NHC AL121953 · Atlantic basin
Hurricane Hazel (1953)
October 7, 1953 – October 16, 1953
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Hazel peaked at Category 1 with 86 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 108 US cities, 76 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Hazel in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Hazel from October 7, 1953 to October 16, 1953; its peak was 86 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on October 9 at 86 mph (Category 1), 4 miles from Bokeelia, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 108 US cities, all in Florida. The strongest pass was 86 mph (Category 1) 3 miles from Bokeelia, FL; the centre came closest to Vero Beach, FL, 2 miles away.
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- Cities within 75 mi
- 108
- At hurricane strength
- 76
- States
- 1
86 mph
when closest
Cities Hazel passed near, strongest first
Florida (108)
- BokeeliaCategory 1 · 3 mi
- St James CityCategory 1 · 11 mi
- PlacidaCategory 1 · 12 mi
- Rotonda WestCategory 1 · 14 mi
- SanibelCategory 1 · 18 mi
- EnglewoodCategory 1 · 19 mi
- Fort Myers BeachCategory 1 · 20 mi
- VeniceCategory 1 · 29 mi
- NokomisCategory 1 · 34 mi
- OspreyCategory 1 · 38 mi
- NaplesCategory 1 · 43 mi
- SarasotaCategory 1 · 46 mi
- University ParkCategory 1 · 51 mi
- Lakewood RanchCategory 1 · 52 mi
- Longboat KeyCategory 1 · 55 mi
- BradentonCategory 1 · 57 mi
- Marco IslandCategory 1 · 58 mi
- EllentonCategory 1 · 60 mi
- PalmettoCategory 1 · 63 mi
- Holmes BeachCategory 1 · 63 mi
- Cape CoralCategory 1 · 8 mi
- EsteroCategory 1 · 26 mi
- Bonita SpringsCategory 1 · 31 mi
- North Fort MyersCategory 1 · 7 mi
- Fort MyersCategory 1 · 16 mi
- Port CharlotteCategory 1 · 18 mi
- North PortCategory 1 · 25 mi
- Punta GordaCategory 1 · 11 mi
- ParrishCategory 1 · 61 mi
- Lehigh AcresCategory 1 · 21 mi
- Myakka CityCategory 1 · 45 mi
- RuskinCategory 1 · 70 mi
- AlvaCategory 1 · 15 mi
- ImmokaleeCategory 1 · 41 mi
- WimaumaCategory 1 · 65 mi
- Sun City CenterCategory 1 · 67 mi
- Apollo BeachCategory 1 · 72 mi
- ArcadiaCategory 1 · 22 mi
- LabelleCategory 1 · 19 mi
- LithiaCategory 1 · 65 mi
- ValricoCategory 1 · 74 mi
- Bowling GreenCategory 1 · 48 mi
- WauchulaCategory 1 · 39 mi
- Lake PlacidCategory 1 · 10 mi
- SebringCategory 1 · 22 mi
- Moore HavenCategory 1 · 25 mi
- Avon ParkCategory 1 · 32 mi
- Zolfo SpringsCategory 1 · 33 mi
- ClewistonCategory 1 · 36 mi
- Fort MeadeCategory 1 · 50 mi
- BartowCategory 1 · 60 mi
- Eagle LakeCategory 1 · 62 mi
- MulberryCategory 1 · 65 mi
- LakelandCategory 1 · 73 mi
- OkeechobeeCategory 1 · 8 mi
- IndiantownCategory 1 · 35 mi
- FrostproofCategory 1 · 41 mi
- PahokeeCategory 1 · 42 mi
- Babson ParkCategory 1 · 46 mi
- South BayCategory 1 · 49 mi
and 48 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
- DollyCategory 1 · 86 cities
- Unnamed (AL081953)Tropical storm · 108 cities
- FlorenceCategory 3 · 253 cities
- Unnamed (AL111953)Tropical storm · 60 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.