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NHC AL231969 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1969

September 29, 1969 – October 3, 1969

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1969 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 74 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1969 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1969 (AL231969) from September 29, 1969 to October 3, 1969; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 1 at 46 mph (tropical storm), 5 miles from Mary Esther, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 74 US cities, in 2 states, most in Alabama (40). The strongest pass was 47 mph (tropical storm) 50 miles from Inlet Beach, FL; the centre came closest to Mary Esther, FL, 5 miles away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
74
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2

Cities Unnamed 1969 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (34)

Alabama (40)

Other storms of the 1969 season

  • AnnaTropical storm · 9 cities
  • CamilleCategory 5 · 362 cities
  • GerdaCategory 3 · 83 cities
  • JennyTropical storm · 43 cities

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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.