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Hurricane Love (1950)

Hurricane Love was a Category 1 hurricane at its peak, with 81 mph winds and a lowest pressure of 987 mb, per NOAA's National Hurricane Center. Modeled winds reached tropical-storm force (39 mph) at one of the cities we track; the strongest was Gainesville, FL, with a modeled peak gust of 48 mph.

Peak strength81 mph winds (1-minute)
Category 1
Cities with tropical-storm-force windsModeled, of the cities we track
1
LandfallsFirst October 21, 1950
1
Lowest pressure
987 mb

Track, wind field and cities

Select a piece of the track or a city for details.

  • Depression or weaker
  • Tropical storm
  • Hurricane, Category 1 or 2
  • Major hurricane, Category 3 to 5
  • Landfall
  • City (larger ring, stronger modeled gust)
  • Modeled wind field, 39 to 111 mph sustained (darker, stronger; orange 111 mph+)
Source: NOAA/NWS National Hurricane Center best track (HURDAT2). City winds and the wind field are modeled.

The shaded areas are where our model puts Hurricane Love’s sustained winds over open land at 39 mph or more (tropical-storm force), 58, 74 (hurricane force) and 111 mph (major hurricane force) at some point along its track. Modeled, not measured. How we model hurricane winds

Landfalls

  1. October 21, 1950, tropical storm at 58 mph, about 63 miles from Gainesville, FL

Modeled winds at cities (1)

Estimated peak winds for open, flat ground at each city’s center. Not measurements. How we model hurricane winds

CityPeak gustSustainedClosest passPeak
Gainesville, FL48 mph39 mph57 milesOct 21, 1950, 7:00 AM GMT-5

Best track (21 positions)

TimeStatusWindPressurePosition
Oct 18, 00:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph25.5°N, 89.5°W
Oct 18, 06:00 UTCTropical storm58 mph25.8°N, 90.5°W
Oct 18, 12:00 UTCTropical storm69 mph26.3°N, 90.5°W
Oct 18, 18:00 UTCTropical storm69 mph26.7°N, 91.0°W
Oct 19, 00:00 UTCTropical storm69 mph26.6°N, 91.4°W
Oct 19, 06:00 UTCTropical storm69 mph26.4°N, 91.6°W
Oct 19, 12:00 UTCTropical storm69 mph990 mb26.0°N, 91.6°W
Oct 19, 18:00 UTCCategory 1 hurricane75 mph990 mb25.6°N, 91.0°W
Oct 20, 00:00 UTCCategory 1 hurricane81 mph987 mb25.4°N, 89.6°W
Oct 20, 06:00 UTCCategory 1 hurricane81 mph25.7°N, 88.3°W
Oct 20, 12:00 UTCCategory 1 hurricane81 mph26.0°N, 87.3°W
Oct 20, 18:00 UTCCategory 1 hurricane81 mph991 mb26.4°N, 86.5°W
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