NHC AL161969 · Atlantic basin
Hurricane Gerda (1969)
September 7, 1969 – September 12, 1969
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Gerda peaked at Category 3 with 121 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 83 US cities, 51 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Gerda in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Gerda from September 7, 1969 to September 12, 1969; its peak was 121 mph (Category 3). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 10 at 81 mph (Category 1), 14 miles from Machias, ME. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 83 US cities, in 4 states, most in Massachusetts (30) and Florida (27). The strongest pass was 121 mph (Category 3) 67 miles from Edgartown, MA; the centre came closest to Calais, ME, 5 miles away.
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- Cities within 75 mi
- 83
- At hurricane strength
- 51
- States
- 4
121 mph
when closest
Cities Gerda passed near, strongest first
Massachusetts (30)
- EdgartownCategory 3 · 67 mi
- NantucketCategory 3 · 43 mi
- West TisburyCategory 3 · 72 mi
- Vineyard HavenCategory 3 · 73 mi
- ChilmarkCategory 3 · 75 mi
- East FalmouthCategory 3 · 74 mi
- CentervilleCategory 3 · 66 mi
- OstervilleCategory 3 · 67 mi
- Marstons MillsCategory 3 · 70 mi
- CotuitCategory 3 · 70 mi
- MashpeeCategory 3 · 72 mi
- ForestdaleCategory 3 · 75 mi
- Dennis PortCategory 3 · 56 mi
- South DennisCategory 3 · 59 mi
- South YarmouthCategory 3 · 60 mi
- West YarmouthCategory 3 · 61 mi
- Yarmouth PortCategory 3 · 62 mi
- HyannisCategory 3 · 63 mi
- BarnstableCategory 3 · 65 mi
- West BarnstableCategory 3 · 69 mi
- East SandwichCategory 3 · 73 mi
- SandwichCategory 3 · 75 mi
- ChathamCategory 3 · 50 mi
- OrleansCategory 3 · 52 mi
- HarwichCategory 3 · 54 mi
- BrewsterCategory 3 · 56 mi
- DennisCategory 3 · 61 mi
- EasthamCategory 3 · 55 mi
- WellfleetCategory 3 · 58 mi
- ProvincetownCategory 3 · 70 mi
North Carolina (1)
- BeaufortCategory 1 · 74 mi
Maine (25)
- Bar HarborCategory 1 · 42 mi
- Blue HillCategory 1 · 58 mi
- Stockton SpringsCategory 1 · 72 mi
- HancockCategory 1 · 45 mi
- EllsworthCategory 1 · 54 mi
- BucksportCategory 1 · 70 mi
- FranklinCategory 1 · 44 mi
- EddingtonCategory 1 · 62 mi
- HoldenCategory 1 · 62 mi
- BrewerCategory 1 · 71 mi
- OrringtonCategory 1 · 72 mi
- BangorCategory 1 · 73 mi
- MachiasCategory 1 · 13 mi
- MilfordCategory 1 · 67 mi
- OronoCategory 1 · 69 mi
- Old TownCategory 1 · 70 mi
- BaileyvilleCategory 1 · 13 mi
- CalaisCategory 1 · 5 mi
- LincolnCategory 1 · 67 mi
- HoultonCategory 1 · 50 mi
- Fort FairfieldTropical storm · 58 mi
- Presque IsleTropical storm · 64 mi
- MapletonTropical storm · 70 mi
- CaribouTropical storm · 67 mi
- Van BurenTropical storm · 68 mi
Florida (27)
- Cape CanaveralTropical storm · 46 mi
- Cocoa BeachTropical storm · 49 mi
- Merritt IslandTropical storm · 51 mi
- Oak HillTropical storm · 52 mi
- TitusvilleTropical storm · 52 mi
- CocoaTropical storm · 54 mi
- MimsTropical storm · 54 mi
- EdgewaterTropical storm · 55 mi
- RockledgeTropical storm · 56 mi
- Indian Harbour BeachTropical storm · 57 mi
- New Smyrna BeachTropical storm · 58 mi
- IndialanticTropical storm · 59 mi
- MelbourneTropical storm · 61 mi
- Melbourne BeachTropical storm · 63 mi
- OsteenTropical storm · 66 mi
- MalabarTropical storm · 67 mi
- Port OrangeTropical storm · 67 mi
- GenevaTropical storm · 67 mi
- GrantTropical storm · 68 mi
- Palm BayTropical storm · 69 mi
- ChuluotaTropical storm · 69 mi
- Barefoot BayTropical storm · 71 mi
- OviedoTropical storm · 74 mi
- DeltonaTropical storm · 74 mi
- Ormond BeachTropical storm · 74 mi
- South DaytonaTropical storm · 66 mi
- Daytona BeachTropical storm · 68 mi
Other storms of the 1969 season
- AnnaTropical storm · 9 cities
- CamilleCategory 5 · 362 cities
- Unnamed (AL231969)Tropical storm · 74 cities
- JennyTropical storm · 43 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.