1961 season

Unnamed Tropical Storm, AL06 1961

Sep 12, 12:00 PM UTC – Sep 15, 12:00 PM UTC (3.0 days)

Peak
Tropical Storm
Max sustained wind
70 mph (60 kt)
Lowest pressure
995 mb
Landfalls
4

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Sep 14, 12:00 PM UTC · 34.4°N 77.6°W · Tropical Storm · 45 mph
  • Sep 14, 9:00 PM UTC · 37.1°N 76.0°W · Tropical Storm · 50 mph
  • Sep 15, 6:00 AM UTC · 40.7°N 73.2°W · Tropical Storm · 65 mph · 996 mb
  • Sep 15, 7:00 AM UTC · 41.3°N 72.7°W · Tropical Storm · 65 mph
Every track point (15)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1961-09-12 12:00TD25.8°N 78.0°W25—
1961-09-12 18:00TD26.0°N 78.0°W25—
1961-09-13 00:00TD26.4°N 78.1°W25—
1961-09-13 06:00TD27.0°N 78.1°W25—
1961-09-13 12:00TD28.2°N 78.2°W30—
1961-09-13 18:00TS29.6°N 78.2°W35—
1961-09-14 00:00TS31.3°N 78.2°W40—
1961-09-14 06:00TS33.0°N 78.1°W40—
1961-09-14 12:00TS34.4°N 77.6°W40—Landfall
1961-09-14 18:00TS36.0°N 76.6°W40—
1961-09-14 21:00TS37.1°N 76.0°W45—Landfall
1961-09-15 00:00TS38.3°N 75.3°W50—
1961-09-15 06:00TS40.7°N 73.2°W55996Landfall
1961-09-15 07:00TS41.3°N 72.7°W55—Landfall
1961-09-15 12:00EX44.1°N 70.1°W60995

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.