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NHC AL031960 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Brenda (1960)

July 27, 1960 – August 7, 1960

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.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

69 mph

Cities within 75 mi
2,437
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
16

Cities Brenda passed near, strongest first

New Jersey (455)

and 395 more

New York (350)

and 290 more

Massachusetts (299)

and 239 more

North Carolina (192)

and 132 more

Connecticut (186)

and 126 more

Maine (152)

and 92 more

New Hampshire (142)

and 82 more

Pennsylvania (140)

and 80 more

Maryland (92)

and 32 more

South Carolina (90)

and 30 more

Virginia (85)

and 25 more

Georgia (82)

and 22 more

Florida (63)

and 3 more

Rhode Island (49)

Delaware (37)

Vermont (23)

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.