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Tropical Cyclone
Hurricane Carol (1953)
28 August 1953 · North Atlantic · Category 5
Hurricane Carol formed in the North Atlantic basin on 28 August 1953 and lasted 12 days. Its sustained winds reached 259 km/h, Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 929 hPa. It made landfall in Canada.
- Formed
- 28 August 1953
- Dissipated
- 9 September 1953
- Duration
- 12 days
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 259 km/h (140 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 5
- Minimum Pressure
- 929 hPa
Countries Hit
- Cat. 1Canada130 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 3Hurricane Edna185 km/h
- Cat. 3Hurricane Florence185 km/h
- Cat. 1Hurricane Barbara148 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth