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Tropical Storm Wanda (1959)

Wanda came within 395 km of Hawaii, passing to the south-east as a tropical storm on 27 September 1959. It pre-dates the digital forecast archive, so only the observed track survives.

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Peak intensity
60 kt (69 mph)
Closest pass
395 km (246 mi) from Hawaii
When
27 September 1959
Distance from Honolulu
780 km (485 mi)
Lifetime
2 days 26 September 1959 – 27 September 1959
Official forecasts
none archived
Approached from the
south-east

The closest pass

At its closest, Wanda was 395 km (246 mi) from Hawaii on 27 September 1959, as a tropical storm with 45 kt (52 mph) winds, approaching from the south-east.

The forecasts

No machine-readable official forecast survives for this storm. The digital forecast archive for the eastern and central Pacific begins in 1988, so the replay runs on the observed track instead.

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