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NHC AL091969 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Camille (1969)

August 14, 1969 – August 22, 1969

Hurricane Camille peaked at Category 5 with 173 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 362 US cities, 175 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 5

173 mph

Cities within 75 mi
362
At hurricane strength
175

when closest

States
8

Cities Camille passed near, strongest first

Mississippi (199)

and 139 more

Louisiana (60)

Virginia (35)

Tennessee (26)

Arkansas (21)

North Carolina (12)

Alabama (6)

Maryland (3)

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.