NHC AL071961 · Atlantic basin
Hurricane Frances (1961)
September 30, 1961 – October 10, 1961
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Frances peaked at Category 4 with 132 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 40 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Frances in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Frances from September 30, 1961 to October 10, 1961; its peak was 132 mph (Category 4). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 40 US cities, in 2 states and territories, most in Puerto Rico (28). The strongest pass was 52 mph (tropical storm) 43 miles from Boqueron, PR.
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- Cities within 75 mi
- 40
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 2
132 mph
when closest
Cities Frances passed near, strongest first
Puerto Rico (28)
- BoqueronTropical storm · 43 mi
- Cabo RojoTropical storm · 48 mi
- LajasTropical storm · 49 mi
- EnsenadaTropical storm · 51 mi
- HormiguerosTropical storm · 52 mi
- San GermanTropical storm · 53 mi
- GuanicaTropical storm · 55 mi
- MayaguezTropical storm · 55 mi
- Sabana GrandeTropical storm · 56 mi
- RinconTropical storm · 57 mi
- AnascoTropical storm · 59 mi
- YaucoTropical storm · 60 mi
- AguadaTropical storm · 61 mi
- MaricaoTropical storm · 61 mi
- GuayanillaTropical storm · 62 mi
- Las MariasTropical storm · 64 mi
- PenuelasTropical storm · 66 mi
- MocaTropical storm · 66 mi
- AguadillaTropical storm · 67 mi
- San SebastianTropical storm · 68 mi
- PonceTropical storm · 68 mi
- MerceditaTropical storm · 70 mi
- LaresTropical storm · 71 mi
- AdjuntasTropical storm · 71 mi
- San AntonioTropical storm · 71 mi
- IsabelaTropical storm · 74 mi
- Coto LaurelTropical storm · 74 mi
- Juana DiazTropical storm · 75 mi
Maine (12)
- RocklandTropical storm · 69 mi
- ThomastonTropical storm · 71 mi
- RockportTropical storm · 72 mi
- CamdenTropical storm · 73 mi
- Bar HarborTropical storm · 54 mi
- Blue HillTropical storm · 65 mi
- HancockTropical storm · 60 mi
- FranklinTropical storm · 63 mi
- EllsworthTropical storm · 70 mi
- MachiasTropical storm · 50 mi
- BaileyvilleTropical storm · 67 mi
- CalaisTropical storm · 67 mi
Other storms of the 1961 season
- CarlaCategory 4 · 603 cities
- EstherCategory 5 · 517 cities
- Unnamed (AL061961)Tropical storm · 1,967 cities
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.