1959 season

Tropical Storm Edith (1959)

Aug 18, 12:00 AM UTC – Aug 19, 12:00 AM UTC (1.0 days)

Peak
Tropical Storm
Max sustained wind
60 mph (50 kt)
Lowest pressure
1007 mb
Landfalls
1

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall

Landfalls

  • Aug 18, 10:00 AM UTC · 15.3°N 61.3°W · Tropical Storm · 60 mph
Every track point (6)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1959-08-18 00:00TS14.3°N 57.9°W351007
1959-08-18 06:00TS14.9°N 59.9°W40—
1959-08-18 10:00TS15.3°N 61.3°W50—Landfall
1959-08-18 12:00TS15.5°N 61.8°W50—
1959-08-18 18:00TS16.1°N 63.7°W40—
1959-08-19 00:00TS16.7°N 65.5°W35—

From the National Hurricane Center's best-track archive (HURDAT2), its post-season reanalysis; values can differ from the advisories issued at the time. Source: hurdat2-1851-2025-092326.txt, hurdat2-nepac-1949-2025-092926.txt.