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NHC AL011968 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Abby (1968)

June 1, 1968 – June 13, 1968

Hurricane Abby peaked at Category 1 with 75 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 315 US cities, 3 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 1

75 mph

Cities within 75 mi
315
At hurricane strength
3

when closest

States
3

Cities Abby passed near, strongest first

Florida (229)

and 169 more

Georgia (80)

and 20 more

South Carolina (6)

About this record

The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.