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NHC AL031999 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Bret (1999)

August 18, 1999 – August 25, 1999

Hurricane Bret peaked at Category 4 with 144 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 59 US cities, 42 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

144 mph

Cities within 75 mi
59
At hurricane strength
42

when closest

States
1

Cities Bret passed near, strongest first

Texas (59)

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.