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Hurricane Caroline (1975)

Hurricane Caroline was a Category 3 hurricane at its peak, with 115 mph winds and a lowest pressure of 961 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 Brownsville, TX, with a modeled peak gust of 50 mph.

Peak strength115 mph winds (1-minute)
Category 3
Cities with tropical-storm-force windsModeled, of the cities we track
1
LandfallsFirst August 31, 1975
1
Lowest pressure
961 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 Caroline’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 31, 1975, Category 3 at 115 mph, in Mexico

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
Brownsville, TX50 mph40 mph87 milesAug 31, 1975, 5:00 AM CDT

Best track (35 positions)

TimeStatusWindPressurePosition
Aug 24, 18:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph1011 mb21.9°N, 71.1°W
Aug 25, 00:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph1010 mb21.6°N, 72.5°W
Aug 25, 06:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1010 mb21.2°N, 73.8°W
Aug 25, 12:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1009 mb20.9°N, 75.1°W
Aug 25, 18:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph1011 mb20.6°N, 76.4°W
Aug 26, 00:00 UTCDisturbance29 mph1011 mb20.4°N, 78.0°W
Aug 26, 06:00 UTCDisturbance29 mph1011 mb20.3°N, 79.5°W
Aug 26, 12:00 UTCDisturbance29 mph1012 mb20.2°N, 81.0°W
Aug 26, 18:00 UTCDisturbance29 mph1012 mb20.3°N, 82.3°W
Aug 27, 00:00 UTCDisturbance29 mph1013 mb20.5°N, 83.2°W
Aug 27, 06:00 UTCDisturbance29 mph1013 mb20.8°N, 84.0°W
Aug 27, 12:00 UTCDisturbance23 mph1013 mb21.1°N, 85.1°W
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