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NHC AL031957 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Bertha (1957)

August 8, 1957 – August 11, 1957

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Tropical Storm Bertha peaked at Tropical storm with 63 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 120 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Bertha in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Bertha from August 8, 1957 to August 11, 1957; its peak was 63 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 10 at 63 mph (tropical storm), 15 miles from Port Arthur, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 120 US cities, in 2 states, most in Texas (86). The strongest pass was 63 mph (tropical storm) 37 miles from Vinton, LA; the centre came closest to Shepherd, TX, 6 miles away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

63 mph

Cities within 75 mi
120
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2
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Cities Bertha passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (34)

Texas (86)

and 26 more

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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.