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NHC AL011959 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Arlene (1959)

May 28, 1959 – June 2, 1959

Tropical Storm Arlene peaked at Tropical storm with 63 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 121 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

63 mph

Cities within 75 mi
121
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2

Cities Arlene passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (116)

and 56 more

Mississippi (5)

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.