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Hurricane Season:1956

Individual hurricane/tropical storm summary.
Including all wind speed, central pressure, position, tracking chart, and storm category information for each hurricane or tropical storm advisory issued.
1956 Hurricane Season - back to view information on this year's hurricane season.
Maximum Wind speed:121mph (105 knots) mph (miles per hour) for BETSY
Lowest central pressure:954 mb (millibars) for BETSY
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Storm name:BETSY
Maximum wind speed:121 mph, (105 knots)
Lowest central pressure:954
Advisory Start Date:1956/8/9/1200Z
Advisory End Date:1956/8/20/0000Z



Full year storm tracks:

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Storm name:BETSY
Maximum wind speed:121 mph, (105 knots)
Lowest central pressure:954
Advisory Start Date:1956/8/9/1200Z
Advisory End Date:1956/8/20/0000Z

Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/9/1200Z/Latitude:13.7/Longitude:-48.8/Wind:58mph (50 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/9/1800Z/Latitude:13.9/Longitude:-50.2/Wind:58mph (50 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/10/0000Z/Latitude:14/Longitude:-51.6/Wind:70mph (60 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/10/0600Z/Latitude:14.1/Longitude:-53/Wind:121mph (105 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 2
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/10/1200Z/Latitude:14.2/Longitude:-54.3/Wind:121mph (105 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 2
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/10/1800Z/Latitude:14.4/Longitude:-56/Wind:121mph (105 knots) /Central Pressure:979/Category:Hurricane - Category 2
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/11/0000Z/Latitude:14.7/Longitude:-57.8/Wind:121mph (105 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 2
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/11/0600Z/Latitude:14.9/Longitude:-59.1/Wind:116mph (100 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 2
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/11/1200Z/Latitude:15.3/Longitude:-60.3/Wind:110mph (95 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/11/1800Z/Latitude:16/Longitude:-61.8/Wind:93mph (80 knots) /Central Pressure:991/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/12/0000Z/Latitude:16.5/Longitude:-63.2/Wind:93mph (80 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/12/0600Z/Latitude:17/Longitude:-64.4/Wind:93mph (80 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/12/1200Z/Latitude:17.8/Longitude:-65.7/Wind:93mph (80 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/12/1800Z/Latitude:18.8/Longitude:-67.2/Wind:93mph (80 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/13/0000Z/Latitude:19.8/Longitude:-68.7/Wind:98mph (85 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/13/0600Z/Latitude:20.9/Longitude:-70/Wind:110mph (95 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/13/1200Z/Latitude:21.9/Longitude:-71.3/Wind:110mph (95 knots) /Central Pressure:974/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/13/1800Z/Latitude:22.8/Longitude:-72.5/Wind:110mph (95 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/14/0000Z/Latitude:23.7/Longitude:-73.6/Wind:110mph (95 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/14/0600Z/Latitude:24.6/Longitude:-74.8/Wind:110mph (95 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/14/1200Z/Latitude:25.6/Longitude:-76/Wind:110mph (95 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/14/1800Z/Latitude:26.5/Longitude:-76.7/Wind:110mph (95 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/15/0000Z/Latitude:27.2/Longitude:-76.8/Wind:104mph (90 knots) /Central Pressure:968/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/15/0600Z/Latitude:27.8/Longitude:-76.8/Wind:98mph (85 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/15/1200Z/Latitude:28.3/Longitude:-76.6/Wind:98mph (85 knots) /Central Pressure:963/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/15/1800Z/Latitude:28.8/Longitude:-76.1/Wind:98mph (85 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/16/0000Z/Latitude:29.3/Longitude:-75.6/Wind:98mph (85 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/16/0600Z/Latitude:29.8/Longitude:-75/Wind:98mph (85 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/16/1200Z/Latitude:30.7/Longitude:-74.3/Wind:98mph (85 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/16/1800Z/Latitude:32.2/Longitude:-73.3/Wind:98mph (85 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/17/0000Z/Latitude:33.7/Longitude:-72.2/Wind:93mph (80 knots) /Central Pressure:954/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/17/0600Z/Latitude:35.1/Longitude:-70.9/Wind:87mph (75 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Hurricane - Category 1
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/17/1200Z/Latitude:36.6/Longitude:-69.6/Wind:81mph (70 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/17/1800Z/Latitude:38/Longitude:-68.1/Wind:81mph (70 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/18/0000Z/Latitude:39.5/Longitude:-66.4/Wind:75mph (65 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/18/0600Z/Latitude:40.8/Longitude:-64.7/Wind:58mph (50 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/18/1200Z/Latitude:41.7/Longitude:-62.1/Wind:58mph (50 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/18/1800Z/Latitude:42.4/Longitude:-58.6/Wind:58mph (50 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/19/0000Z/Latitude:42.8/Longitude:-55/Wind:58mph (50 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/19/0600Z/Latitude:43.1/Longitude:-51.7/Wind:52mph (45 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/19/1200Z/Latitude:43.2/Longitude:-48.6/Wind:52mph (45 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/19/1800Z/Latitude:43.1/Longitude:-45.1/Wind:52mph (45 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm
Name:BETSY/Date:1956/8/20/0000Z/Latitude:43.1/Longitude:-41.6/Wind:47mph (40 knots) /Central Pressure:0/Category:Tropical Storm


1956 Hurricane Season page
All information from the official hurricane advisories or widely agreed upon historical records.
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