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Hurricane Edith 1963

Category 2 hurricane · Atlantic · September 23 to September 29, 1963

No storm in the record came ashore in Saint Lucia with stronger winds than Edith's 100 mph landfall on September 25, 1963; 9 storms have a landfall record there. It has landfall records in 3 different places: Saint Lucia, the Dominican Republic and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Its winds climbed 60 mph in the 24 hours to September 25.

Track of Edith (1963) from the best-track record, coloured by strength10°N15°N20°N25°N70°W65°W60°W55°W50°WSan Francisco de MacorísSaint Lucia, 100 mphDominican Republic, 70 mphTurks and Caicos Islands, 40 mphPeak 100 mphFirst recordNot tropicalDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 200 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Edith (1963) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 404080120Sep 24Sep 25Sep 26Sep 27Sep 28Sep 29mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) 445 miles northeast of Paramaribo, Suriname
  2. Tropical storm 405 miles east of Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados
  3. Hurricane 100 miles east of Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados
  4. Peak, 100 mph 35 miles north-northeast of Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados; lowest pressure 990 mb
  5. Landfall Saint Lucia
  6. Landfall Dominican Republic: tropical storm, 70 mph, 996 mb
  7. Landfall Turks and Caicos Islands: tropical storm, 40 mph
  8. No longer tropical (extratropical low) 300 miles north of Monte Cristi, the Dominican Republic
  9. Last record 360 miles north of Puerto Plata, the Dominican Republic

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind100 mph · tied 515th of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure990 mb · tied 666th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy7.1 · 687th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone5.8 days · tied 733rd of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 1963 season

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Storm 7 of 10 in 1963, hurricane 5 of 7; it formed after Debra and before Flora. Edith produced 6% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy and ranks fifth by peak wind. 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
Castries, Saint Lucia2 mi100 mphSeptember 25
San Pedro de Macorís, the Dominican Republic4 mi65 mphSeptember 27
La Romana, the Dominican Republic7 mi70 mphSeptember 27
Monte Plata, the Dominican Republic10 mi65 mphSeptember 27
Nagua, María Trinidad Sánchez, the Dominican Republic12 mi60 mphSeptember 27
San Francisco de Macorís, Duarte, the Dominican Republic12 mi60 mphSeptember 27
Hato Mayor, the Dominican Republic14 mi65 mphSeptember 27
Cotuí, Sánchez Ramírez, the Dominican Republic18 mi60 mphSeptember 27

Every storm within 50 miles of San Pedro de Macorís, the Dominican Republic

Similar landfalls in Saint Lucia

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Saint Lucia came closest to Edith's 100 mph:

  • Debby (1994)65 mph, September 10, 1994
  • Abby (1960)65 mph, July 10, 1960
  • Dorian (2019)50 mph, August 27, 2019
  • Kirk (2018)50 mph, September 28, 2018

All 9 storms with a landfall record in Saint Lucia

Also peaked at 100 mph

Of 86 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Doria (1967)973 mb, landfall in North Carolina
  • Janice (1958)968 mb, landfall in Cuba
  • Gladys (1968)977 mb, landfall in Cuba
  • Francelia (1969)973 mb, landfall in Belize