Hurricane Janet (1955)
Sep 21, 12:00 PM UTC – Sep 30, 12:00 PM UTC (9.0 days)
- Peak
- Hurricane, Category 5
- Max sustained wind
- 175 mph (150 kt)
- Lowest pressure
- 914 mb
- Landfalls
- 4
Track
- Hurricane
- Tropical Storm
- Tropical Depression
- Other
- Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Landfalls
- Sep 23, 12:00 AM UTC · 12.6°N 61.4°W · Hurricane · 105 mph
- Sep 27, 5:00 PM UTC · 17.4°N 83.9°W · Hurricane · 160 mph
- Sep 28, 5:00 AM UTC · 18.4°N 87.8°W · Hurricane · 175 mph · 914 mb
- Sep 29, 6:00 PM UTC · 19.8°N 96.4°W · Hurricane · 110 mph
Every track point (40)
| UTC | Status | Position | Wind kt | mb | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955-09-21 12:00 | TS | 13.2°N 52.6°W | 40 | — | |
| 1955-09-21 18:00 | TS | 13.2°N 54.3°W | 50 | — | |
| 1955-09-22 00:00 | TS | 13.2°N 56.0°W | 60 | — | |
| 1955-09-22 06:00 | HU | 13.1°N 57.5°W | 70 | — | |
| 1955-09-22 12:00 | HU | 13.0°N 58.9°W | 80 | 979 | |
| 1955-09-22 18:00 | HU | 12.8°N 60.2°W | 90 | — | |
| 1955-09-23 00:00 | HU | 12.6°N 61.4°W | 90 | — | Landfall |
| 1955-09-23 06:00 | HU | 12.5°N 62.5°W | 80 | — | |
| 1955-09-23 12:00 | HU | 12.7°N 63.6°W | 70 | — | |
| 1955-09-23 18:00 | TS | 13.0°N 64.8°W | 60 | 996 | |
| 1955-09-24 00:00 | TS | 13.2°N 65.9°W | 60 | — | |
| 1955-09-24 06:00 | TS | 13.5°N 67.0°W | 55 | — | |
| 1955-09-24 12:00 | TS | 13.7°N 68.2°W | 55 | 996 | |
| 1955-09-24 18:00 | TS | 13.8°N 69.4°W | 60 | 995 | |
| 1955-09-25 00:00 | HU | 13.8°N 70.7°W | 65 | — | |
| 1955-09-25 06:00 | HU | 13.8°N 71.8°W | 65 | — | |
| 1955-09-25 12:00 | HU | 13.9°N 72.9°W | 65 | 993 | |
| 1955-09-25 18:00 | HU | 14.2°N 74.2°W | 70 | 988 | |
| 1955-09-26 00:00 | HU | 14.5°N 75.4°W | 70 | — | |
| 1955-09-26 06:00 | HU | 14.7°N 76.4°W | 80 | — | |
| 1955-09-26 12:00 | HU | 15.0°N 77.2°W | 90 | 970 | |
| 1955-09-26 18:00 | HU | 15.3°N 78.0°W | 100 | — | |
| 1955-09-27 00:00 | HU | 15.8°N 78.9°W | 110 | — | |
| 1955-09-27 06:00 | HU | 16.4°N 80.2°W | 120 | — | |
| 1955-09-27 12:00 | HU | 17.0°N 82.1°W | 130 | — | |
| 1955-09-27 15:00 | HU | 17.3°N 83.0°W | 135 | 938 | R |
| 1955-09-27 17:00 | HU | 17.4°N 83.9°W | 140 | — | Landfall |
| 1955-09-27 18:00 | HU | 17.5°N 84.1°W | 140 | — | |
| 1955-09-28 00:00 | HU | 18.0°N 86.1°W | 150 | — | |
| 1955-09-28 05:00 | HU | 18.4°N 87.8°W | 150 | 914 | Landfall |
| 1955-09-28 06:00 | HU | 18.5°N 88.2°W | 150 | 914 | |
| 1955-09-28 12:00 | HU | 18.9°N 90.2°W | 105 | 950 | |
| 1955-09-28 18:00 | HU | 19.2°N 91.7°W | 90 | — | |
| 1955-09-29 00:00 | HU | 19.5°N 93.1°W | 90 | — | |
| 1955-09-29 06:00 | HU | 19.7°N 94.2°W | 95 | — | |
| 1955-09-29 12:00 | HU | 19.8°N 95.3°W | 95 | — | |
| 1955-09-29 18:00 | HU | 19.8°N 96.4°W | 95 | — | Landfall |
| 1955-09-30 00:00 | TS | 20.0°N 97.7°W | 60 | — | |
| 1955-09-30 06:00 | TS | 20.3°N 99.1°W | 35 | — | |
| 1955-09-30 12:00 | TD | 20.5°N 100.5°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.