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NHC AL061998 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Frances (1998)

September 8, 1998 – September 13, 1998

Tropical Storm Frances peaked at Tropical storm with 63 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 52 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

63 mph

Cities within 75 mi
52
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1

Cities Frances passed near, strongest first

Texas (52)

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.