Storm history › Atlantic › 1977 season
Hurricane Dorothy (1977)
Dorothy was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1977 Atlantic season. It was tracked from September 26, 1977 to September 30, 1977, about 4 days, and covered 2,000 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 980 mb.
- Peak wind
- 85 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 980 mb
- Strongest
- Category 1 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 4 days
- Track length
- 2,000 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 3.4
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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: 519th lowest of 1,294 Atlantic storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Hurricane Nicole (2022), Tropical Storm Karl (2016), Hurricane Kate (2015) and 14 more.
- Energy: 13% of the 1977 Atlantic season's ACE.