Unnamed hurricane (1959)
Unnamed hurricane reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between June 18, 1959 and June 22, 1959, with a lowest pressure of 974 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed hurricane, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1959 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- June 18, 1959 to June 22, 1959
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 974 mb (28.76 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.9
- Fastest the center moved
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Identifier
- AL031959
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 08:00 | Dunedin, FL, 3 km away | 28.0N 82.8W | 40 kt (46 mph) | 1002 mb |
Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 00:00 | 26.3N 86.3W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 18, 06:00 | 27.7N 83.7W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 18, 08:00 landfall | 28.0N 82.8W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 18, 12:00 | 29.0N 80.5W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 18, 18:00 | 30.4N 77.5W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 19, 00:00 | 32.0N 74.0W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 19, 06:00 | 34.5N 70.0W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jun 19, 12:00 | 38.4N 65.0W | 75 kt | 974 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 19, 18:00 | 41.2N 62.5W | 75 kt | Extratropical | |
| Jun 20, 00:00 | 43.7N 61.0W | 70 kt | Extratropical | |
| Jun 20, 06:00 | 45.5N 62.0W | 60 kt | Extratropical | |
| Jun 20, 12:00 | 46.0N 63.0W | 50 kt | Extratropical | |
| Jun 20, 18:00 | 45.6N 63.0W | 50 kt | Extratropical | |
| Jun 21, 00:00 | 45.4N 62.0W | 45 kt | Extratropical | |
| Jun 21, 06:00 | 46.3N 58.0W | 45 kt | Extratropical | |
| Jun 21, 12:00 | 47.3N 54.5W | 40 kt | Extratropical | |
| Jun 21, 18:00 | 48.2N 51.5W | 35 kt | Extratropical | |
| Jun 22, 00:00 | 48.8N 49.0W | 35 kt | Extratropical | |
| Jun 22, 06:00 | 49.0N 47.0W | 30 kt | Extratropical | |
| Jun 22, 12:00 | 49.0N 45.0W | 30 kt | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1959
- Tropical Storm ArleneNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Tropical Storm BeulahNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Hurricane CindyNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Hurricane DebraNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Tropical Storm EdithNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Hurricane FloraNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Hurricane GracieNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Hurricane HannahNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Tropical Storm IreneNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Hurricane JudithNorth Atlantic · 1959
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.