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NHC AL031955 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Diane (1955)

August 7, 1955 – August 23, 1955

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

Hurricane Diane peaked at Category 2 with 104 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 2,192 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Diane in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Diane from August 7, 1955 to August 23, 1955; its peak was 104 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 17 at 69 mph (tropical storm), 1 mile from Kure Beach, NC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 2,192 US cities, in 13 states and territories, most in New Jersey (441) and Pennsylvania (418). The strongest pass was 69 mph (tropical storm) 1 mile from Kure Beach, NC; the centre came closest to Schwenksville, PA, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 2

104 mph

Cities within 75 mi
2,192
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
13
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Cities Diane passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (241)

and 181 more

South Carolina (18)

Virginia (237)

and 177 more

West Virginia (27)

New Jersey (441)

and 381 more

Pennsylvania (418)

and 358 more

New York (309)

and 249 more

Maryland (206)

and 146 more

Connecticut (158)

and 98 more

Massachusetts (72)

and 12 more

Rhode Island (47)

District of Columbia (1)

Delaware (17)

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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.