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NHC AL011966 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Alma (1966)

June 5, 1966 – June 14, 1966

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

Hurricane Alma peaked at Category 3 with 115 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 724 US cities, 86 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Alma in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Alma from June 5, 1966 to June 14, 1966; its peak was 115 mph (Category 3). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on June 9 at 86 mph (Category 1), 11 miles from Crawfordville, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 724 US cities, in 9 states, most in Massachusetts (269) and Georgia (113). The strongest pass was 114 mph (Category 3) 60 miles from Key West, FL; the centre came closest to Odum, GA, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 3

115 mph

Cities within 75 mi
724
At hurricane strength
86

when closest

States
9
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Cities Alma passed near, strongest first

Florida (101)

and 41 more

North Carolina (27)

Georgia (113)

and 53 more

South Carolina (66)

and 6 more

Massachusetts (269)

and 209 more

Connecticut (52)

Rhode Island (49)

New Hampshire (24)

New York (23)

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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.