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Hurricane Judith (1959)

Hurricane Judith was a Category 1 hurricane at its peak, with 86 mph winds and a lowest pressure of 988 mb, per NOAA's National Hurricane Center. Modeled winds reached tropical-storm force (39 mph) at 3 of the cities we track; the strongest was Cape Coral, FL, with a modeled peak gust of 60 mph.

Peak strength86 mph winds (1-minute)
Category 1
Cities with tropical-storm-force windsModeled, of the cities we track
3
LandfallsFirst October 18, 1959
1
Lowest pressure
988 mb

Track, wind field and cities

Select a piece of the track or a city for details.

  • Depression or weaker
  • Tropical storm
  • Hurricane, Category 1 or 2
  • Major hurricane, Category 3 to 5
  • Landfall
  • City (larger ring, stronger modeled gust)
  • Modeled wind field, 39 to 111 mph sustained (darker, stronger; orange 111 mph+)
Source: NOAA/NWS National Hurricane Center best track (HURDAT2). City winds and the wind field are modeled.

The shaded areas are where our model puts Hurricane Judith’s sustained winds over open land at 39 mph or more (tropical-storm force), 58, 74 (hurricane force) and 111 mph (major hurricane force) at some point along its track. Modeled, not measured. How we model hurricane winds

Landfalls

  1. October 18, 1959, tropical storm at 63 mph, about 19 miles from Cape Coral, FL

Modeled winds at cities (3)

Estimated peak winds for open, flat ground at each city’s center. Not measurements. How we model hurricane winds

CityPeak gustSustainedClosest passPeak
Cape Coral, FL60 mph49 mph8 milesOct 18, 1959, 7:45 AM GMT-4
North Port, FL57 mph46 mph23 milesOct 18, 1959, 8:15 AM GMT-4
Naples, FL56 mph46 mph43 milesOct 18, 1959, 10:45 AM GMT-4

Best track (34 positions)

TimeStatusWindPressurePosition
Oct 14, 06:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph14.0°N, 73.5°W
Oct 14, 12:00 UTCTropical storm40 mph14.0°N, 75.3°W
Oct 14, 18:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph14.0°N, 77.0°W
Oct 15, 00:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph14.1°N, 78.5°W
Oct 15, 06:00 UTCTropical storm40 mph14.3°N, 79.7°W
Oct 15, 12:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph14.6°N, 80.7°W
Oct 15, 18:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph15.0°N, 81.5°W
Oct 16, 00:00 UTCDisturbance29 mph15.6°N, 82.2°W
Oct 16, 06:00 UTCDisturbance29 mph16.4°N, 82.9°W
Oct 16, 12:00 UTCDisturbance29 mph17.4°N, 83.6°W
Oct 16, 18:00 UTCDisturbance29 mph18.6°N, 84.3°W
Oct 17, 00:00 UTCDisturbance29 mph19.8°N, 84.8°W
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