NHC AL041953 · Atlantic basin
Hurricane Carol (1953)
August 28, 1953 – September 9, 1953
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Carol peaked at Category 5 with 161 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 3 US cities, 3 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Carol in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Carol from August 28, 1953 to September 9, 1953; its peak was 161 mph (Category 5). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 3 US cities, all in Maine. The strongest pass was 85 mph (Category 1) 67 miles from Machias, ME; the centre came closest to Calais, ME, 62 miles away.
- Peak strength
- Category 5
- Cities within 75 mi
- 3
- At hurricane strength
- 3
- States
- 1
161 mph
when closest
Cities Carol passed near, strongest first
Maine (3)
- MachiasCategory 1 · 67 mi
- CalaisCategory 1 · 62 mi
- BaileyvilleCategory 1 · 69 mi
Other storms of the 1953 season
- AliceTropical storm · 66 cities
- Unnamed (AL021953)Tropical storm · 45 cities
- BarbaraCategory 1 · 118 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.