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NHC AL031955 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Diane (1955)

August 7, 1955 – August 23, 1955

Hurricane Diane peaked at Category 2 with 104 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 2,193 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 2

104 mph

Cities within 75 mi
2,193
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
14

Cities Diane passed near, strongest first

New Jersey (441)

and 381 more

Pennsylvania (418)

and 358 more

New York (309)

and 249 more

North Carolina (241)

and 181 more

Virginia (237)

and 177 more

Maryland (206)

and 146 more

Connecticut (158)

and 98 more

Massachusetts (72)

and 12 more

Rhode Island (47)

West Virginia (27)

South Carolina (18)

Delaware (17)

BC (1)

District of Columbia (1)

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.