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NHC AL021952 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Able (1952)

August 18, 1952 – September 3, 1952

Hurricane Able peaked at Category 2 with 98 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 2,596 US cities, 60 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 2

98 mph

Cities within 75 mi
2,596
At hurricane strength
60

when closest

States
17

Cities Able passed near, strongest first

Pennsylvania (457)

and 397 more

New Jersey (417)

and 357 more

New York (390)

and 330 more

Virginia (254)

and 194 more

North Carolina (208)

and 148 more

Maryland (204)

and 144 more

Connecticut (183)

and 123 more

South Carolina (179)

and 119 more

Massachusetts (164)

and 104 more

Georgia (32)

West Virginia (31)

Rhode Island (29)

New Hampshire (18)

Delaware (14)

Vermont (14)

District of Columbia (1)

BC (1)

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.