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NHC AL011966 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Alma (1966)

June 5, 1966 – June 14, 1966

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.

Peak strength
Category 3

115 mph

Cities within 75 mi
724
At hurricane strength
86

when closest

States
9

Cities Alma passed near, strongest first

Massachusetts (269)

and 209 more

Georgia (113)

and 53 more

Florida (101)

and 41 more

South Carolina (66)

and 6 more

Connecticut (52)

Rhode Island (49)

North Carolina (27)

New Hampshire (24)

New York (23)

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.