Hurricane Ginny (1963)

Name: Hurricane Ginny (1963): track and modeled winds
Creator: NOAA/NWS National Hurricane Center

Hurricane Ginny was a Category 2 hurricane at its peak, with 109 mph winds and a lowest pressure of 948 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 Hilton Head Island, SC, with a modeled peak gust of 69 mph.

Peak strength109 mph winds (1-minute): Category 2
Cities with tropical-storm-force windsModeled, of the cities we track: 5
LandfallsFirst October 29, 1963: 1
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 Ginny’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

October 29, 1963, Category 2 at 104 mph, in Canada

Modeled winds at cities (5)

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
Hilton Head Island, SC	69 mph	56 mph	72 miles	Oct 25, 1963, 8:00 AM GMT-4
Charleston, SC	67 mph	55 mph	72 miles	Oct 25, 1963, 8:00 AM GMT-4
Savannah, GA	58 mph	47 mph	95 miles	Oct 25, 1963, 8:00 AM GMT-4
Wilmington, NC	57 mph	46 mph	80 miles	Oct 26, 1963, 2:00 AM GMT-4
Myrtle Beach, SC	54 mph	44 mph	87 miles	Oct 26, 1963, 2:00 AM GMT-4

Best track (52 positions)

Time	Status	Wind	Pressure	Position
Oct 17, 18:00 UTC	Tropical depression	23 mph		25.5°N, 72.0°W
Oct 18, 00:00 UTC	Tropical depression	23 mph		26.0°N, 71.7°W
Oct 18, 06:00 UTC	Tropical depression	29 mph		26.5°N, 71.4°W
Oct 18, 12:00 UTC	Tropical depression	35 mph		27.0°N, 71.2°W
Oct 18, 18:00 UTC	Tropical depression	35 mph		27.8°N, 71.2°W
Oct 19, 00:00 UTC	Tropical depression	35 mph		28.5°N, 71.2°W
Oct 19, 06:00 UTC	Tropical storm	40 mph		29.5°N, 71.3°W
Oct 19, 12:00 UTC	Tropical storm	52 mph		30.8°N, 71.8°W
Oct 19, 18:00 UTC	Tropical storm	63 mph	992 mb	32.0°N, 72.6°W
Oct 20, 00:00 UTC	Tropical storm	69 mph	989 mb	32.8°N, 73.5°W
Oct 20, 06:00 UTC	Tropical storm	69 mph		33.4°N, 74.3°W
Oct 20, 12:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	75 mph	983 mb	33.5°N, 75.0°W
Oct 20, 18:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	81 mph		33.7°N, 75.5°W
Oct 21, 00:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	86 mph		34.0°N, 75.5°W
Oct 21, 06:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	92 mph		34.2°N, 75.0°W
Oct 21, 12:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	92 mph		34.0°N, 74.6°W
Oct 21, 18:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	92 mph		33.6°N, 74.2°W
Oct 22, 00:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	86 mph		33.0°N, 74.0°W
Oct 22, 06:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	81 mph		32.2°N, 74.4°W
Oct 22, 12:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	75 mph		31.5°N, 74.8°W
Oct 22, 18:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	75 mph	989 mb	30.8°N, 75.3°W
Oct 23, 00:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	75 mph	991 mb	30.2°N, 76.0°W
Oct 23, 06:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	75 mph	988 mb	29.6°N, 76.9°W
Oct 23, 12:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	75 mph	990 mb	29.0°N, 77.7°W
Oct 23, 18:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	75 mph	990 mb	28.8°N, 78.2°W
Oct 24, 00:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	81 mph	988 mb	28.8°N, 78.6°W
Oct 24, 06:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	81 mph		29.0°N, 79.0°W
Oct 24, 12:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	81 mph	990 mb	29.3°N, 79.5°W
Oct 24, 18:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	81 mph	985 mb	29.7°N, 79.7°W
Oct 25, 00:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	86 mph	982 mb	30.4°N, 79.7°W
Oct 25, 06:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	92 mph		31.1°N, 79.7°W
Oct 25, 12:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	92 mph	976 mb	31.8°N, 79.6°W
Oct 25, 18:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	81 mph	985 mb	32.1°N, 79.0°W
Oct 26, 00:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	81 mph	985 mb	32.5°N, 78.2°W
Oct 26, 06:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	81 mph	983 mb	33.1°N, 77.5°W
Oct 26, 12:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	81 mph	986 mb	33.2°N, 76.9°W
Oct 26, 18:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	86 mph	978 mb	33.0°N, 76.5°W
Oct 27, 00:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	86 mph	979 mb	32.9°N, 76.2°W
Oct 27, 06:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	92 mph	972 mb	32.9°N, 75.9°W
Oct 27, 12:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	92 mph		32.9°N, 75.4°W
Oct 27, 18:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	92 mph	975 mb	32.7°N, 74.6°W
Oct 28, 00:00 UTC	Category 2 hurricane	98 mph	970 mb	32.7°N, 73.7°W
Oct 28, 06:00 UTC	Category 2 hurricane	98 mph		33.2°N, 73.0°W
Oct 28, 12:00 UTC	Category 2 hurricane	104 mph	968 mb	33.9°N, 72.3°W
Oct 28, 18:00 UTC	Category 2 hurricane	109 mph	963 mb	35.1°N, 71.5°W
Oct 29, 00:00 UTC	Category 2 hurricane	109 mph		36.3°N, 70.3°W
Oct 29, 06:00 UTC	Category 2 hurricane	109 mph		38.1°N, 68.8°W
Oct 29, 12:00 UTC	Category 2 hurricane	109 mph	948 mb	40.8°N, 67.2°W
Oct 29, 17:30 UTC (landfall)	Category 2 hurricane	104 mph	948 mb	43.8°N, 65.8°W
Oct 29, 18:00 UTC	Category 2 hurricane	104 mph	948 mb	44.0°N, 65.7°W
Oct 30, 00:00 UTC	Category 1 hurricane	81 mph		47.0°N, 64.0°W
Oct 30, 06:00 UTC	Post-tropical	58 mph		49.0°N, 63.0°W

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