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NHC AL021996 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Bertha (1996)

July 5, 1996 – July 17, 1996

Hurricane Bertha peaked at Category 3 with 115 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 2,427 US cities, 168 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 3

115 mph

Cities within 75 mi
2,427
At hurricane strength
168

when closest

States
16
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Cities Bertha passed near, strongest first

New Jersey (455)

and 395 more

New York (341)

and 281 more

Massachusetts (324)

and 264 more

Pennsylvania (225)

and 165 more

Connecticut (186)

and 126 more

North Carolina (182)

and 122 more

Maryland (175)

and 115 more

Maine (150)

and 90 more

New Hampshire (122)

and 62 more

Virginia (121)

and 61 more

Rhode Island (49)

Puerto Rico (39)

Delaware (37)

South Carolina (15)

Vermont (5)

District of Columbia (1)

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.