Tropical Storm Brenda
Jul 27, 1960 to Aug 7, 1960Peak 69 mph976 mb
Tropical Storm Brenda passed within 50 miles of 233 counties in 16 states. It was strongest near Georgetown County, SC, as a tropical storm on July 29, 1960.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Tropical Storm Brenda · 1960
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 69 mph, 60 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 976 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 233
- CT, DE, FL, GA, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, VA, VT
- Counties within 100 miles
- 381
- CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, VA, VT
- Landfalls recorded
- 2
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Sussex County | DE | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hartford County | CT | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| New Haven County | CT | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hillsborough County | NH | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Monmouth County | NJ | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cape May County | NJ | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Strafford County | NH | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Somerset County | MD | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pender County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Burlington County | NJ | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Charlton County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hampden County | MA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Piscataquis County | ME | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Echols County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Suffolk city | VA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Ocean County | NJ | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wicomico County | MD | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Georgetown County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Suwannee County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Somerset County | ME | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pitt County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Worcester County | MA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Oxford County | ME | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Brantley County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bertie County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Atlantic County | NJ | 0.3 | Tropical storm |
| New Hanover County | NC | 0.8 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | FL | 1.0 | Tropical storm |
| Suffolk County | NY | 1.0 | Tropical storm |
| Carroll County | NH | 1.2 | Tropical storm |
| Charleston County | SC | 1.6 | Tropical storm |
| McIntosh County | GA | 1.8 | Tropical storm |
| Onslow County | NC | 1.9 | Tropical storm |
| Duplin County | NC | 1.9 | Tropical storm |
| Mathews County | VA | 2.3 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | FL | 2.4 | Tropical storm |
| Hamilton County | FL | 2.4 | Tropical storm |
| Newport News city | VA | 2.7 | Tropical storm |
| Long County | GA | 2.7 | Tropical storm |
| Merrimack County | NH | 2.8 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | NC | 3.0 | Tropical storm |
| Fairfield County | CT | 3.0 | Tropical storm |
| Accomack County | VA | 3.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lenoir County | NC | 3.0 | Tropical storm |
| Gloucester County | VA | 3.1 | Tropical storm |
| Belknap County | NH | 3.1 | Tropical storm |
| Isle of Wight County | VA | 3.1 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | ME | 3.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton city | VA | 3.4 | Tropical storm |
| Middlesex County | MA | 3.7 | Tropical storm |
| Clinch County | GA | 4.0 | Tropical storm |
| Nassau County | NY | 4.2 | Tropical storm |
| Pierce County | GA | 4.3 | Tropical storm |
| Craven County | NC | 4.5 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | NC | 4.6 | Tropical storm |
| Bryan County | GA | 4.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hampshire County | MA | 5.0 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | ME | 5.2 | Tropical storm |
| Rockingham County | NH | 5.4 | Tropical storm |
| Dixie County | FL | 5.7 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | NJ | 6.0 | Tropical storm |
| York County | VA | 6.1 | Tropical storm |
| Worcester County | MD | 6.2 | Tropical storm |
| Kings County | NY | 6.6 | Tropical storm |
| Queens County | NY | 6.7 | Tropical storm |
| Ware County | GA | 6.9 | Tropical storm |
| Colleton County | SC | 7.2 | Tropical storm |
| Androscoggin County | ME | 7.4 | Tropical storm |
| York County | ME | 8.1 | Tropical storm |
| Portsmouth city | VA | 8.2 | Tropical storm |
| Tolland County | CT | 8.4 | Tropical storm |
| Poquoson city | VA | 8.4 | Tropical storm |
| Edgecombe County | NC | 8.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | SC | 8.9 | Tropical storm |
| Southampton County | VA | 9.0 | Tropical storm |
| Middlesex County | CT | 9.1 | Tropical storm |
| Cheshire County | NH | 9.2 | Tropical storm |
| Northampton County | VA | 9.2 | Tropical storm |
| Columbus County | NC | 9.3 | Tropical storm |
| Glynn County | GA | 9.6 | Tropical storm |
| Norfolk city | VA | 10.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chesapeake city | VA | 10.2 | Tropical storm |
| Berkeley County | SC | 10.3 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin city | VA | 10.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lancaster County | VA | 10.4 | Tropical storm |
| Gates County | NC | 10.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hertford County | NC | 10.8 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | MA | 10.9 | Tropical storm |
| Middlesex County | VA | 10.9 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | NC | 11.2 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | FL | 11.4 | Tropical storm |
| Surry County | VA | 11.7 | Tropical storm |
| Bladen County | NC | 12.2 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | GA | 12.3 | Tropical storm |
| Windham County | CT | 12.7 | Tropical storm |
| James City County | VA | 13.2 | Tropical storm |
| Westchester County | NY | 13.2 | Tropical storm |
| Kennebec County | ME | 13.4 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | NJ | 13.4 | Tropical storm |
| Northampton County | NC | 13.9 | Tropical storm |
| Chowan County | NC | 13.9 | Tropical storm |
| Northumberland County | VA | 14.0 | Tropical storm |
| Litchfield County | CT | 14.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sampson County | NC | 14.2 | Tropical storm |
| Kent County | DE | 14.3 | Tropical storm |
| Dorchester County | MD | 14.8 | Tropical storm |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 14.8 | Tropical storm |
| New London County | CT | 14.9 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | NY | 15.0 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | FL | 15.3 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | NC | 15.5 | Tropical storm |
| Halifax County | NC | 16.0 | Tropical storm |
| Horry County | SC | 16.3 | Tropical storm |
| New York County | NY | 16.9 | Tropical storm |
| Dorchester County | SC | 17.2 | Tropical storm |
| Gloucester County | NJ | 17.4 | Tropical storm |
| Middlesex County | NJ | 17.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hudson County | NJ | 18.1 | Tropical storm |
| Virginia Beach city | VA | 18.4 | Tropical storm |
| Salem County | NJ | 18.6 | Tropical storm |
| Bronx County | NY | 18.7 | Tropical storm |
| Caroline County | MD | 18.8 | Tropical storm |
| Appling County | GA | 18.9 | Tropical storm |
| Perquimans County | NC | 19.5 | Tropical storm |
| Williamsburg city | VA | 19.6 | Tropical storm |
| Effingham County | GA | 20.4 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | NC | 21.0 | Tropical storm |
| Coos County | NH | 21.4 | Tropical storm |
| Essex County | MA | 21.4 | Tropical storm |
| Gilchrist County | FL | 21.4 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | NJ | 21.5 | Tropical storm |
| Nassau County | FL | 21.9 | Tropical storm |
| Essex County | NJ | 21.9 | Tropical storm |
| Tattnall County | GA | 22.1 | Tropical storm |
| Bacon County | GA | 22.2 | Tropical storm |
| Mercer County | NJ | 22.4 | Tropical storm |
| Bergen County | NJ | 22.7 | Tropical storm |
| Wilson County | NC | 23.0 | Tropical storm |
| King and Queen County | VA | 23.3 | Tropical storm |
| Currituck County | NC | 23.6 | Tropical storm |
| Grafton County | NH | 23.8 | Tropical storm |
| Sussex County | VA | 25.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | GA | 25.4 | Tropical storm |
| Rockland County | NY | 25.5 | Tropical storm |
| St. Mary's County | MD | 26.4 | Tropical storm |
| Providence County | RI | 26.4 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | NY | 26.6 | Tropical storm |
| Atkinson County | GA | 26.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lanier County | GA | 26.7 | Tropical storm |
| Charles City County | VA | 27.4 | Tropical storm |
| New Kent County | VA | 27.4 | Tropical storm |
| Passaic County | NJ | 28.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bucks County | PA | 28.2 | Tropical storm |
| Sullivan County | NH | 28.6 | Tropical storm |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 28.8 | Tropical storm |
| Berkshire County | MA | 28.8 | Tropical storm |
| Dutchess County | NY | 29.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bulloch County | GA | 29.0 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | FL | 29.2 | Tropical storm |
| Talbot County | MD | 29.2 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | VA | 29.2 | Tropical storm |
| Evans County | GA | 29.3 | Tropical storm |
| Somerset County | NJ | 29.5 | Tropical storm |
| Pamlico County | NC | 30.0 | Tropical storm |
| Greensville County | VA | 30.1 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | SC | 30.6 | Tropical storm |
| Windham County | VT | 30.9 | Tropical storm |
| Prince George County | VA | 31.2 | Tropical storm |
| King William County | VA | 31.4 | Tropical storm |
| Carteret County | NC | 31.8 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | GA | 32.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hyde County | NC | 32.2 | Tropical storm |
| Sagadahoc County | ME | 32.5 | Tropical storm |
| Levy County | FL | 32.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton County | SC | 33.8 | Tropical storm |
| Norfolk County | MA | 33.9 | Tropical storm |
| Alachua County | FL | 34.0 | Tropical storm |
| Morris County | NJ | 34.1 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | GA | 34.2 | Tropical storm |
| Waldo County | ME | 34.6 | Tropical storm |
| Essex County | VA | 34.9 | Tropical storm |
| New Castle County | DE | 35.4 | Tropical storm |
| Nash County | NC | 36.2 | Tropical storm |
| Westmoreland County | VA | 36.5 | Tropical storm |
| Johnston County | NC | 36.6 | Tropical storm |
| Philadelphia County | PA | 37.1 | Tropical storm |
| Toombs County | GA | 37.9 | Tropical storm |
| Queen Anne's County | MD | 38.1 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | NC | 38.1 | Tropical storm |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 38.2 | Tropical storm |
| Kent County | RI | 39.1 | Tropical storm |
| Suffolk County | MA | 39.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | FL | 39.7 | Tropical storm |
| Delaware County | PA | 39.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hunterdon County | NJ | 39.9 | Tropical storm |
| Florence County | SC | 40.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | ME | 40.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bradford County | FL | 40.3 | Tropical storm |
| Calvert County | MD | 40.9 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | NY | 41.2 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | PA | 41.3 | Tropical storm |
| Kent County | MD | 41.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jeff Davis County | GA | 41.6 | Tropical storm |
| Duval County | FL | 42.3 | Tropical storm |
| Berrien County | GA | 43.3 | Tropical storm |
| Emporia city | VA | 43.3 | Tropical storm |
| Wakulla County | FL | 44.0 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | FL | 45.3 | Tropical storm |
| Dinwiddie County | VA | 45.7 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | RI | 45.7 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | FL | 45.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hopewell city | VA | 46.1 | Tropical storm |
| Cecil County | MD | 46.4 | Tropical storm |
| Screven County | GA | 46.5 | Tropical storm |
| Orangeburg County | SC | 47.1 | Tropical storm |
| Bristol County | MA | 47.1 | Tropical storm |
| Henrico County | VA | 47.5 | Tropical storm |
| Petersburg city | VA | 47.7 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | NY | 47.8 | Tropical storm |
| Chesterfield County | VA | 48.2 | Tropical storm |
| Cook County | GA | 48.3 | Tropical storm |
| Knox County | ME | 48.6 | Tropical storm |
| Candler County | GA | 48.8 | Tropical storm |
| Robeson County | NC | 49.1 | Tropical storm |
| Windsor County | VT | 49.8 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | VA | 50.5 | Tropical storm |
| Ulster County | NY | 50.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hanover County | VA | 50.8 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | GA | 50.9 | Tropical storm |
| Colonial Heights city | VA | 51.4 | Tropical storm |
| Plymouth County | MA | 51.7 | Tropical storm |
| Clarendon County | SC | 51.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bennington County | VT | 52.0 | Tropical storm |
| Leon County | FL | 52.5 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | NC | 53.0 | Tropical storm |
| Essex County | VT | 53.0 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | NC | 53.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sussex County | NJ | 53.3 | Tropical storm |
| Chester County | PA | 53.7 | Tropical storm |
| Harnett County | NC | 53.9 | Tropical storm |
| Wheeler County | GA | 54.0 | Tropical storm |
| Thomas County | GA | 54.2 | Tropical storm |
| Wake County | NC | 54.7 | Tropical storm |
| Allendale County | SC | 54.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bristol County | RI | 55.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dillon County | SC | 55.4 | Tropical storm |
| Bamberg County | SC | 56.0 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | VT | 56.6 | Tropical storm |
| Telfair County | GA | 57.5 | Tropical storm |
| Newport County | RI | 58.2 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | NJ | 58.2 | Tropical storm |
| Dare County | NC | 58.2 | Tropical storm |
| Caledonia County | VT | 58.3 | Tropical storm |
| Charles County | MD | 58.4 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | FL | 59.0 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond city | VA | 59.2 | Tropical storm |
| Anne Arundel County | MD | 59.2 | Tropical storm |
| Irwin County | GA | 59.6 | Tropical storm |
| Prince George's County | MD | 59.7 | Tropical storm |
| Caroline County | VA | 59.8 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | FL | 60.2 | Tropical storm |
| Rensselaer County | NY | 60.3 | Tropical storm |
| Emanuel County | GA | 61.7 | Tropical storm |
| Harford County | MD | 62.3 | Tropical storm |
| Colquitt County | GA | 62.5 | Tropical storm |
| Ben Hill County | GA | 63.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | ME | 63.5 | Tropical storm |
| Mecklenburg County | VA | 64.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jenkins County | GA | 65.7 | Tropical storm |
| Amelia County | VA | 65.7 | Tropical storm |
| Citrus County | FL | 66.1 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | FL | 66.1 | Tropical storm |
| King George County | VA | 66.3 | Tropical storm |
| Northampton County | PA | 66.6 | Tropical storm |
| St. Johns County | FL | 66.6 | Tropical storm |
| Gulf County | FL | 66.8 | Tropical storm |
| Rutland County | VT | 67.9 | Tropical storm |
| Sullivan County | NY | 67.9 | Tropical storm |
| Baltimore County | MD | 68.0 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | NY | 68.6 | Tropical storm |
| Tift County | GA | 68.7 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | SC | 68.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hoke County | NC | 69.0 | Tropical storm |
| Treutlen County | GA | 69.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | SC | 69.4 | Tropical storm |
| Nottoway County | VA | 69.4 | Tropical storm |
| Barnwell County | SC | 69.5 | Tropical storm |
| Vance County | NC | 69.6 | Tropical storm |
| Grady County | GA | 69.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lehigh County | PA | 70.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lunenburg County | VA | 71.2 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | PA | 73.1 | Tropical storm |
| Goochland County | VA | 73.2 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | PA | 73.5 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | NY | 74.2 | Tropical storm |
| Powhatan County | VA | 74.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lancaster County | PA | 74.5 | Tropical storm |
| Baltimore city | MD | 75.0 | Tropical storm |
| Berks County | PA | 75.1 | Tropical storm |
| Marlboro County | SC | 75.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | SC | 75.2 | Tropical storm |
| Granville County | NC | 75.8 | Tropical storm |
| Gadsden County | FL | 76.1 | Tropical storm |
| Albany County | NY | 76.2 | Tropical storm |
| Darlington County | SC | 76.7 | Tropical storm |
| Orleans County | VT | 77.2 | Tropical storm |
| Burke County | GA | 77.2 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | VT | 77.3 | Tropical storm |
| Laurens County | GA | 77.3 | Tropical storm |
| Worth County | GA | 78.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | GA | 78.5 | Tropical storm |
| Dodge County | GA | 78.6 | Tropical storm |
| Moore County | NC | 78.6 | Tropical storm |
| Scotland County | NC | 80.8 | Tropical storm |
| York County | PA | 80.8 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | NC | 81.2 | Tropical storm |
| Stafford County | VA | 81.6 | Tropical storm |
| Durham County | NC | 81.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | NC | 81.9 | Tropical storm |
| Turner County | GA | 82.4 | Tropical storm |
| District of Columbia | DC | 82.9 | Tropical storm |
| Howard County | MD | 83.0 | Tropical storm |
| Mitchell County | GA | 83.2 | Tropical storm |
| Fairfax County | VA | 83.4 | Tropical storm |
| Saratoga County | NY | 83.5 | Tropical storm |
| Spotsylvania County | VA | 83.7 | Tropical storm |
| Johnson County | GA | 84.1 | Tropical storm |
| Decatur County | GA | 84.2 | Tropical storm |
| Richland County | SC | 84.4 | Tropical storm |
| Dukes County | MA | 85.0 | Tropical storm |
| Alexandria city | VA | 85.4 | Tropical storm |
| Barnstable County | MA | 85.5 | Tropical storm |
| Hernando County | FL | 85.5 | Tropical storm |
| Carbon County | PA | 86.0 | Tropical storm |
| Arlington County | VA | 87.2 | Tropical storm |
| Louisa County | VA | 87.3 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | FL | 87.9 | Tropical storm |
| Addison County | VT | 88.2 | Tropical storm |
| Fredericksburg city | VA | 88.4 | Tropical storm |
| Prince William County | VA | 88.5 | Tropical storm |
| Bay County | FL | 88.7 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | MD | 89.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lamoille County | VT | 89.2 | Tropical storm |
| Schenectady County | NY | 89.3 | Tropical storm |
| Prince Edward County | VA | 90.7 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | FL | 91.4 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | GA | 91.9 | Tropical storm |
| Schoharie County | NY | 92.6 | Tropical storm |
| Halifax County | VA | 92.8 | Tropical storm |
| Aiken County | SC | 93.1 | Tropical storm |
| Delaware County | NY | 93.2 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | NC | 93.6 | Tropical storm |
| Falls Church city | VA | 93.6 | Tropical storm |
| Person County | NC | 94.5 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | NC | 94.5 | Tropical storm |
| Chesterfield County | SC | 94.6 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | VA | 95.1 | Tropical storm |
| Flagler County | FL | 95.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lexington County | SC | 95.6 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | PA | 95.9 | Tropical storm |
| Carroll County | MD | 96.0 | Tropical storm |
| Schuylkill County | PA | 96.1 | Tropical storm |
| Crisp County | GA | 96.5 | Tropical storm |
| Pulaski County | GA | 96.5 | Tropical storm |
| Charlotte County | VA | 97.3 | Tropical storm |
| Fairfax city | VA | 98.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lebanon County | PA | 98.2 | Tropical storm |
| Pasco County | FL | 98.4 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | GA | 98.7 | Tropical storm |
| Dougherty County | GA | 98.8 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | GA | 99.2 | Tropical storm |
| Culpeper County | VA | 99.5 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | NY | 99.9 | 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.