NHC AL021968 · Atlantic basin
Hurricane Brenda (1968)
June 18, 1968 – June 26, 1968
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Brenda peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 151 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Brenda in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Brenda from June 18, 1968 to June 26, 1968; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 151 US cities, in 2 states, most in Florida (147). The strongest pass was 40 mph (tropical storm) 1 mile from Daytona Beach, FL.
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- Cities within 75 mi
- 151
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 2
81 mph
when closest
Cities Brenda passed near, strongest first
Florida (147)
- Daytona BeachTropical storm · overhead
- South DaytonaTropical storm · overhead
- Port OrangeTropical storm · 1 mi
- OsteenTropical storm · 2 mi
- ChuluotaTropical storm · 2 mi
- GenevaTropical storm · 2 mi
- Ormond BeachTropical storm · 4 mi
- New Smyrna BeachTropical storm · 7 mi
- OviedoTropical storm · 8 mi
- Flagler BeachTropical storm · 8 mi
- EdgewaterTropical storm · 9 mi
- DeltonaTropical storm · 10 mi
- Lake HelenTropical storm · 11 mi
- MimsTropical storm · 11 mi
- Winter SpringsTropical storm · 12 mi
- Oak HillTropical storm · 13 mi
- SanfordTropical storm · 13 mi
- Palm CoastTropical storm · 14 mi
- Winter ParkTropical storm · 14 mi
- CasselberryTropical storm · 14 mi
- OrlandoTropical storm · 15 mi
- Orange CityTropical storm · 15 mi
- DebaryTropical storm · 15 mi
- DelandTropical storm · 15 mi
- Fern ParkTropical storm · 16 mi
- Lake MaryTropical storm · 16 mi
- TitusvilleTropical storm · 16 mi
- MaitlandTropical storm · 16 mi
- BunnellTropical storm · 18 mi
- LongwoodTropical storm · 19 mi
- De Leon SpringsTropical storm · 19 mi
- Altamonte SpringsTropical storm · 19 mi
- CocoaTropical storm · 20 mi
- Saint CloudTropical storm · 20 mi
- HarmonyTropical storm · 24 mi
- PiersonTropical storm · 25 mi
- GothaTropical storm · 26 mi
- ApopkaTropical storm · 26 mi
- KissimmeeTropical storm · 26 mi
- WindermereTropical storm · 26 mi
- OcoeeTropical storm · 26 mi
- PaisleyTropical storm · 27 mi
- SorrentoTropical storm · 28 mi
- St AugustineTropical storm · 29 mi
- HastingsTropical storm · 30 mi
- Winter GardenTropical storm · 30 mi
- ZellwoodTropical storm · 30 mi
- Cape CanaveralTropical storm · 31 mi
- ElktonTropical storm · 32 mi
- AstorTropical storm · 32 mi
- Crescent CityTropical storm · 33 mi
- EustisTropical storm · 34 mi
- Mount DoraTropical storm · 35 mi
- MontverdeTropical storm · 35 mi
- AltoonaTropical storm · 36 mi
- Ponte VedraTropical storm · 36 mi
- MelbourneTropical storm · 36 mi
- Ponte Vedra BeachTropical storm · 36 mi
- Pomona ParkTropical storm · 36 mi
- DavenportTropical storm · 37 mi
and 87 more
Georgia (4)
- Saint MarysTropical storm · 61 mi
- KingslandTropical storm · 68 mi
- WoodbineTropical storm · 72 mi
- St Simons IslandTropical storm · 73 mi
Other storms of the 1968 season
- AbbyCategory 1 · 315 cities
- CandyTropical storm · 161 cities
- DollyCategory 1 · 102 cities
- Unnamed (AL161968)Tropical storm · 1,369 cities
- GladysCategory 2 · 272 cities
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.