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NHC AL071976 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Belle (1976)

August 6, 1976 – August 10, 1976

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

Hurricane Belle peaked at Category 3 with 121 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,329 US cities, 270 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Belle in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Belle from August 6, 1976 to August 10, 1976; its peak was 121 mph (Category 3). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 1,329 US cities, in 11 states, most in New York (378) and New Jersey (364). The strongest pass was 106 mph (Category 2) 69 miles from Nags Head, NC; the centre came closest to South Hadley, MA, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 3

121 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,329
At hurricane strength
270

when closest

States
11
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Cities Belle passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (3)

Maryland (3)

Delaware (8)

New Jersey (364)

and 304 more

Pennsylvania (4)

New York (378)

and 318 more

Connecticut (186)

and 126 more

Rhode Island (41)

Massachusetts (240)

and 180 more

Vermont (20)

New Hampshire (82)

and 22 more

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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.