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NHC AL071960 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Florence (1960)

September 17, 1960 – September 26, 1960

Tropical Storm Florence peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 129 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
129
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1

Cities Florence passed near, strongest first

Florida (129)

and 69 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.