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Hurricane Daisy (1958)

Hurricane Daisy was a Category 4 hurricane at its peak, with 132 mph winds and a lowest pressure of 948 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 Virginia Beach, VA, with a modeled peak gust of 54 mph.

Peak strength132 mph winds (1-minute)
Category 4
Cities with tropical-storm-force windsModeled, of the cities we track
1
Landfalls
0
Lowest pressure
948 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 Daisy’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

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
Virginia Beach, VA54 mph44 mph123 milesAug 28, 1958, 7:45 PM GMT-4

Best track (30 positions)

TimeStatusWindPressurePosition
Aug 23, 18:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph25.0°N, 73.0°W
Aug 24, 00:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph25.2°N, 73.3°W
Aug 24, 06:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph25.5°N, 73.6°W
Aug 24, 12:00 UTCTropical storm40 mph25.8°N, 74.0°W
Aug 24, 18:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph26.1°N, 74.5°W
Aug 25, 00:00 UTCTropical storm58 mph1002 mb26.3°N, 74.9°W
Aug 25, 06:00 UTCTropical storm58 mph1000 mb26.5°N, 75.3°W
Aug 25, 12:00 UTCTropical storm63 mph996 mb26.7°N, 75.5°W
Aug 25, 18:00 UTCTropical storm63 mph997 mb27.1°N, 75.8°W
Aug 26, 00:00 UTCTropical storm69 mph992 mb27.5°N, 76.3°W
Aug 26, 06:00 UTCCategory 1 hurricane81 mph27.8°N, 76.8°W
Aug 26, 12:00 UTCCategory 2 hurricane98 mph975 mb28.1°N, 77.0°W
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