NHC AL041958 · Atlantic basin
Hurricane Daisy (1958)
August 23, 1958 – August 31, 1958
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Daisy peaked at Category 4 with 132 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1 US cities, 1 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Daisy in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Daisy from August 23, 1958 to August 31, 1958; its peak was 132 mph (Category 4). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 1 US city, all in Massachusetts. The strongest pass was 87 mph (Category 1) 59 miles from Nantucket, MA.
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- Cities within 75 mi
- 1
- At hurricane strength
- 1
- States
- 1
132 mph
when closest
Cities Daisy passed near, strongest first
Massachusetts (1)
- NantucketCategory 1 · 59 mi
Other storms of the 1958 season
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.