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Hurricane Dora 1964

Category 4 hurricane · Atlantic · August 28 to September 13, 1964

Dora made landfall in Florida as a Category 2 hurricane on September 10, 1964, with 110 mph winds. With a peak of 130 mph, it ranked tied for the third-strongest of the 13 storms of the 1964 season. It produced 20% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. The name Dora is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired Atlantic hurricane names.

Track of Dora (1964) from the best-track record, coloured by strength20°N30°N40°N50°N80°W70°W60°W50°W40°W30°W20°WAlbanyFlorida, 110 mphPeak 130 mphFirst recordNot tropicalDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 3Category 400 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Dora (1964) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 404080120160Aug 29Aug 31Sep 2Sep 4Sep 6Sep 8Sep 10Sep 12Sep 14Sep 16mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) far out at sea, at 14.0°N, 17.0°W
  2. Tropical storm 975 miles east-northeast of Paramaribo, Suriname
  3. Hurricane 420 miles northeast of Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados
  4. Major hurricane 485 miles north-northeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  5. Peak 430 miles south of Hamilton, Bermuda; lowest pressure 942 mb
  6. Landfall Florida
  7. No longer tropical (extratropical low) 20 miles west-southwest of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
  8. Last record 225 miles east-northeast of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind130 mph · tied 146th of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure942 mb · tied 127th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy30.0 · 92nd of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone15.8 days · tied 29th of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 1964 season

04080120160Dora

Storm 7 of 13 in 1964, hurricane 3 of 7; it formed after Cleo and before Ethel. 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, Florida0 mi110 mphSeptember 10
Tallahassee, Florida6 mi50 mphSeptember 11
Albany, Georgia11 mi50 mphSeptember 12
Lake City, Florida13 mi70 mphSeptember 10
Palatka, Florida20 mi100 mphSeptember 10
Douglas, Georgia21 mi65 mphSeptember 12
Palm Coast, Florida24 mi110 mphSeptember 10
Gainesville, Florida24 mi70 mphSeptember 10

Every storm within 50 miles of Tallahassee, Florida

Similar landfalls in Florida

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Florida came closest to Dora's 110 mph:

  • Cleo (1964)110 mph, August 27, 1964
  • Storm 14 of 1916110 mph, October 18, 1916
  • Storm 5 of 1910110 mph, October 18, 1910
  • Storm 7 of 1888110 mph, October 11, 1888

All 229 storms with a landfall record in Florida

Also peaked at 130 mph

Of 32 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Betsy (1961)945 mb, no landfall record
  • Frances (1961)948 mb, landfall in Guadeloupe
  • Gracie (1959)951 mb, landfall in South Carolina
  • Daisy (1958)948 mb, no landfall record