NHC AL101959 · Atlantic basin
Tropical Storm Irene (1959)
October 6, 1959 – October 9, 1959
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Tropical Storm Irene peaked at Tropical storm with 46 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 69 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Irene in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Irene from October 6, 1959 to October 9, 1959; its peak was 46 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 8 at 46 mph (tropical storm), 2 miles from Orange Beach, AL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 69 US cities, in 3 states, most in Alabama (39) and Florida (22). The strongest pass was 46 mph (tropical storm) 2 miles from Robertsdale, AL; the centre came closest to Mc David, FL, 2 miles away.
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- Cities within 75 mi
- 69
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 3
46 mph
when closest
Cities Irene passed near, strongest first
Alabama (39)
- RobertsdaleTropical storm · 2 mi
- ElbertaTropical storm · 2 mi
- Orange BeachTropical storm · 2 mi
- FoleyTropical storm · 6 mi
- SummerdaleTropical storm · 7 mi
- Gulf ShoresTropical storm · 7 mi
- LillianTropical storm · 9 mi
- SilverhillTropical storm · 9 mi
- LoxleyTropical storm · 9 mi
- DaphneTropical storm · 17 mi
- FairhopeTropical storm · 17 mi
- Spanish FortTropical storm · 19 mi
- PrichardTropical storm · 30 mi
- ChickasawTropical storm · 31 mi
- WhistlerTropical storm · 32 mi
- SaralandTropical storm · 33 mi
- MobileTropical storm · 34 mi
- TheodoreTropical storm · 34 mi
- CodenTropical storm · 35 mi
- Eight MileTropical storm · 36 mi
- IrvingtonTropical storm · 38 mi
- SemmesTropical storm · 41 mi
- Grand BayTropical storm · 43 mi
- WilmerTropical storm · 47 mi
- Frisco CityTropical storm · 58 mi
- MonroevilleTropical storm · 65 mi
- EvergreenTropical storm · 70 mi
- SatsumaTropical storm · 32 mi
- ChunchulaTropical storm · 42 mi
- Bay MinetteTropical storm · 17 mi
- Mount VernonTropical storm · 37 mi
- CitronelleTropical storm · 49 mi
- McintoshTropical storm · 44 mi
- FlomatonTropical storm · 7 mi
- AtmoreTropical storm · 9 mi
- ChatomTropical storm · 61 mi
- BrewtonTropical storm · 11 mi
- MillryTropical storm · 70 mi
- JacksonTropical storm · 42 mi
Florida (22)
- PensacolaTropical storm · 20 mi
- NavarreTropical storm · 42 mi
- Mary EstherTropical storm · 53 mi
- CantonmentTropical storm · 15 mi
- Mc DavidTropical storm · 2 mi
- MolinoTropical storm · 9 mi
- PaceTropical storm · 22 mi
- Gulf BreezeTropical storm · 29 mi
- MiltonTropical storm · 30 mi
- Hurlburt FieldTropical storm · 55 mi
- Fort Walton BeachTropical storm · 58 mi
- ShalimarTropical storm · 60 mi
- Eglin AfbTropical storm · 61 mi
- DestinTropical storm · 69 mi
- Miramar BeachTropical storm · 73 mi
- ValparaisoTropical storm · 62 mi
- NicevilleTropical storm · 65 mi
- CenturyTropical storm · 5 mi
- JayTropical storm · 16 mi
- CrestviewTropical storm · 52 mi
- BakerTropical storm · 41 mi
- Laurel HillTropical storm · 52 mi
Mississippi (8)
- Moss PointTropical storm · 54 mi
- PascagoulaTropical storm · 56 mi
- LucedaleTropical storm · 62 mi
- GautierTropical storm · 63 mi
- VancleaveTropical storm · 69 mi
- Ocean SpringsTropical storm · 70 mi
- LeakesvilleTropical storm · 70 mi
- State LineTropical storm · 73 mi
Other storms of the 1959 season
- ArleneTropical storm · 121 cities
- Unnamed (AL031959)Category 1 · 190 cities
- CindyCategory 1 · 968 cities
- DebraCategory 1 · 133 cities
- DotCategory 4 · 21 cities
- Unnamed (AL121959)Tropical storm · 15 cities
- GracieCategory 4 · 441 cities
- JudithCategory 1 · 113 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.