Hurricane Frances (1976)
Aug 27, 12:00 PM UTC – Sep 7, 12:00 PM UTC (11.0 days)
- Peak
- Hurricane, Category 3
- Max sustained wind
- 115 mph (100 kt)
- Lowest pressure
- 963 mb
- Landfalls
- 0
Track
- Hurricane
- Tropical Storm
- Tropical Depression
- Other
- Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (45)
| UTC | Status | Position | Wind kt | mb | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976-08-27 12:00 | TD | 12.5°N 37.5°W | 25 | 1009 | |
| 1976-08-27 18:00 | TD | 13.0°N 39.0°W | 25 | — | |
| 1976-08-28 00:00 | TD | 13.5°N 40.5°W | 25 | — | |
| 1976-08-28 06:00 | TD | 13.8°N 42.1°W | 25 | — | |
| 1976-08-28 12:00 | TD | 14.3°N 43.7°W | 30 | — | |
| 1976-08-28 18:00 | TS | 14.7°N 45.3°W | 50 | 1002 | |
| 1976-08-29 00:00 | TS | 15.4°N 46.8°W | 50 | — | |
| 1976-08-29 06:00 | TS | 16.1°N 48.4°W | 50 | — | |
| 1976-08-29 12:00 | TS | 16.6°N 49.6°W | 50 | 998 | |
| 1976-08-29 18:00 | TS | 17.5°N 50.5°W | 60 | 994 | |
| 1976-08-30 00:00 | HU | 18.3°N 51.6°W | 65 | 991 | |
| 1976-08-30 06:00 | HU | 18.9°N 52.3°W | 65 | — | |
| 1976-08-30 12:00 | HU | 19.4°N 53.3°W | 65 | — | |
| 1976-08-30 18:00 | HU | 20.2°N 54.2°W | 65 | 987 | |
| 1976-08-31 00:00 | HU | 21.0°N 54.9°W | 65 | 980 | |
| 1976-08-31 06:00 | HU | 22.0°N 55.1°W | 65 | — | |
| 1976-08-31 12:00 | HU | 23.1°N 55.2°W | 75 | 975 | |
| 1976-08-31 18:00 | HU | 24.2°N 55.2°W | 75 | — | |
| 1976-09-01 00:00 | HU | 25.3°N 54.9°W | 90 | 968 | |
| 1976-09-01 06:00 | HU | 26.3°N 54.3°W | 100 | 963 | |
| 1976-09-01 12:00 | HU | 27.2°N 53.7°W | 95 | 966 | |
| 1976-09-01 18:00 | HU | 27.8°N 52.6°W | 95 | — | |
| 1976-09-02 00:00 | HU | 28.2°N 51.3°W | 95 | — | |
| 1976-09-02 06:00 | HU | 28.2°N 50.1°W | 95 | — | |
| 1976-09-02 12:00 | HU | 28.3°N 48.7°W | 95 | — | |
| 1976-09-02 18:00 | HU | 28.5°N 47.1°W | 85 | — | |
| 1976-09-03 00:00 | HU | 28.9°N 45.1°W | 75 | — | |
| 1976-09-03 06:00 | HU | 29.0°N 42.9°W | 65 | — | |
| 1976-09-03 12:00 | HU | 29.7°N 40.8°W | 65 | — | |
| 1976-09-03 18:00 | HU | 30.6°N 39.0°W | 65 | — | |
| 1976-09-04 00:00 | HU | 32.0°N 37.2°W | 65 | 992 | |
| 1976-09-04 06:00 | HU | 33.4°N 35.6°W | 65 | — | |
| 1976-09-04 12:00 | EX | 34.9°N 34.1°W | 55 | 992 | |
| 1976-09-04 18:00 | EX | 36.4°N 32.5°W | 55 | — | |
| 1976-09-05 00:00 | EX | 37.8°N 30.8°W | 55 | — | |
| 1976-09-05 06:00 | EX | 39.4°N 29.3°W | 55 | — | |
| 1976-09-05 12:00 | EX | 41.0°N 28.0°W | 55 | — | |
| 1976-09-05 18:00 | EX | 42.1°N 27.2°W | 55 | — | |
| 1976-09-06 00:00 | EX | 43.5°N 27.1°W | 55 | — | |
| 1976-09-06 06:00 | EX | 42.8°N 28.6°W | 55 | — | |
| 1976-09-06 12:00 | EX | 42.0°N 28.2°W | 55 | — | |
| 1976-09-06 18:00 | EX | 41.9°N 27.6°W | 45 | 998 | |
| 1976-09-07 00:00 | EX | 41.8°N 27.0°W | 45 | — | |
| 1976-09-07 06:00 | EX | 41.7°N 26.3°W | 45 | — | |
| 1976-09-07 12:00 | EX | 41.6°N 25.7°W | 45 | — |
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.