Hurricane Gerda (1969)

Basin

North Atlantic

Dates

September 7, 1969 to September 12, 1969

Peak strength

Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)

Lowest pressure

977 mb (28.85 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

4.5

Fastest the center moved

48 kt (55 mph)

Identifier

AL161969

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 points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.

The Weather Prediction Center attributes 1,339 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 5.67 inches (144 mm).

WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.

• Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1969Tropical Depression25 kt
• Tropical Storm AnnaNorth Atlantic · 1969Tropical Storm60 kt · 1001 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1969Tropical Depression30 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1969Tropical Depression30 kt
• Hurricane BlancheNorth Atlantic · 1969Cat 175 kt · 996 mb
• Hurricane CamilleNorth Atlantic · 1969Cat 5150 kt · 900 mb
• Hurricane DebbieNorth Atlantic · 1969Cat 3110 kt · 950 mb
• Tropical Storm EveNorth Atlantic · 1969Tropical Storm45 kt · 995 mb
• Hurricane FranceliaNorth Atlantic · 1969Cat 285 kt · 973 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1969Tropical Depression30 kt
• Hurricane HollyNorth Atlantic · 1969Cat 170 kt · 984 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1969Tropical Depression30 kt · 1007 mb
• Hurricane IngaNorth Atlantic · 1969Cat 295 kt · 964 mb
• Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1969Cat 170 kt · 987 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1969Tropical Storm60 kt · 1004 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1969Tropical Storm50 kt · 995 mb
• Tropical Storm JennyNorth Atlantic · 1969Tropical Storm40 kt · 1000 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1969Tropical Depression26 kt
• Hurricane KaraNorth Atlantic · 1969Cat 180 kt · 978 mb
• Hurricane LaurieNorth Atlantic · 1969Cat 180 kt · 973 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1969Tropical Storm60 kt · 990 mb
• Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1969Cat 180 kt · 988 mb
• Hurricane MarthaNorth Atlantic · 1969Cat 180 kt · 979 mb

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.

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.

• Wikipedia article: Hurricane Gerda