Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · October 6–9, 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 Irene (1959) was a tropical storm of the 1959 Atlantic season. It formed on October 6, 1959, 225 mi NW of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico, reached its peak of 46 mph (74 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1000 mb on October 8, 1959, and made landfall near Orange Beach, Alabama on October 8, 1959 as a tropical storm (46 mph). The storm lasted 2.8 days and travelled about 978 miles (1,574 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 8, 1959 · 10:00 UTC | near Orange Beach, Alabama | TS 46 mph | 1000 mb |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile, Alabama | 27 mi | Oct 8 · 12:00 UTC | TS 46 mph |
| Montgomery, Alabama | 14 mi | Oct 8 · 22:00 UTC | TD 31 mph |
| Birmingham, Alabama | 55 mi | Oct 9 · 01:00 UTC | TD 28 mph |
| Columbus, Georgia | 72 mi | Oct 9 · 02:00 UTC | TD 27 mph |
| South Fulton, Georgia | 25 mi | Oct 9 · 07:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Atlanta, Georgia | 23 mi | Oct 9 · 08:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Sandy Springs, Georgia | 12 mi | Oct 9 · 09:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Athens, Georgia | 37 mi | Oct 9 · 11:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
Distance from the city to the storm’s center, interpolated hourly between official fixes. Damaging winds, surge and rain reach far beyond the center.
04 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 23.2°N 92.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 24.2°N 91.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 25.2°N 91.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1003 mb | 26.2°N 90.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1001 mb | 27.3°N 89.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1002 mb | 28.4°N 88.2°W | 131 mi SSW of Gulf Shores, Alabama |
| Oct 8 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 29.4°N 87.8°W | 59 mi S of Gulf Shores, Alabama |
| Oct 8 10:00 | TS LANDFALL | 46 mph | 1000 mb | 30.3°N 87.6°W | near Gulf Shores, Alabama |
| Oct 8 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1000 mb | 30.6°N 87.6°W | 14 mi NNE of Foley, Alabama |
| Oct 8 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1003 mb | 31.7°N 87.0°W | 49 mi S of Selma, Alabama |
| Oct 9 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 32.8°N 86.3°W | 22 mi N of Millbrook, Alabama |
| Oct 9 06:00 | TD | 23 mph | — | 33.7°N 85.3°W | 15 mi WNW of Carrollton, Georgia |
| Oct 9 12:00 | TD | 23 mph | — | 34.5°N 83.5°W | 23 mi NE of Gainesville, Georgia |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
Irene made landfall once: near Orange Beach, Alabama on October 8, 1959 at 10:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 46 mph winds.
At its peak on October 8, 1959, Irene was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 46 mph (74 km/h) and a central pressure of 1000 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.
2.8 days, from October 6, 1959 to October 9, 1959. It travelled about 978 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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