1959 season

Tropical Storm Irene (1959)

Oct 6, 6:00 PM UTC – Oct 9, 12:00 PM UTC (2.8 days)

Peak
Tropical Storm
Max sustained wind
45 mph (40 kt)
Lowest pressure
1000 mb
Landfalls
1

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Oct 8, 10:00 AM UTC · 30.3°N 87.6°W · Tropical Storm · 45 mph · 1000 mb
Every track point (13)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1959-10-06 18:00TD23.2°N 92.5°W30—
1959-10-07 00:00TD24.2°N 91.8°W30—
1959-10-07 06:00TD25.2°N 91.0°W30—
1959-10-07 12:00TS26.2°N 90.0°W351003
1959-10-07 18:00TS27.3°N 89.0°W351001
1959-10-08 00:00TS28.4°N 88.2°W351002
1959-10-08 06:00TS29.4°N 87.8°W40—
1959-10-08 10:00TS30.3°N 87.6°W401000Landfall
1959-10-08 12:00TS30.6°N 87.6°W401000
1959-10-08 18:00TD31.7°N 87.0°W301003
1959-10-09 00:00TD32.8°N 86.3°W25—
1959-10-09 06:00TD33.7°N 85.3°W20—
1959-10-09 12:00TD34.5°N 83.5°W20—

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.