1953 season track map
Category 5 (≥137kt)Intense hurricane/typhoon (≥113kt)Major hurricane/typhoon (≥96kt)Hurricane/typhoon (≥64kt)Named storm (≥34kt)Tropical depression (<34kt)Post-tropical / disturbance
Storms: CAROL (140kt), EDNA (100kt), FLORENCE (100kt), BARBARA (80kt), DOLLY (65kt), GAIL (70kt), HAZEL (75kt), ALICE (60kt), UNNAMED (45kt), UNNAMED (35kt), UNNAMED (45kt), UNNAMED (45kt), UNNAMED (55kt), UNNAMED (55kt)
Hurricane-strength landfalls, 1953
Attributed to whichever basin a storm was actually crossing at the moment of landfall, matching the H/MH Landfalls columns above — that can differ from a storm's genesis basin shown elsewhere on this site.
- 1953 AL03 — BARBARA
- 1953 AL04 — CAROL
- 1953 AL09 — FLORENCE
- 1953 AL12 — HAZEL
Major-hurricane-strength landfalls, 1953
None recorded.