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NHC AL061979 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Claudette (1979)

July 15, 1979 – July 29, 1979

Tropical Storm Claudette peaked at Tropical storm with 52 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 92 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

52 mph

Cities within 75 mi
92
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2

Cities Claudette passed near, strongest first

Texas (70)

and 10 more

Louisiana (22)

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.