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NHC AL051959 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Debra (1959)

July 22, 1959 – July 27, 1959

Hurricane Debra peaked at Category 1 with 86 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 133 US cities, 20 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 1

86 mph

Cities within 75 mi
133
At hurricane strength
20

when closest

States
1

Cities Debra passed near, strongest first

Texas (133)

and 73 more

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.