NHC AL031953 · Atlantic basin
Hurricane Barbara (1953)
August 11, 1953 – August 16, 1953
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Barbara peaked at Category 1 with 92 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 118 US cities, 118 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Barbara in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Barbara from August 11, 1953 to August 16, 1953; its peak was 92 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks 3 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on August 14 at 92 mph (Category 1), 34 miles from Oriental, NC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 118 US cities, in 6 states, most in North Carolina (56) and Virginia (33). The strongest pass was 92 mph (Category 1) 27 miles from Beaufort, NC; the centre came closest to Grandy, NC, 2 miles away.
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- Cities within 75 mi
- 118
- At hurricane strength
- 118
- States
- 6
92 mph
when closest
Cities Barbara passed near, strongest first
North Carolina (56)
- BeaufortCategory 1 · 27 mi
- Morehead CityCategory 1 · 33 mi
- OrientalCategory 1 · 33 mi
- Atlantic BeachCategory 1 · 34 mi
- NewportCategory 1 · 40 mi
- HavelockCategory 1 · 42 mi
- Cherry PointCategory 1 · 43 mi
- Emerald IsleCategory 1 · 46 mi
- SwansboroCategory 1 · 52 mi
- HubertCategory 1 · 58 mi
- MaysvilleCategory 1 · 61 mi
- Midway ParkCategory 1 · 64 mi
- Tarawa TerraceCategory 1 · 67 mi
- JacksonvilleCategory 1 · 70 mi
- TrentonCategory 1 · 75 mi
- GrantsboroCategory 1 · 43 mi
- New BernCategory 1 · 54 mi
- Camp LejeuneCategory 1 · 64 mi
- BayboroCategory 1 · 35 mi
- Sneads FerryCategory 1 · 68 mi
- Cove CityCategory 1 · 69 mi
- AuroraCategory 1 · 39 mi
- VanceboroCategory 1 · 59 mi
- BelhavenCategory 1 · 30 mi
- PinetownCategory 1 · 43 mi
- JamesvilleCategory 1 · 51 mi
- WashingtonCategory 1 · 54 mi
- ChocowinityCategory 1 · 55 mi
- WilliamstonCategory 1 · 62 mi
- GrimeslandCategory 1 · 63 mi
- RobersonvilleCategory 1 · 71 mi
- GreenvilleCategory 1 · 72 mi
- WintervilleCategory 1 · 73 mi
- AydenCategory 1 · 74 mi
- GriftonCategory 1 · 75 mi
- PlymouthCategory 1 · 43 mi
- CurrituckCategory 1 · 11 mi
- ColumbiaCategory 1 · 15 mi
- MoyockCategory 1 · 21 mi
- RoperCategory 1 · 35 mi
- ManteoCategory 1 · 14 mi
- CamdenCategory 1 · 19 mi
- South MillsCategory 1 · 29 mi
- GatesCategory 1 · 55 mi
- WindsorCategory 1 · 56 mi
- GrandyCategory 1 · 2 mi
- Kitty HawkCategory 1 · 9 mi
- Nags HeadCategory 1 · 18 mi
- Elizabeth CityCategory 1 · 22 mi
- EdentonCategory 1 · 40 mi
- Kill Devil HillsCategory 1 · 13 mi
- HertfordCategory 1 · 30 mi
- ColerainCategory 1 · 52 mi
- AhoskieCategory 1 · 62 mi
- AulanderCategory 1 · 68 mi
- MurfreesboroCategory 1 · 71 mi
Virginia (33)
- ChincoteagueCategory 1 · 34 mi
- BloxomCategory 1 · 42 mi
- New ChurchCategory 1 · 43 mi
- AccomacCategory 1 · 40 mi
- MelfaCategory 1 · 41 mi
- ParksleyCategory 1 · 41 mi
- OnancockCategory 1 · 44 mi
- PainterCategory 1 · 41 mi
- ExmoreCategory 1 · 42 mi
- White StoneCategory 1 · 69 mi
- KilmarnockCategory 1 · 72 mi
- Cape CharlesCategory 1 · 37 mi
- MathewsCategory 1 · 59 mi
- PoquosonCategory 1 · 51 mi
- SeafordCategory 1 · 55 mi
- YorktownCategory 1 · 56 mi
- HayesCategory 1 · 61 mi
- GloucesterCategory 1 · 69 mi
- WilliamsburgCategory 1 · 73 mi
- Virginia BeachCategory 1 · 27 mi
- ChesapeakeCategory 1 · 34 mi
- NorfolkCategory 1 · 37 mi
- PortsmouthCategory 1 · 39 mi
- HamptonCategory 1 · 48 mi
- SuffolkCategory 1 · 49 mi
- CarrolltonCategory 1 · 52 mi
- Newport NewsCategory 1 · 55 mi
- SmithfieldCategory 1 · 58 mi
- WindsorCategory 1 · 59 mi
- Fort EustisCategory 1 · 61 mi
- ZuniCategory 1 · 65 mi
- WakefieldCategory 1 · 75 mi
- FranklinCategory 1 · 67 mi
Maryland (15)
- Pocomoke CityCategory 1 · 48 mi
- Snow HillCategory 1 · 49 mi
- CrisfieldCategory 1 · 58 mi
- PittsvilleCategory 1 · 59 mi
- ParsonsburgCategory 1 · 60 mi
- Princess AnneCategory 1 · 60 mi
- EdenCategory 1 · 62 mi
- FruitlandCategory 1 · 63 mi
- WestoverCategory 1 · 64 mi
- SalisburyCategory 1 · 65 mi
- DelmarCategory 1 · 68 mi
- HebronCategory 1 · 70 mi
- Ocean CityCategory 1 · 49 mi
- BerlinCategory 1 · 51 mi
- BishopvilleCategory 1 · 55 mi
Delaware (11)
- DelmarCategory 1 · 70 mi
- LaurelCategory 1 · 74 mi
- SelbyvilleCategory 1 · 56 mi
- Bethany BeachCategory 1 · 57 mi
- Ocean ViewCategory 1 · 59 mi
- MillvilleCategory 1 · 59 mi
- FrankfordCategory 1 · 60 mi
- DagsboroCategory 1 · 63 mi
- MillsboroCategory 1 · 67 mi
- Rehoboth BeachCategory 1 · 68 mi
- LewesCategory 1 · 72 mi
New Jersey (1)
- WildwoodCategory 1 · 74 mi
Other storms of the 1953 season
- AliceTropical storm · 66 cities
- Unnamed (AL021953)Tropical storm · 45 cities
- CarolCategory 5 · 3 cities
- DollyCategory 1 · 86 cities
- Unnamed (AL081953)Tropical storm · 108 cities
- FlorenceCategory 3 · 253 cities
- Unnamed (AL111953)Tropical storm · 60 cities
- HazelCategory 1 · 108 cities
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.