NHC AL041963 · Atlantic basin
Tropical Storm Cindy (1963)
September 16, 1963 – September 20, 1963
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Tropical Storm Cindy peaked at Tropical storm with 63 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 100 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Cindy in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Cindy from September 16, 1963 to September 20, 1963; its peak was 63 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 17 at 63 mph (tropical storm), 16 miles from Winnie, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 100 US cities, in 2 states, most in Texas (98). The strongest pass was 63 mph (tropical storm) 23 miles from Crystal Beach, TX; the centre came closest to Liberty, TX, 2 miles away.
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- Cities within 75 mi
- 100
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 2
63 mph
when closest
Cities Cindy passed near, strongest first
Texas (98)
- Crystal BeachTropical storm · 23 mi
- Port ArthurTropical storm · 30 mi
- GalvestonTropical storm · 33 mi
- La MarqueTropical storm · 41 mi
- HitchcockTropical storm · 43 mi
- DanburyTropical storm · 64 mi
- FreeportTropical storm · 68 mi
- CluteTropical storm · 71 mi
- AngletonTropical storm · 71 mi
- Lake JacksonTropical storm · 73 mi
- GrovesTropical storm · 33 mi
- Bridge CityTropical storm · 40 mi
- NederlandTropical storm · 31 mi
- Port NechesTropical storm · 33 mi
- OrangeTropical storm · 47 mi
- WinnieTropical storm · 6 mi
- Texas CityTropical storm · 39 mi
- AnahuacTropical storm · 12 mi
- BeaumontTropical storm · 28 mi
- VidorTropical storm · 38 mi
- Santa FeTropical storm · 46 mi
- BacliffTropical storm · 36 mi
- DickinsonTropical storm · 39 mi
- KemahTropical storm · 36 mi
- League CityTropical storm · 40 mi
- SeabrookTropical storm · 34 mi
- AlvinTropical storm · 51 mi
- LumbertonTropical storm · 33 mi
- WebsterTropical storm · 41 mi
- BunaTropical storm · 53 mi
- Sour LakeTropical storm · 20 mi
- KountzeTropical storm · 34 mi
- SilsbeeTropical storm · 41 mi
- KirbyvilleTropical storm · 65 mi
- LibertyTropical storm · 2 mi
- BaytownTropical storm · 21 mi
- La PorteTropical storm · 30 mi
- WarrenTropical storm · 45 mi
- FriendswoodTropical storm · 44 mi
- DaytonTropical storm · 3 mi
- HighlandsTropical storm · 21 mi
- Deer ParkTropical storm · 31 mi
- WoodvilleTropical storm · 55 mi
- HuffmanTropical storm · 13 mi
- CrosbyTropical storm · 16 mi
- New CaneyTropical storm · 17 mi
- SplendoraTropical storm · 18 mi
- KingwoodTropical storm · 18 mi
- PorterTropical storm · 21 mi
- HumbleTropical storm · 21 mi
- ChannelviewTropical storm · 25 mi
- ShepherdTropical storm · 27 mi
- Galena ParkTropical storm · 32 mi
- ShenandoahTropical storm · 33 mi
- PasadenaTropical storm · 34 mi
- SpringTropical storm · 34 mi
- ConroeTropical storm · 35 mi
- South HoustonTropical storm · 36 mi
- The WoodlandsTropical storm · 37 mi
- ColdspringTropical storm · 39 mi
and 38 more
Other storms of the 1963 season
- Unnamed (AL101963)Tropical storm · 274 cities
- EdithCategory 2 · 19 cities
- GinnyCategory 2 · 19 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.