NHC CP011959 · Eastern Pacific basin
Hurricane Dot (1959)
August 1, 1959 – August 8, 1959
Hurricane Dot peaked at Category 4 with 150 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 21 US cities, 17 of them while still at hurricane strength.
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- Cities within 75 mi
- 21
- At hurricane strength
- 17
- States
- 1
150 mph
when closest
Cities Dot passed near, strongest first
Hawaii (21)
- WaianaeCategory 1 · 61 mi
- KapoleiCategory 1 · 63 mi
- Ewa BeachCategory 1 · 67 mi
- WaialuaCategory 1 · 68 mi
- WaipahuCategory 1 · 69 mi
- MililaniCategory 1 · 71 mi
- WahiawaCategory 1 · 71 mi
- Pearl CityCategory 1 · 72 mi
- AieaCategory 1 · 74 mi
- HaleiwaCategory 1 · 73 mi
- KoloaCategory 1 · 1 mi
- EleeleCategory 1 · 5 mi
- HanapepeCategory 1 · 6 mi
- LihueCategory 1 · 8 mi
- KekahaCategory 1 · 14 mi
- KalaheoCategory 1 · 1 mi
- WaimeaCategory 1 · 14 mi
- KapaaTropical storm · 10 mi
- AnaholaTropical storm · 12 mi
- PrincevilleTropical storm · overhead
- KilaueaTropical storm · 6 mi
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.