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NHC AL031960 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Brenda (1960)

July 27, 1960 – August 7, 1960

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

Tropical Storm Brenda peaked at Tropical storm with 69 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 2,437 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Brenda in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Brenda from July 27, 1960 to August 7, 1960; its peak was 69 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on July 29 at 40 mph (tropical storm), 23 miles from Perry, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 2,437 US cities, in 16 states, most in New Jersey (455) and New York (350). The strongest pass was 69 mph (tropical storm) 2 miles from Isle Of Palms, SC; the centre came closest to Jericho, NY, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

69 mph

Cities within 75 mi
2,437
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
16
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Cities Brenda passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (192)

and 132 more

South Carolina (90)

and 30 more

Georgia (82)

and 22 more

Virginia (85)

and 25 more

Florida (63)

and 3 more

New Jersey (455)

and 395 more

New York (350)

and 290 more

Pennsylvania (140)

and 80 more

Maryland (92)

and 32 more

Delaware (37)

Connecticut (186)

and 126 more

Massachusetts (299)

and 239 more

Rhode Island (49)

Vermont (23)

New Hampshire (142)

and 82 more

Maine (152)

and 92 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.