Storm history › Atlantic › 1953 season
Hurricane Gail (1953)
Gail was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1953 Atlantic season. It was tracked from October 2, 1953 to October 12, 1953, about 10 days, and covered 3,016 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 986 mb.
- Peak wind
- 80 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 986 mb
- Strongest
- Category 1 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 10 days
- Track length
- 3,016 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 14.1
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 767th highest of 2,017 Atlantic storms on record, tied with Tropical Storm Dexter (2025), Hurricane Debby (2024), Hurricane Pablo (2019) and 40 more.
- Lowest pressure: 620th lowest of 1,294 Atlantic storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Hurricane Don (2023), Hurricane Henri (2021), Hurricane Isaias (2020) and 14 more.
- Energy: 14% of the 1953 Atlantic season's ACE.