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NHC AL031959 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1959

June 18, 1959 – June 22, 1959

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Hurricane Unnamed 1959 storm peaked at Category 1 with 86 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 190 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1959 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1959 (AL031959) from June 18, 1959 to June 22, 1959; its peak was 86 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on June 18 at 46 mph (tropical storm), 2 miles from Dunedin, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 190 US cities, all in Florida. The strongest pass was 46 mph (tropical storm) less than a mile from Maitland, FL.

Peak strength
Category 1

86 mph

Cities within 75 mi
190
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1
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Cities Unnamed 1959 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (190)

and 130 more

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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.