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Hurricane Cleo 1964

Category 4 hurricane · Atlantic · August 20 to September 4, 1964

Cleo's 150 mph landfall in Haiti on August 24, 1964 ranks tied for the strongest of the 10 storms with a landfall record there. Its 125 mph landfall in Guadeloupe on August 22, 1964 ranks tied for the second-strongest of the 8 storms with a landfall record there. It has landfall records in 5 different places: Guadeloupe, Haiti, Cuba, Florida and Georgia. The name Cleo is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired Atlantic hurricane names.

Track of Cleo (1964) from the best-track record, coloured by strength20°N30°N40°N50°N90°W80°W70°W60°W50°W40°W30°W20°WCharlotteGuadeloupe, 125 mphHaiti, 150 mphCuba, 80 mphFlorida, 110 mphGeorgia, 60 mphPeak 150 mphFirst recordNot tropicalDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 3Category 400 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Cleo (1964) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 504080120160Aug 21Aug 25Aug 29Sep 2Sep 6Sep 10mph
  1. First record (tropical storm) 895 miles northeast of Paramaribo, Suriname
  2. Hurricane 420 miles east-northeast of Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados
  3. Major hurricane 115 miles east-northeast of Roseau, Saint George, Dominica
  4. Landfall Guadeloupe
  5. Landfall Guadeloupe: Category 3, 125 mph, 962 mb
  6. Peak 105 miles south of Ponce, Puerto Rico; lowest pressure 938 mb
  7. Landfall Haiti
  8. Landfall Cuba: Category 1, 80 mph
  9. Landfall Cuba: Category 1, 80 mph
  10. Landfall Florida: Category 2, 110 mph, 968 mb
  11. Landfall Georgia: tropical storm, 60 mph, 999 mb
  12. No longer tropical (extratropical low) 460 miles southeast of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
  13. Last record far out at sea, at 56.5°N, 26.0°W

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind150 mph · tied 57th of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure938 mb · tied 98th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy32.9 · 73rd of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone14.5 days · tied 48th of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

More from the record

No other storm of the 1964 Atlantic season matched its 150 mph peak; the season had 13 storms.

It generated 22% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy, more than any other 1964 storm.

In the 1964 season

04080120160Cleo

Storm 6 of 13 in 1964, hurricane 2 of 7; it formed after Brenda and before Dora. See the season.

Places the center passed

The center came within 50 miles of at least 8 towns or cities of 10,000 people or more while the system was tropical. Distances are to the interpolated track line, not the storm's edge.

PlaceClosestWind thenDate
St. Augustine, Florida1 mi65 mphAugust 28
Fort Lauderdale, Florida2 mi100 mphAugust 27
Les Cayes, Sud, Haiti2 mi150 mphAugust 24
Miami Beach, Florida2 mi110 mphAugust 27
Charlotte, North Carolina3 mi30 mphAugust 31
Palm Coast, Florida5 mi65 mphAugust 28
Coral Springs, Florida5 mi90 mphAugust 27
Augusta, Georgia6 mi40 mphAugust 30

Every storm within 50 miles of Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Similar landfalls in Haiti

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Haiti came closest to Cleo's 150 mph:

All 10 storms with a landfall record in Haiti

Also peaked at 150 mph

Of 27 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Flora (1963)933 mb, landfall in Trinidad and Tobago
  • Helene (1958)930 mb, no landfall record
  • Edith (1971)943 mb, landfall in Nicaragua
  • Gladys (1975)939 mb, no landfall record