Hurricane Janet path, 1955

What the record says

Janet was a hurricane in the North Atlantic basin that lasted about 9 days, from 21 September 1955 to 30 September 1955. Its peak was Category 5 (150 kt) on 28 September 1955, with a 1-minute sustained wind of 150 kt (173 mph, 278 km/h). Its lowest recorded pressure was 914 hPa.

• Category 5peak intensity
• 150 ktpeak wind (173 mph)
• 914 hPalowest pressure
• 9 dayslifetime

Source of the peak wind: NOAA National Hurricane Center (HURDAT2, Atlantic).

It has its own page because it reached category 5 or stronger.

This page gives the official record's figures. It does not describe the human cost of the storm, which is far larger than any wind speed or pressure here.

Where it came ashore

• 28 September 1955: Mexico (105 kt)
• 29 September 1955: Mexico (95 kt)

A landfall here is the first tropical position over land after time at sea, so it is within about six hours of the real event. The record shows up to 8.

Countries it came within 50 km of

Strongest effect first.

• Honduras
• Mexico
• Belize
• Serranilla Bank
• Barbados
• Grenada
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

How to read this track

The line joins the storm's six-hourly positions with straight lines, coloured by its intensity at each point, so it shows how the storm strengthened and weakened. The real path curved between the positions. A dashed grey stretch means the storm had become post-tropical. Records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are estimates.

Source: NOAA NCEI IBTrACS, public domain. See data sources and caveats.