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Tropical Cyclone
Hurricane Flora (1963)
28 September 1963 · North Atlantic · Category 4
Hurricane Flora formed in the North Atlantic basin on 28 September 1963 and lasted 19 days. Its sustained winds reached 241 km/h, Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 933 hPa. It made landfall in Haiti and Cuba.
- Formed
- 28 September 1963
- Dissipated
- 17 October 1963
- Duration
- 19 days
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 241 km/h (130 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 4
- Minimum Pressure
- 933 hPa
Countries Hit
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 3Hurricane Beulah194 km/h
- Cat. 3Hurricane Arlene185 km/h
- Cat. 2Hurricane Ginny176 km/h
- Cat. 2Hurricane Edith157 km/h
- TSTropical Storm Cindy102 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth