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Hurricane Janet 1955

Category 5 hurricane · Atlantic · September 21 to September 30, 1955

No storm in the record came ashore in Honduras with stronger winds than Janet's 160 mph landfall on September 27, 1955; 11 storms have a landfall record there. Its 175 mph landfall in Quintana Roo on September 28, 1955 ranks tied for the strongest of the 31 storms with a landfall record there. It reached Category 5 with 175 mph winds, one of 44 Atlantic storms to do so since 1851. The name Janet is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired Atlantic hurricane names.

Track of Janet (1955) from the best-track record, coloured by strength10°N20°N100°W90°W80°W70°W60°WSaint Vincent and the Grenadines, 105 mphHonduras, 160 mphQuintana Roo, 175 mphVeracruz, 110 mphPeak 175 mphFirst recordDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 3Category 4Category 500 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Janet (1955) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 504080120160200Sep 22Sep 23Sep 24Sep 25Sep 26Sep 27Sep 28Sep 29Sep 30mph
  1. First record (tropical storm) 470 miles east of Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados
  2. Hurricane 140 miles east of Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados
  3. Landfall Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Category 2, 105 mph
  4. Major hurricane 190 miles south-southwest of May Pen, Clarendon, Jamaica
  5. Landfall Honduras
  6. Peak 140 miles east-northeast of Belize City, Belize, Belize; lowest pressure 914 mb
  7. Landfall Quintana Roo
  8. Landfall Veracruz: Category 2, 110 mph
  9. Last record (tropical depression) 10 miles southwest of Querétaro, Mexico

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind175 mph · tied 11th of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure914 mb · tied 17th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy27.8 · 112th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone9.0 days · tied 337th of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

More from the record

It has landfall records in 4 different places: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Honduras, Quintana Roo and Veracruz.

No other storm of the 1955 Atlantic season matched its 175 mph peak; the season had 13 storms.

In the 1955 season

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Storm 10 of 13 in 1955, hurricane 8 of 9; it formed after Hilda and before Storm 11 of 1955. Janet produced 18% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. 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
Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico1 mi175 mphSeptember 28
San Juan del Río, Querétaro, Mexico3 mi35 mphSeptember 30
Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico3 mi45 mphSeptember 30
Teziutlán, Puebla, Mexico9 mi80 mphSeptember 29
Querétaro, Mexico10 mi30 mphSeptember 30
Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados14 mi100 mphSeptember 22
Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico20 mi30 mphSeptember 30
Champotón, Campeche, Mexico23 mi115 mphSeptember 28

Every storm within 50 miles of Querétaro, Mexico

Similar landfalls in Quintana Roo

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Quintana Roo came closest to Janet's 175 mph:

All 31 storms with a landfall record in Quintana Roo

Also peaked at 175 mph

Of 9 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time: