Tropical Storm Irene
Oct 6, 1959 to Oct 9, 1959Peak 46 mph1000 mb
Tropical Storm Irene passed within 50 miles of 9 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near Baldwin County, AL, as a tropical storm on October 8, 1959.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Tropical Storm Irene · 1959
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 46 mph, 40 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 1000 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 9
- AL, FL, MS
- Counties within 100 miles
- 20
- AL, FL, LA, MS
- Landfalls recorded
- 1
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Baldwin County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 7.3 | Tropical storm |
| Mobile County | AL | 24.8 | Tropical storm |
| Okaloosa County | FL | 32.2 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | AL | 34.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | MS | 46.5 | Tropical storm |
| George County | MS | 49.2 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | MS | 56.2 | Tropical storm |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 63.6 | Tropical storm |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 66.4 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | MS | 70.0 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | MS | 72.5 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | MS | 76.4 | Tropical storm |
| Stone County | MS | 76.5 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | FL | 89.4 | Tropical storm |
| Bay County | FL | 92.7 | Tropical storm |
| Forrest County | MS | 93.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | MS | 96.5 | 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.