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NHC AL031957 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Bertha (1957)

August 8, 1957 – August 11, 1957

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.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

63 mph

Cities within 75 mi
120
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2

Cities Bertha passed near, strongest first

Texas (86)

and 26 more

Louisiana (34)

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.