NHC AL031964 · Atlantic basin
Tropical Storm Abby (1964)
August 5, 1964 – August 8, 1964
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Tropical Storm Abby peaked at Tropical storm with 69 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 99 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Abby in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Abby from August 5, 1964 to August 8, 1964; its peak was 69 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 7 at 69 mph (tropical storm), 15 miles from Brazoria, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 99 US cities, all in Texas. The strongest pass was 69 mph (tropical storm) 15 miles from Brazoria, TX; the centre came closest to Inez, TX, 1 mile away.
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- Cities within 75 mi
- 99
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 1
69 mph
when closest
Cities Abby passed near, strongest first
Texas (99)
- BrazoriaTropical storm · 15 mi
- Lake JacksonTropical storm · 19 mi
- CluteTropical storm · 20 mi
- AngletonTropical storm · 27 mi
- DanburyTropical storm · 33 mi
- RosharonTropical storm · 44 mi
- AlvinTropical storm · 47 mi
- ManvelTropical storm · 50 mi
- FresnoTropical storm · 51 mi
- Missouri CityTropical storm · 54 mi
- PearlandTropical storm · 55 mi
- FriendswoodTropical storm · 55 mi
- StaffordTropical storm · 57 mi
- League CityTropical storm · 57 mi
- WebsterTropical storm · 58 mi
- BellaireTropical storm · 63 mi
- SeabrookTropical storm · 63 mi
- South HoustonTropical storm · 64 mi
- PasadenaTropical storm · 66 mi
- Deer ParkTropical storm · 68 mi
- Galena ParkTropical storm · 68 mi
- HoustonTropical storm · 68 mi
- La PorteTropical storm · 68 mi
- ChannelviewTropical storm · 74 mi
- FreeportTropical storm · 18 mi
- West ColumbiaTropical storm · 24 mi
- Santa FeTropical storm · 49 mi
- Sugar LandTropical storm · 55 mi
- DickinsonTropical storm · 57 mi
- BacliffTropical storm · 61 mi
- KemahTropical storm · 61 mi
- SweenyTropical storm · 18 mi
- HitchcockTropical storm · 50 mi
- La MarqueTropical storm · 53 mi
- NeedvilleTropical storm · 42 mi
- RosenbergTropical storm · 52 mi
- RichmondTropical storm · 55 mi
- KatyTropical storm · 68 mi
- Van VleckTropical storm · 16 mi
- BolingTropical storm · 31 mi
- FulshearTropical storm · 61 mi
- Bay CityTropical storm · 10 mi
- BeasleyTropical storm · 47 mi
- BrookshireTropical storm · 69 mi
- Texas CityTropical storm · 55 mi
- WhartonTropical storm · 35 mi
- East BernardTropical storm · 50 mi
- WallisTropical storm · 57 mi
- PalaciosTropical storm · 5 mi
- GalvestonTropical storm · 47 mi
- El CampoTropical storm · 26 mi
- SealyTropical storm · 67 mi
- Eagle LakeTropical storm · 52 mi
- Crystal BeachTropical storm · 57 mi
- GanadoTropical storm · 13 mi
- Port LavacaTropical storm · 17 mi
- SeadriftTropical storm · 31 mi
- New UlmTropical storm · 73 mi
- EdnaTropical storm · 8 mi
- ColumbusTropical storm · 59 mi
and 39 more
Other storms of the 1964 season
- Unnamed (AL131964)Tropical storm · 7 cities
- CleoCategory 4 · 480 cities
- DoraCategory 4 · 569 cities
- HildaCategory 4 · 453 cities
- IsbellCategory 3 · 254 cities
About this record
The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.