NHC AL051950 · Atlantic basin
Hurricane Easy (1950)
September 1, 1950 – September 9, 1950
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Easy peaked at Category 3 with 121 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 265 US cities, 79 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Easy in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Easy from September 1, 1950 to September 9, 1950; its peak was 121 mph (Category 3). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on September 5 at 121 mph (Category 3), 7 miles from Inglis, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 265 US cities, in 2 states, most in Florida (253). The strongest pass was 121 mph (Category 3) 21 miles from Morriston, FL; the centre came closest to Zephyrhills, FL, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- Cities within 75 mi
- 265
- At hurricane strength
- 79
- States
- 2
121 mph
when closest
Cities Easy passed near, strongest first
Florida (253)
- MorristonCategory 3 · 21 mi
- ChieflandCategory 3 · 25 mi
- WillistonCategory 3 · 26 mi
- BronsonCategory 3 · 27 mi
- ArcherCategory 3 · 33 mi
- TrentonCategory 3 · 35 mi
- Old TownCategory 3 · 39 mi
- NewberryCategory 3 · 39 mi
- Cross CityCategory 3 · 41 mi
- BellCategory 3 · 46 mi
- MayoCategory 3 · 72 mi
- InglisCategory 3 · 7 mi
- DunnellonCategory 3 · 22 mi
- Citrus SpringsCategory 3 · 21 mi
- Beverly HillsCategory 3 · 20 mi
- HernandoCategory 3 · 25 mi
- Crystal RiverCategory 3 · 12 mi
- LecantoCategory 3 · 19 mi
- InvernessCategory 3 · 28 mi
- HomosassaCategory 3 · 15 mi
- Weeki WacheeCategory 2 · 14 mi
- Holmes BeachCategory 2 · 42 mi
- Longboat KeyCategory 2 · 44 mi
- St Pete BeachCategory 2 · 45 mi
- BradentonCategory 2 · 51 mi
- PalmettoCategory 2 · 52 mi
- University ParkCategory 2 · 55 mi
- OspreyCategory 2 · 48 mi
- SarasotaCategory 2 · 51 mi
- NokomisCategory 2 · 48 mi
- VeniceCategory 2 · 48 mi
- North PortCategory 2 · 60 mi
- PlacidaCategory 1 · 48 mi
- EnglewoodCategory 1 · 49 mi
- Rotonda WestCategory 1 · 51 mi
- Port CharlotteCategory 1 · 61 mi
- Punta GordaCategory 1 · 66 mi
- BokeeliaCategory 1 · 51 mi
- SanibelCategory 1 · 47 mi
- St James CityCategory 1 · 50 mi
- Fort Myers BeachCategory 1 · 56 mi
- Cape CoralCategory 1 · 59 mi
- Bonita SpringsCategory 1 · 63 mi
- EsteroCategory 1 · 64 mi
- Fort MyersCategory 1 · 65 mi
- North Fort MyersCategory 1 · 66 mi
- Marco IslandCategory 1 · 64 mi
- NaplesCategory 1 · 67 mi
- Spring HillCategory 1 · 6 mi
- HudsonCategory 1 · 4 mi
- Port RicheyCategory 1 · 9 mi
- New Port RicheyCategory 1 · 11 mi
- HolidayCategory 1 · 17 mi
- Tarpon SpringsCategory 1 · 23 mi
- DunedinCategory 1 · 28 mi
- Indian ShoresCategory 1 · 38 mi
- Key WestCategory 1 · 46 mi
- Summerland KeyCategory 1 · 64 mi
- Big Pine KeyCategory 1 · 73 mi
- TrinityCategory 1 · 14 mi
and 193 more
Georgia (12)
- FolkstonTropical storm · 46 mi
- WaverlyTropical storm · 62 mi
- WaynesvilleTropical storm · 65 mi
- NahuntaTropical storm · 67 mi
- HobokenTropical storm · 69 mi
- BrunswickTropical storm · 74 mi
- WaycrossTropical storm · 75 mi
- Saint GeorgeTropical storm · 5 mi
- KingslandTropical storm · 37 mi
- Saint MarysTropical storm · 41 mi
- WoodbineTropical storm · 43 mi
- St Simons IslandTropical storm · 69 mi
Other storms of the 1950 season
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.