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1959 season track map
Category 5 (≥137kt)Intense hurricane/typhoon (≥113kt)Major hurricane/typhoon (≥96kt)Hurricane/typhoon (≥64kt)Named storm (≥34kt)Tropical depression (<34kt)Post-tropical / disturbance
Storms: JOAN (170kt), SARAH (165kt), VERA (165kt), CHARLOTTE (145kt), DINAH (150kt), GILDA (150kt), TILDA (125kt), LOUISE (120kt), PATSY (120kt), FREDA (115kt), HARRIET (130kt), ELLEN (100kt), GEORGIA (110kt), EMMA (110kt), BILLIE (90kt), IRIS (90kt), AMY (65kt), RUBY (50kt), SALLY (55kt), KATE (40kt), OPAL:RUTH (35kt), NORA (50kt), BABS (40kt)
Hurricane-strength landfalls, 1959
Attributed to whichever basin a storm was actually crossing at the moment of landfall, matching the H/MH Landfalls columns above — that can differ from a storm's genesis basin shown elsewhere on this site.
- 1959 WP04 — BILLIE
- 1959 WP05 — ELLENMH
- 1959 WP06 — GEORGIA
- 1959 WP07 — IRIS
- 1959 WP09 — JOANMH
- 1959 WP10 — LOUISEMH
- 1959 WP14 — SARAHMH
- 1959 WP15 — VERAMH
- 1959 WP16 — AMY
- 1959 WP21 — FREDAMH
- 1959 WP22 — GILDAMH
- 1959 WP23 — HARRIETMH
Major-hurricane-strength landfalls, 1959
- 1959 WP05 — ELLEN
- 1959 WP09 — JOAN
- 1959 WP10 — LOUISE
- 1959 WP14 — SARAH
- 1959 WP15 — VERA
- 1959 WP21 — FREDA
- 1959 WP22 — GILDA
- 1959 WP23 — HARRIET