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NHC AL091971 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Doria (1971)

August 23, 1971 – August 29, 1971

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

Tropical Storm Doria peaked at Tropical storm with 69 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 2,064 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Doria in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Doria from August 23, 1971 to August 29, 1971; its peak was 69 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on August 27 at 69 mph (tropical storm), 7 miles from Hubert, NC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 2,064 US cities, in 13 states, most in New Jersey (455) and New York (418). The strongest pass was 69 mph (tropical storm) less than a mile from Cape Charles, VA; the centre came closest to Freehold, NJ, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

69 mph

Cities within 75 mi
2,064
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
13
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Cities Doria passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (133)

and 73 more

Maryland (75)

and 15 more

Virginia (65)

and 5 more

Delaware (37)

New Jersey (455)

and 395 more

Pennsylvania (179)

and 119 more

New York (418)

and 358 more

Connecticut (184)

and 124 more

Massachusetts (190)

and 130 more

Rhode Island (10)

New Hampshire (142)

and 82 more

Vermont (58)

Maine (118)

and 58 more

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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.