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Tropical Storm Cindy (1963)

Tropical Storm Cindy was a tropical storm at its peak, with 63 mph winds and a lowest pressure of 996 mb, per NOAA's National Hurricane Center. Modeled winds reached tropical-storm force (39 mph) at 5 of the cities we track; the strongest was Beaumont, TX, with a modeled peak gust of 62 mph.

Peak strength63 mph winds (1-minute)
Tropical storm
Cities with tropical-storm-force windsModeled, of the cities we track
5
LandfallsFirst September 17, 1963
1
Lowest pressure
996 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 Tropical Storm Cindy’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. September 17, 1963, tropical storm at 63 mph, about 35 miles from Beaumont, TX

Modeled winds at cities (5)

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

CityPeak gustSustainedClosest passPeak
Beaumont, TX62 mph51 mph29 milesSep 17, 1963, 9:00 AM GMT-5
League City, TX53 mph43 mph39 milesSep 17, 1963, 9:00 AM GMT-5
Pasadena, TX53 mph43 mph28 milesSep 17, 1963, 9:00 AM GMT-5
Pearland, TX49 mph40 mph29 milesSep 17, 1963, 9:00 AM GMT-5
Houston, TX48 mph39 mph13 milesSep 17, 1963, 1:00 PM GMT-5

Best track (16 positions)

TimeStatusWindPressurePosition
Sep 16, 12:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph26.7°N, 93.7°W
Sep 16, 18:00 UTCTropical storm58 mph27.3°N, 93.8°W
Sep 17, 00:00 UTCTropical storm63 mph996 mb28.0°N, 93.9°W
Sep 17, 06:00 UTCTropical storm63 mph28.7°N, 94.1°W
Sep 17, 12:00 UTCTropical storm63 mph997 mb29.4°N, 94.3°W
Sep 17, 14:00 UTC (landfall)Tropical storm63 mph997 mb29.6°N, 94.3°W
Sep 17, 18:00 UTCTropical storm58 mph996 mb29.8°N, 94.5°W
Sep 18, 00:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph30.0°N, 94.7°W
Sep 18, 06:00 UTCTropical storm40 mph30.1°N, 94.9°W
Sep 18, 12:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph30.1°N, 95.2°W
Sep 18, 18:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph29.9°N, 95.6°W
Sep 19, 00:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph29.7°N, 96.0°W
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