Hurricane Anna (1961)
| Category 2 Hurricane SSHWS | |
|---|---|
 Hurricane Anna satellite image jpg | |
| Formed | June 20 1961 |
| Dissipated | July 25 1961 |
| Highest winds | 1-minute sustained: 165 km/h (105 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 976 hPa (mbar); 28.82 inHg |
| Fatalities | 1 direct |
| Damage | $5.6 million (300000 USD) |
| Areas affected | Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, western Cuba, Yucatan Peninsula, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida Panhandle, Georgia |
| Part of the 1961 Atlantic hurricane season | |
Hurricane Anna hit Central America and the Windward Islands in July 1961. Anna was the first tropical cyclone and first hurricane of the 1961 hurricane season. Anna developed on July 20 from an easterly wave in the Intertropical Convergence Zone over the Windward Islands.
