1954 season

Hurricane Hazel (1954)

Oct 5, 6:00 AM UTC – Oct 18, 6:00 AM UTC (13.0 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 4
Max sustained wind
130 mph (115 kt)
Lowest pressure
938 mb
Landfalls
5

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Oct 6, 12:00 AM UTC · 12.2°N 61.6°W · Hurricane · 75 mph
  • Oct 12, 9:00 AM UTC · 18.3°N 74.2°W · Hurricane · 120 mph
  • Oct 13, 12:00 AM UTC · 19.6°N 73.4°W · Hurricane · 100 mph
  • Oct 13, 2:00 PM UTC · 21.0°N 73.1°W · Hurricane · 100 mph
  • Oct 15, 3:30 PM UTC · 33.9°N 78.6°W · Hurricane · 130 mph · 938 mb
Every track point (56)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1954-10-05 06:00TS12.0°N 58.5°W40—
1954-10-05 12:00TS12.0°N 59.5°W50—
1954-10-05 18:00TS12.1°N 60.5°W551002
1954-10-06 00:00HU12.2°N 61.6°W65—Landfall
1954-10-06 06:00HU12.3°N 62.9°W70—
1954-10-06 12:00HU12.5°N 64.3°W70998
1954-10-06 18:00HU12.6°N 65.6°W70998
1954-10-07 00:00HU12.7°N 66.7°W70—
1954-10-07 06:00HU12.9°N 67.7°W70—
1954-10-07 12:00HU13.2°N 68.7°W70997
1954-10-07 18:00HU13.5°N 69.7°W70994
1954-10-08 00:00HU13.6°N 70.6°W75—
1954-10-08 06:00HU13.6°N 71.3°W75—
1954-10-08 12:00HU13.6°N 71.8°W75986
1954-10-08 18:00HU13.7°N 72.0°W80—
1954-10-09 00:00HU13.8°N 72.4°W85—
1954-10-09 06:00HU13.9°N 73.2°W90—
1954-10-09 12:00HU14.0°N 74.0°W95—
1954-10-09 18:00HU14.2°N 74.7°W100—
1954-10-10 00:00HU14.4°N 75.2°W105—
1954-10-10 06:00HU14.7°N 75.5°W105—
1954-10-10 12:00HU15.0°N 75.6°W105—
1954-10-10 18:00HU15.3°N 75.6°W105—
1954-10-11 00:00HU15.6°N 75.5°W105—
1954-10-11 06:00HU15.9°N 75.3°W105—
1954-10-11 12:00HU16.4°N 75.1°W105—
1954-10-11 18:00HU16.9°N 74.9°W105—
1954-10-12 00:00HU17.4°N 74.7°W105—
1954-10-12 06:00HU18.0°N 74.3°W105—
1954-10-12 09:00HU18.3°N 74.2°W105—Landfall
1954-10-12 12:00HU18.6°N 74.0°W85—
1954-10-12 18:00HU19.1°N 73.7°W85—
1954-10-13 00:00HU19.6°N 73.4°W85—Landfall
1954-10-13 06:00HU20.1°N 73.1°W85—
1954-10-13 12:00HU20.8°N 73.1°W85—
1954-10-13 14:00HU21.0°N 73.1°W85—Landfall
1954-10-13 18:00HU21.7°N 73.3°W85972
1954-10-14 00:00HU22.7°N 73.5°W85974
1954-10-14 06:00HU23.8°N 73.8°W90—
1954-10-14 12:00HU25.2°N 74.6°W100—
1954-10-14 18:00HU27.0°N 75.7°W110—
1954-10-15 00:00HU28.8°N 76.8°W115—
1954-10-15 06:00HU30.7°N 78.0°W115—
1954-10-15 12:00HU32.7°N 78.7°W115938
1954-10-15 15:30HU33.9°N 78.6°W115938Landfall
1954-10-15 18:00EX36.0°N 78.3°W80970
1954-10-16 00:00EX40.2°N 77.2°W70—
1954-10-16 06:00EX46.0°N 79.3°W60—
1954-10-16 12:00EX48.8°N 80.0°W50982
1954-10-16 18:00EX51.5°N 79.5°W45988
1954-10-17 00:00EX53.2°N 79.5°W45—
1954-10-17 06:00EX54.5°N 79.5°W35—
1954-10-17 12:00EX55.5°N 79.5°W35—
1954-10-17 18:00EX56.3°N 78.8°W35—
1954-10-18 00:00EX57.0°N 77.0°W30—
1954-10-18 06:00EX58.1°N 75.0°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.