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NHC AL051968 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Dolly (1968)

August 10, 1968 – August 17, 1968

Hurricane Dolly peaked at Category 1 with 86 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 102 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 1

86 mph

Cities within 75 mi
102
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1

Cities Dolly passed near, strongest first

Florida (102)

and 42 more

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.