Storm history › Atlantic › 1956 season
Tropical Storm Carla (1956)
Carla was a tropical storm of the 1956 Atlantic season. It was tracked from September 7, 1956 to September 16, 1956, about 9 days, and covered 5,173 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 1000 mb.
- Peak wind
- 70 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 1000 mb
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 9 days
- Track length
- 5,173 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 1.1
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 998th highest of 2,017 Atlantic storms on record, tied with Tropical Storm Fay (2026), Tropical Storm Bret (2023), Tropical Storm Ophelia (2023) and 58 more.
- Lowest pressure: 938th lowest of 1,294 Atlantic storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Tropical Storm Gonzalo (2026), Tropical Storm Jerry (2025), Tropical Storm Lorenzo (2025) and 38 more.
- Energy: 2% of the 1956 Atlantic season's ACE.