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NHC AL071958 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Gerda (1958)

September 14, 1958 – September 22, 1958

Tropical Storm Gerda peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 53 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
53
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2

Cities Gerda passed near, strongest first

Texas (30)

Puerto Rico (23)

About this record

The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.