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NHC AL101984 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Diana (1984)

September 8, 1984 – September 16, 1984

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

Hurricane Diana peaked at Category 4 with 132 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 280 US cities, 25 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Diana in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Diana from September 8, 1984 to September 16, 1984; its peak was 132 mph (Category 4). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 13 at 92 mph (Category 1), 5 miles from Southport, NC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 280 US cities, in 3 states, most in North Carolina (206) and Florida (44). The strongest pass was 129 mph (Category 3) 22 miles from Wrightsville Beach, NC; the centre came closest to Lake Waccamaw, NC, 1 mile away.

Peak strength
Category 4

132 mph

Cities within 75 mi
280
At hurricane strength
25

when closest

States
3
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Cities Diana passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (206)

and 146 more

South Carolina (30)

Florida (44)

Other storms of the 1984 season

  • IsidoreTropical storm · 372 cities
  • KlausCategory 1 · 74 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.