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Hurricane Diane (1955)

Hurricane Diane was a Category 2 hurricane at its peak, with 104 mph winds and a lowest pressure of 969 mb, per NOAA's National Hurricane Center. Modeled winds reached tropical-storm force (39 mph) at 5 of the cities we track; the strongest was Wilmington, NC, with a modeled peak gust of 68 mph.

Peak strength104 mph winds (1-minute)
Category 2
Cities with tropical-storm-force windsModeled, of the cities we track
5
LandfallsFirst August 17, 1955
1
Lowest pressure
969 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 Diane’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. August 17, 1955, tropical storm at 69 mph, about 14 miles from Wilmington, NC

Modeled winds at cities (5)

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

CityPeak gustSustainedClosest passPeak
Wilmington, NC68 mph55 mph6 milesAug 17, 1955, 5:45 AM GMT-4
Raleigh, NC53 mph43 mph5 milesAug 17, 1955, 1:45 PM GMT-4
Myrtle Beach, SC52 mph42 mph60 milesAug 17, 1955, 7:15 AM GMT-4
Fayetteville, NC52 mph42 mph32 milesAug 17, 1955, 12:30 PM GMT-4
Durham, NC49 mph40 mph17 milesAug 17, 1955, 3:45 PM GMT-4

Best track (67 positions)

TimeStatusWindPressurePosition
Aug 7, 06:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph15.7°N, 41.2°W
Aug 7, 12:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph16.0°N, 42.5°W
Aug 7, 18:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph16.1°N, 43.8°W
Aug 8, 00:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph16.2°N, 45.2°W
Aug 8, 06:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph16.3°N, 46.6°W
Aug 8, 12:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph16.5°N, 48.0°W
Aug 8, 18:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph16.6°N, 49.7°W
Aug 9, 00:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph16.7°N, 50.7°W
Aug 9, 06:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph16.8°N, 51.9°W
Aug 9, 12:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph17.0°N, 53.1°W
Aug 9, 18:00 UTCTropical storm40 mph17.3°N, 54.5°W
Aug 10, 00:00 UTCTropical storm40 mph17.7°N, 56.0°W
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