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NHC AL051965 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Debbie (1965)

September 24, 1965 – September 30, 1965

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

Tropical Storm Debbie peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 45 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Debbie in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Debbie from September 24, 1965 to September 30, 1965; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 29 at 40 mph (tropical storm), 12 miles from Golden Meadow, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 45 US cities, all in Louisiana. The strongest pass was 40 mph (tropical storm) 12 miles from Golden Meadow, LA.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
45
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1
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Cities Debbie passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (45)

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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.