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NHC AL051964 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Cleo (1964)

August 20, 1964 – September 11, 1964

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.

Peak strength
Category 4

150 mph

Cities within 75 mi
480
At hurricane strength
66

when closest

States
5

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)

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.