Unnamed tropical storm (1961)
Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 60 kt in the North Atlantic between September 12, 1961 and September 15, 1961, with a lowest pressure of 995 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- September 12, 1961 to September 15, 1961
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 995 mb (29.38 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.3
- Identifier
- AL061961
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.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 12:00 | 25.8N 78.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 12, 18:00 | 26.0N 78.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 13, 00:00 | 26.4N 78.1W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 13, 06:00 | 27.0N 78.1W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 13, 12:00 | 28.2N 78.2W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 29.6N 78.2W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 31.3N 78.2W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 33.0N 78.1W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 14, 12:00 landfall | 34.4N 77.6W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 36.0N 76.6W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 14, 21:00 landfall | 37.1N 76.0W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 38.3N 75.3W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 15, 06:00 landfall | 40.7N 73.2W | 55 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 07:00 landfall | 41.3N 72.7W | 55 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 44.1N 70.1W | 60 kt | 995 mb | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1961
- Hurricane AnnaNorth Atlantic · 1961
- Hurricane BetsyNorth Atlantic · 1961
- Hurricane CarlaNorth Atlantic · 1961
- Hurricane DebbieNorth Atlantic · 1961
- Hurricane EstherNorth Atlantic · 1961
- Hurricane FrancesNorth Atlantic · 1961
- Hurricane GerdaNorth Atlantic · 1961
- Hurricane HattieNorth Atlantic · 1961
- Hurricane JennyNorth Atlantic · 1961
- Tropical Storm IngaNorth Atlantic · 1961
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1961
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.