1959 season

Hurricane Dot (1959)

Aug 1, 6:00 PM UTC – Aug 8, 6:00 AM UTC (6.5 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 4
Max sustained wind
150 mph (130 kt)
Lowest pressure
952 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (27)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1959-08-01 18:00TS15.7°N 141.2°W60—
1959-08-02 00:00HU15.8°N 141.8°W90—
1959-08-02 06:00HU15.7°N 142.9°W100—
1959-08-02 12:00HU15.6°N 144.0°W110—
1959-08-02 18:00HU15.5°N 144.9°W120—
1959-08-03 00:00HU15.3°N 145.7°W130952
1959-08-03 06:00HU15.3°N 146.7°W120—
1959-08-03 12:00HU15.4°N 147.8°W120—
1959-08-03 18:00HU15.6°N 148.6°W120—
1959-08-04 00:00HU15.9°N 149.4°W120—
1959-08-04 06:00HU16.3°N 150.4°W120—
1959-08-04 12:00HU16.6°N 151.5°W120—
1959-08-04 18:00HU16.7°N 152.6°W120—
1959-08-05 00:00HU17.0°N 153.9°W120—
1959-08-05 06:00HU17.1°N 155.0°W120—
1959-08-05 12:00HU17.3°N 156.0°W115—
1959-08-05 18:00HU17.7°N 156.8°W110—
1959-08-06 00:00HU18.2°N 157.7°W110—
1959-08-06 06:00HU18.7°N 158.2°W100—
1959-08-06 12:00HU19.5°N 158.5°W100—
1959-08-06 18:00HU20.3°N 158.8°W100—
1959-08-07 00:00HU21.0°N 159.0°W80—
1959-08-07 06:00HU21.8°N 159.5°W75—
1959-08-07 12:00TS22.4°N 159.5°W45—
1959-08-07 18:00TS22.9°N 160.7°W45—
1959-08-08 00:00TS23.0°N 162.1°W45—
1959-08-08 06:00TD23.2°N 163.0°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.