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NHC AL051959 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Debra (1959)

July 22, 1959 – July 27, 1959

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

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.

Debra in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Debra from July 22, 1959 to July 27, 1959; its peak was 86 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on July 25 at 86 mph (Category 1), 12 miles from Danbury, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 133 US cities, all in Texas. The strongest pass was 86 mph (Category 1) 9 miles from Danbury, TX; the centre came closest to Huffman, TX, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

86 mph

Cities within 75 mi
133
At hurricane strength
20

when closest

States
1
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Cities Debra passed near, strongest first

Texas (133)

and 73 more

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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.