NHC AL061953 · Atlantic basin
Hurricane Dolly (1953)
September 8, 1953 – September 16, 1953
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Dolly peaked at Category 1 with 75 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 86 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Dolly in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Dolly from September 8, 1953 to September 16, 1953; its peak was 75 mph (Category 1). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 86 US cities, all in Puerto Rico. The strongest pass was 44 mph (tropical storm) 33 miles from Aguadilla, PR; the centre came closest to Catano, PR, 12 miles away.
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- Cities within 75 mi
- 86
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 1
75 mph
when closest
Cities Dolly passed near, strongest first
Puerto Rico (86)
- AguadillaTropical storm · 33 mi
- AguadaTropical storm · 40 mi
- RinconTropical storm · 43 mi
- IsabelaTropical storm · 29 mi
- QuebradillasTropical storm · 29 mi
- San AntonioTropical storm · 30 mi
- MocaTropical storm · 37 mi
- San SebastianTropical storm · 37 mi
- Las MariasTropical storm · 43 mi
- AnascoTropical storm · 44 mi
- MayaguezTropical storm · 49 mi
- HormiguerosTropical storm · 53 mi
- San GermanTropical storm · 54 mi
- Cabo RojoTropical storm · 57 mi
- BoqueronTropical storm · 63 mi
- AreciboTropical storm · 23 mi
- HatilloTropical storm · 27 mi
- CamuyTropical storm · 28 mi
- UtuadoTropical storm · 35 mi
- LaresTropical storm · 38 mi
- AdjuntasTropical storm · 42 mi
- MaricaoTropical storm · 47 mi
- YaucoTropical storm · 52 mi
- Sabana GrandeTropical storm · 53 mi
- GuanicaTropical storm · 57 mi
- LajasTropical storm · 59 mi
- EnsenadaTropical storm · 60 mi
- Vega BajaTropical storm · 17 mi
- BarcelonetaTropical storm · 19 mi
- ManatiTropical storm · 20 mi
- GarrochalesTropical storm · 21 mi
- Sabana HoyosTropical storm · 24 mi
- MorovisTropical storm · 25 mi
- FloridaTropical storm · 26 mi
- CialesTropical storm · 28 mi
- San JuanTropical storm · 31 mi
- OrocovisTropical storm · 32 mi
- CarolinaTropical storm · 35 mi
- Trujillo AltoTropical storm · 36 mi
- JayuyaTropical storm · 36 mi
- LoizaTropical storm · 39 mi
- VillalbaTropical storm · 39 mi
- CaguasTropical storm · 40 mi
- CanovanasTropical storm · 41 mi
- GuraboTropical storm · 41 mi
- CayeyTropical storm · 44 mi
- Rio GrandeTropical storm · 44 mi
- Coto LaurelTropical storm · 45 mi
- Juana DiazTropical storm · 46 mi
- JuncosTropical storm · 46 mi
- San LorenzoTropical storm · 47 mi
- MerceditaTropical storm · 49 mi
- PenuelasTropical storm · 49 mi
- PonceTropical storm · 49 mi
- Las PiedrasTropical storm · 50 mi
- LuquilloTropical storm · 50 mi
- GuayanillaTropical storm · 52 mi
- GuayamaTropical storm · 53 mi
- PatillasTropical storm · 53 mi
- HumacaoTropical storm · 54 mi
and 26 more
Other storms of the 1953 season
- AliceTropical storm · 66 cities
- Unnamed (AL021953)Tropical storm · 45 cities
- BarbaraCategory 1 · 118 cities
- CarolCategory 5 · 3 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.