Hurricane Able
May 16, 1951 to May 24, 1951Peak 92 mph973 mb
Hurricane Able came within 100 miles of 10 U.S. counties without passing within 50.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Able · 1951
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- 92 mph, 80 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 973 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 0
- None
- Counties within 100 miles
- 10
- FL, NC
- 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.
| Dare County | NC | 62.0 | Category 1 |
| Hyde County | NC | 73.9 | Category 1 |
| Palm Beach County | FL | 81.2 | Category 1 |
| Martin County | FL | 81.2 | Category 1 |
| St. Lucie County | FL | 81.4 | Category 1 |
| Carteret County | NC | 85.2 | Category 1 |
| Indian River County | FL | 87.2 | Category 1 |
| Currituck County | NC | 95.0 | Category 1 |
| Brevard County | FL | 97.4 | Category 1 |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 99.3 | Category 1 |
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.