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NHC AL041959 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Cindy (1959)

July 4, 1959 – July 12, 1959

Hurricane Cindy peaked at Category 1 with 75 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 968 US cities, 7 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 1

75 mph

Cities within 75 mi
968
At hurricane strength
7

when closest

States
12

Cities Cindy passed near, strongest first

Massachusetts (264)

and 204 more

North Carolina (145)

and 85 more

South Carolina (127)

and 67 more

Virginia (85)

and 25 more

New York (68)

and 8 more

Connecticut (68)

and 8 more

Maine (65)

and 5 more

Rhode Island (49)

New Jersey (33)

New Hampshire (30)

Delaware (17)

Maryland (17)

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.