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NHC AL101959 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Irene (1959)

October 6, 1959 – October 9, 1959

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.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

46 mph

Cities within 75 mi
69
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
3

Cities Irene passed near, strongest first

Alabama (39)

Florida (22)

Mississippi (8)

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.