Tropical Storm Jenny (1969)
Tropical Storm Jenny peaked at 40 kt in the North Atlantic between October 1, 1969 and October 5, 1969, with a lowest pressure of 1000 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Jenny, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1969 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
- October 1, 1969 to October 5, 1969
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1000 mb (29.53 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.4
- Fastest the center moved
- 16 kt (18 mph)
- Identifier
- AL241969
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 21:00 | Naples, FL, 5 km away | 26.1N 81.8W | 40 kt (46 mph) | 1001 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.
Rainfall
The Weather Prediction Center attributes 707 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 11.31 inches (287 mm).
| Station | Total | Position |
|---|---|---|
| OAKNOLIA 2 N | 11.31 in (287 mm) | 30.75N 91.00W |
| GREENWELL SPRINGS | 10.19 in (259 mm) | 30.55N 90.98W |
| COVINGTON 4 NNW | 7.94 in (202 mm) | 30.53N 90.12W |
| DELAND 1 SSE | 6.61 in (168 mm) | 29.02N 81.28W |
| PINE GROVE FIRE TWR | 6.52 in (166 mm) | 30.72N 90.75W |
| ST FRANCISVILLE 6 S | 5.93 in (151 mm) | 30.72N 91.30W |
| HAMMOND | 5.43 in (138 mm) | 30.48N 90.47W |
| BATON ROUGE RYAN AP | 5.33 in (135 mm) | 30.53N 91.15W |
| LSU BEN HUR FARM | 5.31 in (135 mm) | 30.37N 91.17W |
| JENNINGS | 5.14 in (131 mm) | 30.20N 92.67W |
| INDIAN LAKE ESTATES | 5.04 in (128 mm) | 27.80N 81.20W |
| OPELOUSAS | 4.77 in (121 mm) | 30.50N 92.10W |
WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 12:00 | 19.0N 83.7W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 1, 18:00 | 20.0N 83.2W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 2, 00:00 | 21.2N 82.8W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Oct 2, 06:00 | 22.7N 82.5W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Oct 2, 12:00 | 24.2N 82.3W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 2, 18:00 | 25.6N 82.0W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 2, 21:00 landfall | 26.1N 81.8W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 3, 00:00 | 26.6N 81.6W | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 3, 06:00 | 27.6N 81.2W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Oct 3, 12:00 | 28.5N 80.7W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Oct 3, 18:00 | 28.9N 80.6W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 4, 00:00 | 29.1N 80.9W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 4, 06:00 | 29.1N 81.2W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 4, 12:00 | 29.0N 81.5W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 4, 18:00 | 28.4N 82.2W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 5, 00:00 | 27.7N 83.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Tropical Storm AnnaNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Hurricane BlancheNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Hurricane CamilleNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Hurricane DebbieNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Tropical Storm EveNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Hurricane FranceliaNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Hurricane GerdaNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Hurricane HollyNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Hurricane IngaNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Hurricane KaraNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Hurricane LaurieNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1969
- Hurricane MarthaNorth Atlantic · 1969
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.