Tropical Storm Florence
Sep 17, 1960 to Sep 26, 1960Peak 58 mph1000 mb
Tropical Storm Florence passed within 50 miles of 9 counties in FL. It was strongest near St. Lucie County, FL, as a tropical storm on September 24, 1960.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Tropical Storm Florence · 1960
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 58 mph, 50 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 1000 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 9
- FL
- Counties within 100 miles
- 10
- FL
- 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.
| Okeechobee County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Lucie County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Highlands County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Indian River County | FL | 1.8 | Tropical storm |
| Osceola County | FL | 1.9 | Tropical storm |
| Brevard County | FL | 16.8 | Tropical storm |
| Charlotte County | FL | 43.7 | Tropical storm |
| Volusia County | FL | 69.5 | 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.