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NHC AL011968 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Abby (1968)

June 1, 1968 – June 13, 1968

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

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.

Abby in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Abby from June 1, 1968 to June 13, 1968; its peak was 75 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on June 4 at 63 mph (tropical storm), 10 miles from Bokeelia, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 315 US cities, in 3 states, most in Florida (229) and Georgia (80). The strongest pass was 74 mph (Category 1) 23 miles from Titusville, FL; the centre came closest to Saint Marys, GA, 1 mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

75 mph

Cities within 75 mi
315
At hurricane strength
3

when closest

States
3
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Cities Abby passed near, strongest first

Florida (229)

and 169 more

Georgia (80)

and 20 more

South Carolina (6)

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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.