1961 season

Tropical Storm Gerda (1961)

Oct 17, 12:00 AM UTC – Oct 22, 12:00 PM UTC (5.5 days)

Peak
Tropical Storm
Max sustained wind
75 mph (65 kt)
Lowest pressure
988 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (23)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1961-10-17 00:00TD19.7°N 77.9°W301003
1961-10-17 06:00TD20.1°N 78.0°W301002
1961-10-17 12:00TD20.5°N 78.0°W30—
1961-10-17 18:00TD21.0°N 78.0°W301002
1961-10-18 00:00TD21.6°N 78.0°W301002
1961-10-18 06:00TS22.5°N 77.9°W35—
1961-10-18 12:00TS23.5°N 77.7°W351003
1961-10-18 18:00TS24.5°N 77.2°W401003
1961-10-19 00:00TS25.6°N 76.3°W401003
1961-10-19 06:00TS26.8°N 75.0°W501001
1961-10-19 12:00TS28.4°N 73.5°W55999
1961-10-19 18:00TS30.3°N 71.8°W60989
1961-10-20 00:00TS33.5°N 70.2°W60—
1961-10-20 06:00TS37.0°N 68.8°W60988
1961-10-20 12:00EX39.3°N 68.2°W60—
1961-10-20 18:00EX40.7°N 67.5°W60—
1961-10-21 00:00EX41.5°N 66.0°W65—
1961-10-21 06:00EX42.4°N 64.5°W60—
1961-10-21 12:00EX43.2°N 62.7°W50994
1961-10-21 18:00EX44.0°N 61.2°W45—
1961-10-22 00:00EX44.2°N 58.5°W35—
1961-10-22 06:00EX44.4°N 54.0°W35—
1961-10-22 12:00EX44.6°N 49.3°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.