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NHC AL061961 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1961

September 12, 1961 – September 15, 1961

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1961 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 69 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,967 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1961 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1961 (AL061961) from September 12, 1961 to September 15, 1961; its peak was 69 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks 4 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on September 14 at 46 mph (tropical storm), 3 miles from Hampstead, NC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 1,967 US cities, in 14 states, most in New Jersey (428) and Massachusetts (314). The strongest pass was 69 mph (tropical storm) 2 miles from Sabattus, ME; the centre came closest to Selbyville, DE, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

69 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,967
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
14
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Cities Unnamed 1961 storm passed near, strongest first

New Hampshire (137)

and 77 more

Maine (129)

and 69 more

Massachusetts (314)

and 254 more

Vermont (9)

Rhode Island (49)

New York (311)

and 251 more

Connecticut (186)

and 126 more

New Jersey (428)

and 368 more

Pennsylvania (90)

and 30 more

Delaware (37)

Maryland (55)

Virginia (60)

North Carolina (152)

and 92 more

South Carolina (10)

Other storms of the 1961 season

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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.