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Hurricane Fox 1952

Category 4 hurricane · Atlantic · October 20 to October 27, 1952

Fox's 145 mph landfall in Cuba on October 24, 1952 ranks the third-strongest of the 56 storms with a landfall record there. No other storm of the 1952 Atlantic season matched its 145 mph peak; the season had 11 storms. It generated 23% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy, more than any other 1952 storm.

Track of Fox (1952) from the best-track record, coloured by strength10°N15°N20°N25°N30°N90°W85°W80°W75°W70°W65°W60°WCuba, 145 mphBahamas, 70 mphPeak 145 mphFirst recordNot tropicalDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 3Category 400 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Fox (1952) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 504080120160Oct 21Oct 22Oct 23Oct 24Oct 25Oct 26Oct 27Oct 28mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) 165 miles west-northwest of Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia
  2. Tropical storm 190 miles northeast of Bilwi, Atlántico Norte, Nicaragua
  3. Hurricane 265 miles north-northeast of Bilwi, Atlántico Norte, Nicaragua
  4. Major hurricane 255 miles south-southeast of Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba
  5. Peak 30 miles west-southwest of Cienfuegos, Cuba; lowest pressure 934 mb
  6. Landfall Cuba
  7. Landfall Bahamas: tropical storm, 70 mph, 991 mb
  8. Landfall Bahamas: Category 1, 85 mph
  9. Landfall Bahamas: Category 1, 85 mph
  10. No longer tropical (extratropical low) 280 miles northeast of Nassau, the Bahamas
  11. Last record 335 miles west of Hamilton, Bermuda

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind145 mph · tied 85th of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure934 mb · tied 79th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy16.1 · 329th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone7.0 days · tied 563rd of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

More from the record

Its winds climbed 65 mph in the 24 hours to October 23.

In the 1952 season

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Storm 10 of 11 in 1952, hurricane 5 of 5; it formed after Easy and before Storm 11 of 1952. See the season.

Places the center passed

The center came within 50 miles of 5 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
Sagua la Grande, Villa Clara, Cuba20 mi90 mphOctober 25
Colón, Matanzas, Cuba21 mi110 mphOctober 24
Cienfuegos, Cuba22 mi125 mphOctober 24
Nassau, the Bahamas25 mi75 mphOctober 26
Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba42 mi105 mphOctober 24

Every storm within 50 miles of Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Similar landfalls in Cuba

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Cuba came closest to Fox's 145 mph:

All 56 storms with a landfall record in Cuba

Also peaked at 145 mph

Of 24 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Dog (1950)953 mb, no landfall record
  • Storm 4 of 1947938 mb, landfall in Bahamas
  • Storm 13 of 1944937 mb, landfall in Florida
  • Donna (1960)930 mb, landfall in Antigua and Barbuda