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Hurricane Helene (1958)

Hurricane Helene was a Category 4 hurricane at its peak, with 150 mph winds and a lowest pressure of 930 mb, per NOAA's National Hurricane Center. Modeled winds reached tropical-storm force (39 mph) at 8 of the cities we track; the strongest was Wilmington, NC, with a modeled peak gust of 137 mph.

Peak strength150 mph winds (1-minute)
Category 4
Cities with tropical-storm-force windsModeled, of the cities we track
8
Landfalls
0
Lowest pressure
930 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 Helene’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 (8)

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

CityPeak gustSustainedClosest passPeak
Wilmington, NC137 mph111 mph27 milesSep 27, 1958, 1:45 PM GMT-4
Myrtle Beach, SC126 mph103 mph45 milesSep 27, 1958, 7:45 AM GMT-4
Charleston, SC95 mph77 mph80 milesSep 27, 1958, 5:00 AM GMT-4
Hilton Head Island, SC62 mph51 mph125 milesSep 27, 1958, 3:45 AM GMT-4
Fayetteville, NC58 mph47 mph113 milesSep 27, 1958, 1:45 PM GMT-4
Virginia Beach, VA54 mph44 mph133 milesSep 27, 1958, 10:45 PM GMT-4
Columbia, SC51 mph42 mph153 milesSep 27, 1958, 7:45 AM GMT-4
Savannah, GA50 mph41 mph153 milesSep 27, 1958, 3:00 AM GMT-4

Best track (54 positions)

TimeStatusWindPressurePosition
Sep 21, 06:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph17.0°N, 52.0°W
Sep 21, 12:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph17.6°N, 54.2°W
Sep 21, 18:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph18.3°N, 56.3°W
Sep 22, 00:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph19.1°N, 58.4°W
Sep 22, 06:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph20.1°N, 60.4°W
Sep 22, 12:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph21.1°N, 62.4°W
Sep 22, 18:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1013 mb21.9°N, 64.1°W
Sep 23, 00:00 UTCTropical storm40 mph22.4°N, 65.2°W
Sep 23, 06:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph23.0°N, 66.2°W
Sep 23, 12:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph1003 mb23.5°N, 67.2°W
Sep 23, 18:00 UTCTropical storm52 mph1000 mb24.0°N, 68.4°W
Sep 24, 00:00 UTCTropical storm58 mph24.6°N, 69.6°W
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