Hurricane Able (1951)

Name: Hurricane Able (1951): track and modeled winds
Creator: NOAA/NWS National Hurricane Center

Hurricane Able was a Category 1 hurricane at its peak, with 92 mph winds and a lowest pressure of 973 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 Port St. Lucie, FL, with a modeled peak gust of 49 mph.

Peak strength92 mph winds (1-minute): Category 1
Cities with tropical-storm-force windsModeled, of the cities we track: 1
LandfallsFirst May 18, 1951: 1
Lowest pressure: 973 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 Able’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

May 18, 1951, Category 1 at 86 mph, in the Bahamas

Modeled winds at cities (1)

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

City	Peak gust	Sustained	Closest pass	Peak
Port St. Lucie, FL	49 mph	40 mph	93 miles	May 17, 1951, 2:00 PM GMT-4

Best track (36 positions)

Time	Status	Wind	Pressure	Position
May 16, 00:00 UTC	Tropical depression	35 mph		32.0°N, 68.0°W
May 16, 06:00 UTC	Tropical depression	35 mph		31.9°N, 70.8°W
May 16, 12:00 UTC	Tropical storm	40 mph		31.6°N, 73.8°W
May 16, 18:00 UTC	Tropical storm	40 mph		30.6°N, 76.4°W
May 17, 00:00 UTC	Tropical storm	52 mph		29.4°N, 77.5°W
May 17, 06:00 UTC	Tropical storm	63 mph		28.8°N, 78.4°W
May 17, 12:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	75 mph		28.2°N, 78.8°W
May 17, 18:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	81 mph	983 mb	27.5°N, 78.9°W
May 18, 00:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	86 mph		27.1°N, 78.6°W
May 18, 06:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	86 mph		26.9°N, 78.3°W
May 18, 12:00 UTC (landfall)	Category 1 hurricane	86 mph	982 mb	27.0°N, 77.9°W
May 18, 18:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	81 mph	985 mb	27.2°N, 77.5°W
May 19, 00:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	81 mph		27.4°N, 77.2°W
May 19, 06:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	81 mph		27.7°N, 76.9°W
May 19, 12:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	86 mph	982 mb	28.1°N, 76.6°W
May 19, 18:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	86 mph		28.7°N, 76.3°W
May 20, 00:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	86 mph	980 mb	29.5°N, 76.0°W
May 20, 06:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	86 mph		30.5°N, 75.7°W
May 20, 12:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	86 mph		31.4°N, 75.4°W
May 20, 18:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	86 mph	979 mb	32.4°N, 75.2°W
May 21, 00:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	86 mph		33.5°N, 75.0°W
May 21, 06:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	86 mph		34.7°N, 74.6°W
May 21, 12:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	86 mph	978 mb	35.6°N, 74.2°W
May 21, 18:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	86 mph	976 mb	36.1°N, 73.8°W
May 22, 00:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	92 mph		36.3°N, 73.2°W
May 22, 06:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	92 mph		36.5°N, 72.3°W
May 22, 12:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	92 mph	973 mb	36.6°N, 71.1°W
May 22, 18:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	92 mph		36.7°N, 69.9°W
May 23, 00:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	92 mph		36.8°N, 68.7°W
May 23, 06:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	92 mph		37.0°N, 67.0°W
May 23, 12:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	86 mph	984 mb	37.3°N, 65.0°W
May 23, 18:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	75 mph		37.6°N, 63.5°W
May 24, 00:00 UTC	Tropical storm	63 mph		38.0°N, 62.2°W
May 24, 06:00 UTC	Tropical storm	58 mph		38.7°N, 61.2°W
May 24, 12:00 UTC	Tropical storm	52 mph		39.7°N, 60.0°W
May 24, 18:00 UTC	Tropical storm	40 mph	994 mb	40.5°N, 58.7°W

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