Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · October 1–5, 1969
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 Jenny (1969) was a tropical storm of the 1969 Atlantic season. It formed on October 1, 1969, 153 mi W of George Town, Cayman Islands, reached its peak of 46 mph (74 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1000 mb on October 2, 1969, and made landfall near Naples, Florida on October 2, 1969 as a tropical storm (46 mph). The storm lasted 3.5 days and travelled about 904 miles (1,455 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2, 1969 · 21:00 UTC | near Naples, Florida | TS 46 mph | 1001 mb |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Havana, Havana, Cuba | direct hit | Oct 2 · 08:00 UTC | TD 38 mph |
| Cape Coral, Florida | 20 mi | Oct 2 · 23:00 UTC | TS 42 mph |
| Port Saint Lucie, Florida | 56 mi | Oct 3 · 06:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Palm Bay, Florida | 20 mi | Oct 3 · 10:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Gainesville, Florida | 67 mi | Oct 4 · 12:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Orlando, Florida | 28 mi | Oct 4 · 14:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Lakeland, Florida | 29 mi | Oct 4 · 19:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Tampa, Florida | 11 mi | Oct 4 · 21:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| St. Petersburg, Florida | 12 mi | Oct 4 · 22:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Clearwater, Florida | direct hit | Oct 4 · 22:00 UTC | TD 29 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 1 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1005 mb | 19.0°N 83.7°W | 153 mi W of George Town, Cayman Islands |
| Oct 1 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1005 mb | 20.0°N 83.2°W | 125 mi WNW of West Bay, Cayman Islands |
| Oct 2 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 21.2°N 82.8°W | 48 mi S of Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba |
| Oct 2 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 22.7°N 82.5°W | near Güira de Melena, Artemisa, Cuba |
| Oct 2 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1000 mb | 24.2°N 82.3°W | 41 mi SW of Key West, Florida |
| Oct 2 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1001 mb | 25.6°N 82.0°W | 29 mi SW of Marco Island, Florida |
| Oct 2 21:00 | TS LANDFALL | 46 mph | 1001 mb | 26.1°N 81.8°W | near Naples, Florida |
| Oct 3 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1001 mb | 26.6°N 81.6°W | near Lehigh Acres, Florida |
| Oct 3 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 27.6°N 81.2°W | 16 mi ENE of Sebring, Florida |
| Oct 3 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 28.5°N 80.7°W | near Port Saint John, Florida |
| Oct 3 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1004 mb | 28.9°N 80.6°W | 19 mi ESE of Edgewater, Florida |
| Oct 4 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1005 mb | 29.1°N 80.9°W | near Port Orange, Florida |
| Oct 4 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 29.1°N 81.2°W | near DeLand, Florida |
| Oct 4 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 29.0°N 81.5°W | 12 mi W of DeLand, Florida |
| Oct 4 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 28.4°N 82.2°W | 14 mi NE of Wesley Chapel, Florida |
| Oct 5 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 27.7°N 83.0°W | 20 mi WSW of St. Petersburg, Florida |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
Jenny made landfall once: near Naples, Florida on October 2, 1969 at 21:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 46 mph winds.
At its peak on October 2, 1969, Jenny 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.
3.5 days, from October 1, 1969 to October 5, 1969. It travelled about 904 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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