NHC AL012004 · Atlantic basin
Hurricane Alex (2004)
July 31, 2004 – August 6, 2004
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Alex peaked at Category 3 with 121 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 36 US cities, 36 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Alex in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Alex from July 31, 2004 to August 6, 2004; its peak was 121 mph (Category 3). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 36 US cities, all in North Carolina. The strongest pass was 98 mph (Category 2) 37 miles from Beaufort, NC.
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- Cities within 75 mi
- 36
- At hurricane strength
- 36
- States
- 1
121 mph
when closest
Cities Alex passed near, strongest first
North Carolina (36)
- BeaufortCategory 2 · 37 mi
- Atlantic BeachCategory 2 · 39 mi
- Morehead CityCategory 2 · 39 mi
- NewportCategory 2 · 46 mi
- Emerald IsleCategory 2 · 47 mi
- Nags HeadCategory 2 · 49 mi
- ManteoCategory 2 · 50 mi
- OrientalCategory 2 · 51 mi
- HavelockCategory 2 · 52 mi
- SwansboroCategory 2 · 53 mi
- Cherry PointCategory 2 · 54 mi
- Kill Devil HillsCategory 2 · 57 mi
- HubertCategory 2 · 57 mi
- BayboroCategory 2 · 58 mi
- GrantsboroCategory 2 · 60 mi
- Midway ParkCategory 2 · 63 mi
- Kitty HawkCategory 2 · 64 mi
- MaysvilleCategory 2 · 66 mi
- Tarawa TerraceCategory 2 · 67 mi
- AuroraCategory 2 · 67 mi
- ColumbiaCategory 2 · 69 mi
- New BernCategory 2 · 70 mi
- JacksonvilleCategory 2 · 70 mi
- BelhavenCategory 2 · 70 mi
- GrandyCategory 2 · 75 mi
- Camp LejeuneCategory 2 · 61 mi
- Sneads FerryCategory 2 · 60 mi
- Holly RidgeCategory 1 · 65 mi
- HampsteadCategory 1 · 67 mi
- Wrightsville BeachCategory 1 · 66 mi
- WilmingtonCategory 1 · 70 mi
- Kure BeachCategory 1 · 63 mi
- Carolina BeachCategory 1 · 64 mi
- WinnabowCategory 1 · 74 mi
- SouthportCategory 1 · 69 mi
- Oak IslandCategory 1 · 70 mi
Other storms of the 2004 season
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.