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NHC AL051964 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Cleo (1964)

August 20, 1964 – September 11, 1964

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

Hurricane Cleo peaked at Category 4 with 150 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 480 US cities, 66 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Cleo in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Cleo from August 20, 1964 to September 11, 1964; its peak was 150 mph (Category 4). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on August 27 at 109 mph (Category 2), 3 miles from Miami Beach, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 480 US cities, in 5 states, most in Florida (238) and Georgia (101). The strongest pass was 109 mph (Category 2) 6 miles from Key Biscayne, FL; the centre came closest to Ellabell, GA, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 4

150 mph

Cities within 75 mi
480
At hurricane strength
66

when closest

States
5
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Cities Cleo passed near, strongest first

Florida (238)

and 178 more

Georgia (101)

and 41 more

South Carolina (72)

and 12 more

North Carolina (42)

Virginia (27)

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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.