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The 1961 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1961, and lasted until November 30, 1961. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin. The season had 7 major hurricanes, the second highest number on record, despite having only 8 total hurricanes. It is also one of only four seasons to have two or more hurricanes reach Category 5 status on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, the others being the 1960 season, 2005 season and the 2007 season. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x815, 698 KB) Season summary provided by NOAA of the 1961 Atlantic hurricane season. ...
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Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Hurricane Hattie was a powerful hurricane that hit Central America on Halloween, 1961. ...
A millibar (mbar, also mb) is 1/1000th of a bar, a unit for measurement of pressure. ...
Inches of mercury or inHg is a non SI unit for pressure. ...
The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is a scale classifying most Western Hemisphere tropical cyclones that exceed the intensities of tropical depressions and tropical storms, and thereby become hurricanes. ...
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The 1959 Atlantic hurricane season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. ...
First storm formed: June 22, 1960 Last storm dissipated: Sept. ...
The 1962 Atlantic hurricane season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. ...
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Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Cyclone Catarina, a rare South Atlantic tropical cyclone viewed from the International Space Station on March 26, 2004 Hurricane and Typhoon redirect here. ...
The Atlantic Basin includes the main body of the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, but ommits other bodies of water considered to be a part of the Atlantic Ocean in the broad sense, such as the Mediteranean Sea. ...
The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is a scale classifying most Western Hemisphere tropical cyclones that exceed the intensities of tropical depressions and tropical storms, and thereby become hurricanes. ...
First storm formed: June 22, 1960 Last storm dissipated: Sept. ...
The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active Atlantic hurricane season in recorded history, shattering previous records on repeated occasions. ...
The 2007 Atlantic hurricane season is an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. ...
The most notable hurricanes of the season were the two Category 5 hurricanes. Hurricane Carla struck Texas, killing 49 and causing $325 million ($2.03 billion in 2005 dollars) in damage. Hurricane Hattie devastated Belize, killing 200; Belize City was largely destroyed, leading to the eventual (1970) relocation of the national capital to Belmopan. Hurricane Carla, a Category 5 at peak intensity, was one of the most powerful storms to ever strike the United States. ...
Hurricane Hattie was a powerful hurricane that hit Central America on Halloween, 1961. ...
Belize City, Belize is the largest city of the Central American nation Belize, and its former capital. ...
Belmopan, estimated population 12,300, is the capital of Belize. ...
Storms
Hurricane Anna | | | | Anna satellite picture and track map | The Intertropical Convergence Zone developed a tropical storm on July 20 over the southern Leeward Islands. An upper level anticyclone allowed continued development, and Anna became a hurricane that night while moving westward across the Caribbean Sea. The hurricane continued to intensify, and reached her peak of 115 mph the next day. It maintained that intensity until the 23rd, when land interaction with Honduras weakened it to a Category 2. There, Anna caused heavy flooding as it continued westward. It reached the coast of Belize on the 24th as a minimal hurricane, and dissipated shortly thereafter. Anna caused a total of $300,000 in damage (1961 dollars) and 1 death in Honduras. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 495 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 633 pixel, file size: 413 KB, MIME type: image/png) Hurricane Anna (1961) track. ...
The thunderstorms of the Intertropical Convergence Zone form a line across the eastern Pacific Ocean. ...
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The Leeward Islands are the northern islands of the Lesser Antilles. ...
Map of Central America and the Caribbean The Caribbean Sea (pronounced or ) is a tropical sea in the Western Hemisphere, part of the Atlantic Ocean, southeast of the Gulf of Mexico. ...
Hurricane Betsy | | | | Betsy satellite picture and track map | A westward moving tropical wave became Tropical Storm Betsy on September 2 in the Tropical Atlantic. It moved northwestward with favorable conditions aloft, and steadily strengthened until its peak of 140 mph on the 5th. A trough off the east coast of the United States pushed Betsy northeastward, where it maintained hurricane strength until the 11th, west-southwest of Ireland. Betsy became extratropical on the 12th, and dissipated that day. It was one of three active hurricanes from September 7 to the 11th, a rare event in the Atlantic. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 600 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 1024 pixel, file size: 156 KB, MIME type: image/png) Hurricane Betsy (1961) track. ...
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Hurricane Carla | | | | Carla radar picture and track map | - Main article: Hurricane Carla
Hurricane Carla caused 46 deaths (31 of them in Texas) and $2.03 billion (2000 dollars) in damage when it made landfall near Port Lavaca, Texas. Carla was one of the most intense hurricanes to make landfall in the United States, with a central pressure of 931 mbar and estimated wind speeds of 150 mph. Although the scale did not exist in 1961, Carla is now considered to be a Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale while over open waters. Image File history File links Hurricane_carla_radar. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x705, 669 KB) Summary Hurricane Carla (1961) track. ...
Hurricane Carla, a Category 5 at peak intensity, was one of the most powerful storms to ever strike the United States. ...
