The unnamed tropical storm of 1956
Jun 7, 1956 to Jun 10, 1956Peak 46 mph1002 mb
The unnamed tropical storm of 1956 came within 100 miles of 3 U.S. counties without passing within 50.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed storm · 1956
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 46 mph, 40 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 1002 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 0
- None
- Counties within 100 miles
- 3
- NC
- Landfalls recorded
- 0
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Carteret County | NC | 81.6 | Tropical storm |
| Dare County | NC | 88.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hyde County | NC | 90.5 | Tropical storm |
Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.
National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.