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NHC AL032004 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Charley (2004)

August 9, 2004 – August 15, 2004

Hurricane Charley peaked at Category 4 with 150 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 750 US cities, 333 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

150 mph

Cities within 75 mi
750
At hurricane strength
333

when closest

States
9

Cities Charley passed near, strongest first

Florida (236)

and 176 more

North Carolina (189)

and 129 more

New Jersey (132)

and 72 more

South Carolina (84)

and 24 more

Virginia (49)

Delaware (25)

Maryland (22)

Georgia (11)

New York (2)

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.