3°W25—
1963-10-25 12:00TD15.0°N 58.9°W30—
1963-10-25 18:00TS15.2°N 59.5°W401005
1963-10-26 00:00TS15.4°N 60.1°W40—
1963-10-26 06:00TS15.5°N 60.6°W40—
1963-10-26 12:00TS15.6°N 61.2°W401004
1963-10-26 18:00TS15.7°N 61.6°W401005
1963-10-27 00:00TS15.8°N 61.9°W351006
1963-10-27 06:00TS15.9°N 62.1°W35—
1963-10-27 12:00TS16.1°N 62.2°W40—
1963-10-27 18:00TS16.5°N 62.2°W451002
1963-10-28 00:00TS16.9°N 62.0°W45—
1963-10-28 02:00TS17.0°N 61.8°W45—Landfall
1963-10-28 06:00TS17.2°N 61.4°W40—
1963-10-28 12:00TS17.4°N 60.9°W351007
1963-10-28 18:00TS17.8°N 60.5°W35—
1963-10-29 00:00TD18.6°N 60.1°W30—
1963-10-29 06:00TD19.3°N 59.5°W25—
1963-10-29 12:00TD20.0°N 58.8°W25—
1963-10-29 18:00TD20.8°N 58.0°W25—
1963-10-30 00:00TD21.5°N 56.7°W25—
1963-10-30 06:00TD22.3°N 55.3°W25—
1963-10-30 12:00TD23.0°N 54.0°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.