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NHC AL061964 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Dora (1964)

August 28, 1964 – September 16, 1964

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

Hurricane Dora peaked at Category 4 with 132 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 569 US cities, 74 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Dora in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Dora from August 28, 1964 to September 16, 1964; its peak was 132 mph (Category 4). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 10 at 109 mph (Category 2), 4 miles from St Augustine, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 569 US cities, in 5 states, most in Georgia (153) and Florida (140). The strongest pass was 108 mph (Category 2) 24 miles from Palm Coast, FL; the centre came closest to Collins, GA, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 4

132 mph

Cities within 75 mi
569
At hurricane strength
74

when closest

States
5
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Cities Dora passed near, strongest first

Florida (140)

and 80 more

Georgia (153)

and 93 more

South Carolina (128)

and 68 more

North Carolina (124)

and 64 more

Alabama (24)

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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.