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Tropical Cyclone
Hurricane Greta (1956)
31 October 1956 · North Atlantic · Category 2
Hurricane Greta formed in the North Atlantic basin on 31 October 1956 and lasted 7 days. Its sustained winds reached 157 km/h, Category 2 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 970 hPa. It made landfall in Cuba.
- Formed
- 31 October 1956
- Dissipated
- 7 November 1956
- Duration
- 7 days
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 157 km/h (85 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 2
- Minimum Pressure
- 970 hPa
Countries Hit
- TSCuba46 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 3Hurricane Betsy194 km/h
- Cat. 1Hurricane Flossy148 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth