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NHC AL021950 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Baker (1950)

August 18, 1950 – September 1, 1950

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Hurricane Baker peaked at Category 2 with 104 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 375 US cities, 53 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Baker in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Baker from August 18, 1950 to September 1, 1950; its peak was 104 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on August 31 at 86 mph (Category 1), 17 miles from Gulf Shores, AL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 375 US cities, in 6 states and territories, most in Alabama (122) and Mississippi (113). The strongest pass was 90 mph (Category 1) 73 miles from Buras, LA; the centre came closest to Spanish Fort, AL, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 2

104 mph

Cities within 75 mi
375
At hurricane strength
53

when closest

States
6
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Cities Baker passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (1)

Alabama (122)

and 62 more

Mississippi (113)

and 53 more

Florida (12)

Puerto Rico (82)

and 22 more

Tennessee (45)

Other storms of the 1950 season

  • EasyCategory 3 · 265 cities
  • KingCategory 4 · 435 cities
  • LoveCategory 1 · 60 cities

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About this record

The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.