NHC AL061962 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1962
June 29, 1962 – July 6, 1962
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Tropical Storm Unnamed 1962 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 63 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 42 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1962 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1962 (AL061962) from June 29, 1962 to July 6, 1962; its peak was 63 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on June 30 at 63 mph (tropical storm), 50 miles from Manteo, NC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 42 US cities, all in North Carolina. The strongest pass was 63 mph (tropical storm) 34 miles from Oriental, NC.
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- Cities within 75 mi
- 42
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 1
63 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1962 storm passed near, strongest first
North Carolina (42)
- OrientalTropical storm · 34 mi
- BeaufortTropical storm · 35 mi
- BelhavenTropical storm · 35 mi
- ColumbiaTropical storm · 36 mi
- BayboroTropical storm · 37 mi
- ManteoTropical storm · 40 mi
- Morehead CityTropical storm · 41 mi
- Nags HeadTropical storm · 42 mi
- AuroraTropical storm · 42 mi
- GrantsboroTropical storm · 43 mi
- Atlantic BeachTropical storm · 44 mi
- HavelockTropical storm · 45 mi
- Cherry PointTropical storm · 46 mi
- Kill Devil HillsTropical storm · 47 mi
- RoperTropical storm · 47 mi
- NewportTropical storm · 47 mi
- PinetownTropical storm · 49 mi
- PlymouthTropical storm · 51 mi
- Kitty HawkTropical storm · 52 mi
- New BernTropical storm · 55 mi
- JamesvilleTropical storm · 56 mi
- Emerald IsleTropical storm · 57 mi
- HertfordTropical storm · 57 mi
- GrandyTropical storm · 58 mi
- EdentonTropical storm · 59 mi
- WashingtonTropical storm · 59 mi
- ChocowinityTropical storm · 61 mi
- SwansboroTropical storm · 61 mi
- VanceboroTropical storm · 62 mi
- Elizabeth CityTropical storm · 63 mi
- MaysvilleTropical storm · 64 mi
- CamdenTropical storm · 66 mi
- HubertTropical storm · 66 mi
- WilliamstonTropical storm · 67 mi
- WindsorTropical storm · 67 mi
- GrimeslandTropical storm · 68 mi
- Cove CityTropical storm · 70 mi
- CurrituckTropical storm · 71 mi
- ColerainTropical storm · 72 mi
- Midway ParkTropical storm · 72 mi
- Tarawa TerraceTropical storm · 74 mi
- Camp LejeuneTropical storm · 74 mi
Other storms of the 1962 season
- AlmaCategory 1 · 91 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.