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NHC AL051997 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Danny (1997)

July 16, 1997 – July 27, 1997

Hurricane Danny peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 316 US cities, 78 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 1

81 mph

Cities within 75 mi
316
At hurricane strength
78

when closest

States
7

Cities Danny passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (99)

and 39 more

Virginia (62)

and 2 more

Louisiana (45)

Alabama (40)

Massachusetts (26)

Florida (24)

Mississippi (20)

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.