NHC AL041980 · Atlantic basin
Hurricane Allen (1980)
July 31, 1980 – August 11, 1980
Hurricane Allen peaked at Category 5 with 190 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 48 US cities, 44 of them while still at hurricane strength.
- Peak strength
- Category 5
- Cities within 75 mi
- 48
- At hurricane strength
- 44
- States
- 1
190 mph
when closest
Cities Allen passed near, strongest first
Texas (48)
- South Padre IslandCategory 3 · 2 mi
- Port IsabelCategory 3 · 3 mi
- BrownsvilleCategory 3 · 19 mi
- Los FresnosCategory 3 · 9 mi
- OlmitoCategory 3 · 17 mi
- Rio HondoCategory 2 · 3 mi
- San BenitoCategory 2 · 15 mi
- HarlingenCategory 2 · 13 mi
- La FeriaCategory 2 · 21 mi
- LyfordCategory 2 · 3 mi
- Santa RosaCategory 2 · 14 mi
- MercedesCategory 2 · 22 mi
- ProgresoCategory 2 · 29 mi
- RaymondvilleCategory 2 · overhead
- EdcouchCategory 2 · 15 mi
- La VillaCategory 2 · 16 mi
- ElsaCategory 2 · 18 mi
- DonnaCategory 2 · 28 mi
- WeslacoCategory 2 · 23 mi
- AlamoCategory 2 · 30 mi
- San JuanCategory 2 · 30 mi
- PharrCategory 2 · 31 mi
- HidalgoCategory 2 · 38 mi
- EdinburgCategory 2 · 21 mi
- McallenCategory 2 · 31 mi
- MissionCategory 2 · 34 mi
- AltonCategory 2 · 21 mi
- PenitasCategory 2 · 38 mi
- La JoyaCategory 2 · 40 mi
- Sullivan CityCategory 2 · 41 mi
- Rio Grande CityCategory 1 · 36 mi
- FalfurriasCategory 1 · 26 mi
- KingsvilleCategory 1 · 53 mi
- BishopCategory 1 · 62 mi
- RobstownCategory 1 · 75 mi
- PremontCategory 1 · 36 mi
- RomaCategory 1 · 45 mi
- AliceCategory 1 · 58 mi
- HebbronvilleCategory 1 · 3 mi
- Orange GroveCategory 1 · 71 mi
- San DiegoCategory 1 · 44 mi
- ZapataCategory 1 · 30 mi
- FreerCategory 1 · 51 mi
- LaredoCategory 1 · overhead
- CotullaTropical storm · 62 mi
- Carrizo SpringsTropical storm · 54 mi
- Crystal CityTropical storm · 65 mi
- Eagle PassTropical storm · 55 mi
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.