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NHC AL061954 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Carol (1954)

August 25, 1954 – September 1, 1954

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

Hurricane Carol peaked at Category 3 with 115 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,005 US cities, 998 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Carol in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Carol from August 25, 1954 to September 1, 1954; its peak was 115 mph (Category 3). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on August 31 at 115 mph (Category 3), 7 miles from East Hampton, NY. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 1,005 US cities, in 9 states, most in Massachusetts (318) and Connecticut (180). The strongest pass was 115 mph (Category 3) 2 miles from East Hampton, NY; the centre came closest to Mystic, CT, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 3

115 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,005
At hurricane strength
998

when closest

States
9

Cities Carol passed near, strongest first

Connecticut (180)

and 120 more

New York (159)

and 99 more

New Jersey (4)

Rhode Island (49)

North Carolina (21)

Massachusetts (318)

and 258 more

Vermont (35)

New Hampshire (142)

and 82 more

Maine (97)

and 37 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.