Storm history › Atlantic › 1966 season
Hurricane Dorothy (1966)
Dorothy was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1966 Atlantic season. It was tracked from July 21, 1966 to July 31, 1966, about 10 days, and covered 1,605 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 989 mb.
- Peak wind
- 85 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 989 mb
- Strongest
- Category 1 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 10 days
- Track length
- 1,605 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 11.7
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 686th highest of 2,017 Atlantic storms on record, tied with Hurricane Oscar (2024), Hurricane Danielle (2022), Hurricane Julia (2022) and 57 more.
- Lowest pressure: 668th lowest of 1,294 Atlantic storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Tropical Storm Odette (2021), Tropical Storm Arthur (2020), Hurricane Shary (2010) and 10 more.
- Energy: 9% of the 1966 Atlantic season's ACE.