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NHC AL072000 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Debby (2000)

August 19, 2000 – August 24, 2000

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

Hurricane Debby peaked at Category 1 with 86 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 73 US cities, 73 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Debby in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Debby from August 19, 2000 to August 24, 2000; its peak was 86 mph (Category 1). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 73 US cities, all in Puerto Rico. The strongest pass was 75 mph (Category 1) 34 miles from Loiza, PR.

Peak strength
Category 1

86 mph

Cities within 75 mi
73
At hurricane strength
73

when closest

States
1

Cities Debby passed near, strongest first

Puerto Rico (73)

and 13 more

Other storms of the 2000 season

  • GordonCategory 1 · 98 cities
  • HeleneTropical storm · 293 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.