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NHC AL041959 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Cindy (1959)

July 4, 1959 – July 12, 1959

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

Hurricane Cindy peaked at Category 1 with 75 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 968 US cities, 7 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Cindy in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Cindy from July 4, 1959 to July 12, 1959; its peak was 75 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on July 9 at 75 mph (Category 1), 4 miles from Awendaw, SC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 968 US cities, in 12 states, most in Massachusetts (264) and North Carolina (145). The strongest pass was 75 mph (Category 1) 16 miles from Isle Of Palms, SC; the centre came closest to Saint Stephen, SC, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

75 mph

Cities within 75 mi
968
At hurricane strength
7

when closest

States
12
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Cities Cindy passed near, strongest first

South Carolina (127)

and 67 more

Massachusetts (264)

and 204 more

Connecticut (68)

and 8 more

New York (68)

and 8 more

Rhode Island (49)

New Jersey (33)

New Hampshire (30)

Maine (65)

and 5 more

Delaware (17)

Maryland (17)

Virginia (85)

and 25 more

North Carolina (145)

and 85 more

Other storms of the 1959 season

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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.