Port Lavaca is a city located in Calhoun County, Texas. ...
A millibar (mbar, also mb) is 1/1000th of a bar, a unit for measurement of pressure. ...
The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is a scale classifying most Western Hemisphere tropical cyclones that exceed the intensities of tropical depressions and tropical storms, and thereby become hurricanes. ...
Hurricane Debbie | | | | Debbie satellite picture and track map | The precursor to Hurricane Debbie was a tropical wave that moved off the coast of Africa. It became tropical storm Debbie on September 6, and it reached hurricane strength on the 7th. It moved northwestward, reaching a peak intensity of 120 mph on the 11th, but a trough of low pressure pushed Debbie northeastward towards unfavorable conditions. As Debbie raced northeastward, it maintained tropical characteristics until the 16th, when it became extratropical just southwest of Ireland. The remnants of the hurricane caused heavy damage across the United Kingdom, causing 11 deaths in Ireland. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 600 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 1024 pixel, file size: 390 KB, MIME type: image/png) Hurricane Debbie (1961) track. ...
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Hurricane Esther | | | | Esther satellite picture and track map | - Main article: Hurricane Esther (1961)
Hurricane Esther was a long-lasting hurricane and powerful Cape Verde-type hurricane that reached a peak intensity at Category 4 status. Esther threatened New England twice before hitting Maine as a tropical storm in late September. Esther was responsible for $6 million in damage in 1961 dollars ($37.4 million in 2005 dollars), but no direct deaths were reported. However, Esther did cause 7 indirect deaths when a Navy P5M aircraft crashed 120 miles off the coast of Bermuda. Image File history File links Hurricane_Esther. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x896, 295 KB) Summary Hurricane Esther (1961) track. ...
Lowest pressure 927 mbar (hPa) Damages $6 million (1961 USD) $37. ...
Hurricane Ivan, a category 5 Cape Verde-type hurricane A Cape Verde-type hurricane is an Atlantic hurricane that develops near the Cape Verde islands, off the west coast of Africa. ...
Official language(s) None (English and French de facto) Capital Augusta Largest city Portland Area Ranked 39th - Total 33,414 sq mi (86,542 km²) - Width 210 miles (338 km) - Length 320 miles (515 km) - % water 13. ...
Unnamed Tropical Storm | | | | Six radar image and storm path | A tropical depression formed over the Bahamas on September 12th. It moved northward, and became a tropical storm just after hitting near Wilmington, North Carolina on the 14th. It remained weak as it raced through the East Coast states, dissipating on the 15th in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It is notably the fastest moving Tropical depression/Tropical storm/Hurricane. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 566 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 724 pixel, file size: 563 KB, MIME type: image/png) 1961 Atlantic tropical storm 6 track. ...
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Wilmington is a city in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. ...
The Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the worlds largest estuary, is the outlet of North Americas Great Lakes via the Saint Lawrence River into the Atlantic Ocean. ...
Hurricane Frances A westward moving tropical wave organized into a tropical depression on September 30, east of the northern Lesser Antilles. It crossed the islands the next day as a tropical storm, and turned northward as a disorganized system. The lack of divergence at high levels disallowed further strengthening until later. Frances hit the eastern tip of Dominican Republic on the 3rd, and continued north and northeastward. It was able to finally organize on the 4th, and Frances steadily strengthened to a 130 mph major hurricane. It turned to the northwest and posed a threat to Maine, but it turned abrubtly right. Moving over cooler waters, Frances gradually lost intensity, and became extratropical on the 9th near Nova Scotia. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 725 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 847 pixel, file size: 384 KB, MIME type: image/png) Hurricane Frances (1961) track. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 725 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 847 pixel, file size: 384 KB, MIME type: image/png) Hurricane Frances (1961) track. ...
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Location of the Lesser Antilles (green) in relation to the rest of the Caribbean Islands of the Lesser Antilles The Lesser Antilles, also known as the Caribbees,[1] are part of the Antilles, which together with the Bahamas and Greater Antilles form the West Indies. ...
Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit(Latin) One defends and the other conquers Capital Halifax Largest city Halifax Regional Municipality Official languages English, Canadian Gaelic Government - Lieutenant-Governor Mayann E. Francis - Premier Rodney MacDonald (PC) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 11 - Senate seats 10 Confederation July 1, 1867...
Tropical Storm Gerda The precursor to Tropical Storm Gerda was a tropical wave that developed on October 16 in the Caribbean Sea. The tropical depression moved slowly northward, moving over Jamaica that night and Cuba the next day. Upper-level shear kept the depression disorganized, but when it reached the Atlantic, the shear relaxed somewhat, allowing the depression to become a tropical storm on the 19th. Shortly after reaching a peak of 70 mph on the 20th while racing to the northeast, Gerda became extratropical, retaining its circulation for 2 more days until dissipating. Gerda caused 5 deaths in Jamaica and 7 in Cuba. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 798 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 769 pixel, file size: 456 KB, MIME type: image/png) Tropical Storm Gerda (1961) track. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 798 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 769 pixel, file size: 456 KB, MIME type: image/png) Tropical Storm Gerda (1961) track. ...
