Hurricane Dot was a hurricane during August of the 1959 Pacific hurricane season that made a rare landfall in Hawaiʻi, and one of only five tropical cyclones since 1950 to have caused serious damage to the islands. The storm's formation is unclear, owing to the poor technology of the time, but reports suggest that Dot could have formed on July 24. Dot itself was identified only on August 1.
Dot tracked west-northwestward, eventually making landfa...
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