Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · August 18–19, 1959
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Tropical Storm Edith (1959) was a tropical storm of the 1959 Atlantic season. It formed on August 18, 1959, 142 mi NE of Bridgetown, Barbados, reached its peak of 58 mph (93 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1007 mb on August 18, 1959, and made landfall near Roseau, Dominica on August 18, 1959 as a tropical storm (58 mph). The storm lasted 1.0 days and travelled about 533 miles (857 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 18, 1959 · 10:00 UTC | near Roseau, Dominica | TS 58 mph | — |
04 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1007 mb | 14.3°N 57.9°W | 142 mi NE of Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Aug 18 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 14.9°N 59.9°W | 70 mi ENE of Le François, Martinique |
| Aug 18 10:00 | TS LANDFALL | 58 mph | — | 15.3°N 61.3°W | near Roseau, Dominica |
| Aug 18 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 15.5°N 61.8°W | 31 mi WNW of Roseau, Dominica |
| Aug 18 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 16.1°N 63.7°W | 105 mi SW of Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Aug 19 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 16.7°N 65.5°W | 87 mi SW of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
Edith made landfall once: near Roseau, Dominica on August 18, 1959 at 10:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 58 mph winds.
At its peak on August 18, 1959, Edith was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 58 mph (93 km/h) and a central pressure of 1007 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.
1.0 days, from August 18, 1959 to August 19, 1959. It travelled about 533 miles.
The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.
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