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Hurricane Hattie - Main article: Hurricane Hattie
Hurricane Hattie, which formed in the Caribbean Sea on October 27, hit Central America as a strong Category 4. The storm caused enormous damage in Central America, with an estimated death toll of 265, almost all in Belize. Advance warning of the storm is credited with reducing the number of fatalities, as the storm was reportedly worse than the hurricane that struck there in 1931, killing 2000 people. Hattie destroyed an estimated 40% of all buildings in Belize, and damaged half of those that remained; Belize City was damaged so heavily that the national government was relocated inland to Belmopan. Like Carla, Hattie was also classified posthumously as a Category 5 storm. Hattie held Category 5 intensity on the dates of October 30 and October 31, making it the latest Category 5 storm on record in the Atlantic basin. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x633, 487 KB) Summary Hurricane Hattie (1961) track. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x633, 487 KB) Summary Hurricane Hattie (1961) track. ...
Hurricane Hattie was a powerful hurricane that hit Central America on Halloween, 1961. ...
Map of Central America and the Caribbean The Caribbean Sea (pronounced or ) is a tropical sea in the Western Hemisphere, part of the Atlantic Ocean, southeast of the Gulf of Mexico. ...
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Belize City, Belize is the largest city of the Central American nation Belize, and its former capital. ...
Belmopan, estimated population 12,300, is the capital of Belize. ...
The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is a scale classifying most Western Hemisphere tropical cyclones that exceed the intensities of tropical depressions and tropical storms, and thereby become hurricanes. ...
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When Hattie emerged into the Eastern Pacific, part of the cloud mass restrengthened into Tropical Storm Simone on November 1 as part of the 1961 Pacific hurricane season. It moved northwestward, and after reaching a peak of 50 mph, hit southern Mexico. It dissipated on the 3rd over the Bay of Campeche, although its remnants contributed to the formation of Tropical Storm Inga. is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
The 1950-1969 Pacific hurricane seasons all began on May 15, 1950-69 in the northeast Pacific Ocean and on June 1, 1950-69 in the central Pacific. ...
Tropical Storm Inga When Simone moved into the Gulf of Mexico, another area of Hattie's remnants developed into a tropical storm on November 5, the only time a tropical storm formed in the Gulf in the month of November. Inga's center moved westward, followed by a new center forming to the southeast. It drifted over the Bay of Campeche for the next few days, and after reaching a peak of 70 mph, dissipated on the 8th. Since Inga formed from the remnants of Simone (and therefore Hattie), it is likely to be considered the third part of the same tropical system's life cycle. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 495 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 633 pixel, file size: 540 KB, MIME type: image/png) Tropical Storm Inga (1961) track. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 495 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 633 pixel, file size: 540 KB, MIME type: image/png) Tropical Storm Inga (1961) track. ...
Gulf of Mexico in 3D perspective. ...
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Hurricane Jenny An area of disturbed weather, in connection with the development of a cut-off low in the upper troposphere over Puerto Rico, became a tropical depression over the northeastern Lesser Antilles on November 1. After moving northeastward, the tropical depression moved eastward in response to an upper level trough. Subtropical in nature, it was able to withstand the shear, and, after looping back to the west, became a tropical storm on the 6th. Later that day, Jenny became a hurricane, but as it turned northeastward, shear and cooler waters weakened it. Jenny became extratropical on the 8th. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 495 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 633 pixel, file size: 60 KB, MIME type: image/png) Hurricane Jenny (1961) track. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 495 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 633 pixel, file size: 60 KB, MIME type: image/png) Hurricane Jenny (1961) track. ...
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Storm names The following names were used for named storms (tropical storms and hurricanes) that formed in the North Atlantic in 1961. Names that were not assigned are marked in gray. | | - Hattie
- Inga
- Jenny
- Kara (unused)
- Laurie (unused)
- Martha (unused)
- Netty (unused)
| - Orva (unused)
- Peggy (unused)
- Rhoda (unused)
- Sadie (unused)
- Tanya (unused)
- Virgy (unused)
- Wenda (unused)
| Hurricane Carla, a Category 5 at peak intensity, was one of the most powerful storms to ever strike the United States. ...
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Hurricane Hattie was a powerful hurricane that hit Central America on Halloween, 1961. ...
Retirement - See also: List of retired Atlantic hurricanes
The names Carla and Hattie were later retired. This is a list of all Atlantic hurricanes that have had their names retired. ...
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This is a list of notable Atlantic hurricanes, subdivided by reason for notability. ...
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External links - Monthly Weather Review
- Detailed information on all storms from 1961
| Tropical cyclones of the 1961 Atlantic hurricane season | | |
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