Hurricane Able

Aug 12, 1950 to Aug 24, 1950Peak 127 mph953 mb

Hurricane Able came within 100 miles of 2 U.S. counties without passing within 50.

Major hurricane
Hurricane
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Post-tropical

Watch how it happened

Hurricane Able · 1950

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

About this replay

Date and time (UTC)—Historical replay — not a forecast

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Storm milestones

Storm trackPast (solid) and future (dashed)

Wind fieldNot recorded for this storm; HURDAT2 carries wind extents from 2004

County proximityCounties within 50 miles, lit at the hour of closest approach (brighter when closer)

Source: National Hurricane Center · HURDAT2. Positions every six hours, interpolated between fixes. Relief: Natural Earth. Times shown in UTC.

The storm

Peak strength: Category 3; 127 mph, 110 kt
Lowest pressure: 953 mb; Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles: 0; None
Counties within 100 miles: 2; NC
Strongest near the U.S.: Category 3; Dare County, NC, 90.1 mi, Aug 20, 1950
Landfalls recorded: 1; Anywhere on the track

Every county it passed

Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.

Counties within 100 miles

Dare County	NC	90.1	Category 3	Aug 20, 1950
Hyde County	NC	99.7	Category 3	Aug 20, 1950

Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.