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NHC AL011955 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Brenda (1955)

July 31, 1955 – August 3, 1955

Tropical Storm Brenda peaked at Tropical storm with 69 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 146 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

69 mph

Cities within 75 mi
146
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2

Cities Brenda passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (101)

and 41 more

Mississippi (45)

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.