NHC AL021975 · Atlantic basin
Hurricane Amy (1975)
June 27, 1975 – July 4, 1975
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Amy peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 42 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Amy in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Amy from June 27, 1975 to July 4, 1975; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 42 US cities, all in North Carolina. The strongest pass was 48 mph (tropical storm) 45 miles from Atlantic Beach, NC; the centre came closest to Kure Beach, NC, 34 miles away.
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- Cities within 75 mi
- 42
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 1
81 mph
when closest
Cities Amy passed near, strongest first
North Carolina (42)
- Atlantic BeachTropical storm · 45 mi
- Morehead CityTropical storm · 47 mi
- BeaufortTropical storm · 48 mi
- OrientalTropical storm · 67 mi
- GrantsboroTropical storm · 72 mi
- Emerald IsleTropical storm · 45 mi
- NewportTropical storm · 51 mi
- HavelockTropical storm · 59 mi
- Cherry PointTropical storm · 60 mi
- Sneads FerryTropical storm · 43 mi
- Holly RidgeTropical storm · 46 mi
- Camp LejeuneTropical storm · 48 mi
- SwansboroTropical storm · 48 mi
- HubertTropical storm · 49 mi
- Midway ParkTropical storm · 53 mi
- Tarawa TerraceTropical storm · 55 mi
- JacksonvilleTropical storm · 58 mi
- Maple HillTropical storm · 60 mi
- MaysvilleTropical storm · 62 mi
- RichlandsTropical storm · 69 mi
- SupplyTropical storm · 75 mi
- HampsteadTropical storm · 46 mi
- WallaceTropical storm · 75 mi
- Rocky PointTropical storm · 57 mi
- BurgawTropical storm · 64 mi
- WillardTropical storm · 75 mi
- Wrightsville BeachTropical storm · 41 mi
- WilmingtonTropical storm · 44 mi
- Castle HayneTropical storm · 51 mi
- CurrieTropical storm · 64 mi
- AtkinsonTropical storm · 72 mi
- Carolina BeachTropical storm · 36 mi
- LelandTropical storm · 53 mi
- Kure BeachTropical storm · 34 mi
- WinnabowTropical storm · 45 mi
- DelcoTropical storm · 62 mi
- RiegelwoodTropical storm · 67 mi
- BoltonTropical storm · 68 mi
- SouthportTropical storm · 38 mi
- Oak IslandTropical storm · 38 mi
- BoliviaTropical storm · 45 mi
- Lake WaccamawTropical storm · 74 mi
Other storms of the 1975 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.