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NHC AL101981 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Dennis (1981)

August 7, 1981 – August 22, 1981

Hurricane Dennis peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 443 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 1

81 mph

Cities within 75 mi
443
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
4

Cities Dennis passed near, strongest first

Florida (237)

and 177 more

North Carolina (107)

and 47 more

South Carolina (75)

and 15 more

Georgia (24)

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.