Hurricane Hazel (1953)
Oct 7, 6:00 AM UTC – Oct 16, 12:00 PM UTC (9.3 days)
- Peak
- Hurricane, Category 1
- Max sustained wind
- 85 mph (75 kt)
- Lowest pressure
- 989 mb
- Landfalls
- 2
Track
- Hurricane
- Tropical Storm
- Tropical Depression
- Other
- Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Landfalls
- Oct 9, 3:00 PM UTC · 26.7°N 82.2°W · Hurricane · 85 mph
- Oct 9, 4:00 PM UTC · 26.7°N 82.1°W · Hurricane · 85 mph
Every track point (40)
| UTC | Status | Position | Wind kt | mb | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953-10-07 06:00 | TD | 20.5°N 86.4°W | 25 | — | |
| 1953-10-07 12:00 | TD | 20.9°N 86.3°W | 30 | — | |
| 1953-10-07 18:00 | TS | 21.3°N 86.2°W | 35 | — | |
| 1953-10-08 00:00 | TS | 21.7°N 86.1°W | 35 | — | |
| 1953-10-08 06:00 | TS | 22.2°N 86.1°W | 40 | — | |
| 1953-10-08 12:00 | TS | 22.7°N 86.0°W | 45 | — | |
| 1953-10-08 18:00 | TS | 23.2°N 85.7°W | 45 | 1002 | |
| 1953-10-09 00:00 | TS | 24.1°N 85.2°W | 55 | — | |
| 1953-10-09 06:00 | HU | 25.2°N 84.4°W | 65 | — | |
| 1953-10-09 12:00 | HU | 26.2°N 83.3°W | 75 | — | |
| 1953-10-09 15:00 | HU | 26.7°N 82.2°W | 75 | — | Landfall |
| 1953-10-09 16:00 | HU | 26.7°N 82.1°W | 75 | — | Landfall |
| 1953-10-09 18:00 | HU | 27.1°N 81.4°W | 65 | — | |
| 1953-10-10 00:00 | TS | 28.5°N 79.1°W | 60 | — | |
| 1953-10-10 06:00 | TS | 30.0°N 76.2°W | 60 | — | |
| 1953-10-10 12:00 | EX | 31.4°N 73.6°W | 60 | — | |
| 1953-10-10 18:00 | EX | 32.6°N 71.4°W | 60 | 989 | |
| 1953-10-11 00:00 | EX | 33.8°N 69.8°W | 55 | — | |
| 1953-10-11 06:00 | EX | 35.0°N 68.1°W | 50 | — | |
| 1953-10-11 12:00 | EX | 36.2°N 65.5°W | 50 | — | |
| 1953-10-11 18:00 | EX | 37.8°N 62.6°W | 50 | — | |
| 1953-10-12 00:00 | EX | 39.3°N 59.7°W | 50 | — | |
| 1953-10-12 06:00 | EX | 40.9°N 56.5°W | 50 | — | |
| 1953-10-12 12:00 | EX | 43.0°N 53.0°W | 50 | — | |
| 1953-10-12 18:00 | EX | 46.0°N 49.0°W | 55 | — | |
| 1953-10-13 00:00 | EX | 49.0°N 45.5°W | 60 | — | |
| 1953-10-13 06:00 | EX | 51.5°N 42.7°W | 65 | — | |
| 1953-10-13 12:00 | EX | 53.0°N 42.0°W | 65 | — | |
| 1953-10-13 18:00 | EX | 54.0°N 41.7°W | 65 | — | |
| 1953-10-14 00:00 | EX | 54.9°N 41.2°W | 65 | — | |
| 1953-10-14 06:00 | EX | 55.5°N 40.5°W | 65 | — | |
| 1953-10-14 12:00 | EX | 56.0°N 39.5°W | 65 | — | |
| 1953-10-14 18:00 | EX | 56.5°N 38.0°W | 65 | — | |
| 1953-10-15 00:00 | EX | 57.0°N 36.0°W | 65 | — | |
| 1953-10-15 06:00 | EX | 57.5°N 33.5°W | 65 | — | |
| 1953-10-15 12:00 | EX | 58.2°N 32.0°W | 65 | — | |
| 1953-10-15 18:00 | EX | 59.3°N 30.8°W | 60 | — | |
| 1953-10-16 00:00 | EX | 60.8°N 30.0°W | 55 | — | |
| 1953-10-16 06:00 | EX | 61.9°N 29.3°W | 50 | — | |
| 1953-10-16 12:00 | EX | 62.5°N 28.1°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.