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NHC AL051997 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Danny (1997)

July 16, 1997 – July 27, 1997

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

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.

Danny in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Danny from July 16, 1997 to July 27, 1997; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks 3 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on July 18 at 75 mph (Category 1), 12 miles from Buras, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 316 US cities, in 7 states, most in North Carolina (99) and Virginia (62). The strongest pass was 81 mph (Category 1) 12 miles from Coden, AL; the centre came closest to Sims, NC, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

81 mph

Cities within 75 mi
316
At hurricane strength
78

when closest

States
7
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Cities Danny passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (45)

Alabama (40)

Mississippi (20)

Massachusetts (26)

Virginia (62)

and 2 more

North Carolina (99)

and 39 more

Florida (24)

Other storms of the 1997 season

  • NoraCategory 4 · 14 cities

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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.