NHC AL121959 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1959
August 2, 1959 – August 6, 1959
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Tropical Storm Unnamed 1959 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 69 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 15 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1959 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1959 (AL121959) from August 2, 1959 to August 6, 1959; its peak was 69 mph (tropical storm). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 15 US cities, all in North Carolina. The strongest pass was 46 mph (tropical storm) 48 miles from Beaufort, NC.
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- Cities within 75 mi
- 15
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 1
69 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1959 storm passed near, strongest first
North Carolina (15)
- BeaufortTropical storm · 48 mi
- OrientalTropical storm · 53 mi
- Morehead CityTropical storm · 54 mi
- Atlantic BeachTropical storm · 56 mi
- BayboroTropical storm · 58 mi
- NewportTropical storm · 61 mi
- HavelockTropical storm · 62 mi
- Cherry PointTropical storm · 63 mi
- GrantsboroTropical storm · 63 mi
- AuroraTropical storm · 66 mi
- BelhavenTropical storm · 68 mi
- Emerald IsleTropical storm · 69 mi
- SwansboroTropical storm · 74 mi
- New BernTropical storm · 74 mi
- ManteoTropical storm · 75 mi
Other storms of the 1959 season
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.