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Tropical Storm Brenda (1960)

Tropical Storm Brenda was a tropical storm at its peak, with 69 mph winds and a lowest pressure of 976 mb, per NOAA's National Hurricane Center. Modeled winds reached tropical-storm force (39 mph) at 10 of the cities we track; the strongest was Wilmington, NC, with a modeled peak gust of 62 mph.

Peak strength69 mph winds (1-minute)
Tropical storm
Cities with tropical-storm-force windsModeled, of the cities we track
10
LandfallsFirst July 29, 1960
2
Lowest pressure
976 mb

Track, wind field and cities

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  • 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 Tropical Storm Brenda’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. July 29, 1960, tropical storm at 40 mph, about 118 miles from Jacksonville, FL
  2. July 29, 1960, tropical storm at 69 mph, about 28 miles from Wilmington, NC

Modeled winds at cities (10)

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

CityPeak gustSustainedClosest passPeak
Wilmington, NC62 mph51 mph10 milesJul 29, 1960, 5:00 PM GMT-4
Virginia Beach, VA57 mph46 mph30 milesJul 30, 1960, 1:45 AM GMT-4
Hilton Head Island, SC53 mph43 mph3 milesJul 29, 1960, 12:30 PM GMT-4
Myrtle Beach, SC52 mph43 mph16 milesJul 29, 1960, 5:00 PM GMT-4
Norwich, CT51 mph42 mph32 milesJul 30, 1960, 5:00 PM GMT-4
Charleston, SC50 mph41 mph11 milesJul 29, 1960, 12:15 PM GMT-4
Savannah, GA50 mph41 mph8 milesJul 29, 1960, 11:15 AM GMT-4
Atlantic City, NJ50 mph40 mph13 milesJul 30, 1960, 9:15 AM GMT-4
Providence, RI49 mph40 mph50 milesJul 30, 1960, 6:00 PM GMT-4
Jacksonville, FL48 mph39 mph57 milesJul 29, 1960, 6:15 AM GMT-4

Best track (46 positions)

TimeStatusWindPressurePosition
Jul 27, 18:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph27.7°N, 85.1°W
Jul 28, 00:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph27.4°N, 85.5°W
Jul 28, 06:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph27.4°N, 85.4°W
Jul 28, 12:00 UTCTropical storm40 mph27.6°N, 85.3°W
Jul 28, 18:00 UTCTropical storm40 mph27.8°N, 85.3°W
Jul 29, 00:00 UTCTropical storm40 mph28.5°N, 85.0°W
Jul 29, 06:00 UTC (landfall)Tropical storm40 mph29.7°N, 83.5°W
Jul 29, 12:00 UTCTropical storm63 mph1000 mb31.5°N, 81.8°W
Jul 29, 18:00 UTCTropical storm69 mph993 mb32.8°N, 79.7°W
Jul 29, 21:00 UTC (landfall)Tropical storm69 mph993 mb33.9°N, 78.2°W
Jul 30, 00:00 UTCTropical storm63 mph994 mb34.6°N, 77.9°W
Jul 30, 06:00 UTCTropical storm58 mph993 mb37.0°N, 76.5°W
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