The 1953 Atlantic hurricane season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. It officially begain June 1, and ended November 30.
The 1953 season was an active one, with fourteen tropical systems forming in the Atlantic that year. Many of these were unnamed tropical storms, and barely half of the year's cyclones were named. This was the first time human names were used to name storms.
Some notable storms of 1953 include:
Tropical Storm Alice, which formed in late May and continued into June, striking Central America, Cuba and Florida. Hurricane Carol was a strong hurricane that tracked northwest across the Atlantic, then curved north and struck New Brunswick as a Category 1 storm. Hurricane Florence struck the Florida Panhandle as a strong Category 1 storm. Also an unnamed tropical storm formed in December.
Storm names
These names were used to name storms during the 1953 season. The list was the same for the 1954 season as well. Initially, all female names were used. It wasn't until 1979 that male and female names were used in alternating order.
- Alice
- Barbara
- Carol
- Dolly
- Edna
- Florence
- Gail
- Hazel
See also