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Tropical Cyclone
Hurricane Ella (1958)
30 August 1958 · North Atlantic · Category 2
Hurricane Ella formed in the North Atlantic basin on 30 August 1958 and lasted 8 days. Its sustained winds reached 176 km/h, Category 2 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 983 hPa. It made landfall in Haiti, Cuba and the United States of America.
- Formed
- 30 August 1958
- Dissipated
- 7 September 1958
- Duration
- 8 days
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 176 km/h (95 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 2
- Minimum Pressure
- 983 hPa
Countries Hit
- Cat. 2Haiti154 km/h
- Cat. 1Cuba130 km/h
- TSUnited States of America83 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 4Hurricane Helene241 km/h
- Cat. 4Hurricane Cleo222 km/h
- Cat. 4Hurricane Daisy213 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth