&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Barbara_1953-08-14_weather_map.jpg) August 14 weather map featuring Hurricane Barbara | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | August 11, 1953 |
| Extratropical | August 15, 1953 |
| Dissipated | August 16, 1953 |
| Category 1 hurricane | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS) | |
| Highest winds | 90 mph (150 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 973 mbar (hPa); 28.73 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 9 |
| Damage | $1.3 million (1953 USD) |
| Areas affected | Eastern United States |
| IBTrACS | |
Part of the 1953 Atlantic hurricane season | |
Hurricane Barbara was the second named tropical cyclone of the 1953 Atlantic hurricane season. Forming from a tropical wave on August 11 in the southern Bahamas, Barbara moved northward and attained hurricane status the next day. Ultimately peaking with winds corresponding to a Category 1 hurricane on the modern-day Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale, Barbara moved ashore in eastern North Carolina and curved back out to sea. The storm passed to the southeast of the New England region and dissipated on August 16. Damage from the hurricane was fairly minor, totaling around $1.3 million (1953 USD, $14.8 million 2024 USD). Most of it occurred in North Carolina and Virginia from crop damage. The hurricane left several injuries, some traffic accidents, as well as seven fatalities in the eastern United States; at least two were due to electrocution from downed power lines. Offshore Atlantic Canada, a small boat sunk, killing its crew of two.