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Tropical Cyclone
Hurricane How (1951)
29 September 1951 · North Atlantic · Category 2
Hurricane How formed in the North Atlantic basin on 29 September 1951 and lasted 13 days. Its sustained winds reached 157 km/h, Category 2 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 963 hPa. It made landfall in Iceland, Norway, Russia, the United States of America and Mexico.
- Formed
- 29 September 1951
- Dissipated
- 11 October 1951
- Duration
- 13 days
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 157 km/h (85 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 2
- Minimum Pressure
- 963 hPa
Countries Hit
- Cat. 1Iceland120 km/h
- TSNorway93 km/h
- TSRussia93 km/h
- TSUnited States of America89 km/h
- TSMexico46 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 4Hurricane Easy241 km/h
- Cat. 4Hurricane Charlie213 km/h
- Cat. 3Hurricane Fox185 km/h
- Cat. 1Hurricane Able148 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth