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NHC AL051998 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Earl (1998)

August 31, 1998 – September 8, 1998

Hurricane Earl peaked at Category 2 with 98 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 649 US cities, 33 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 2

98 mph

Cities within 75 mi
649
At hurricane strength
33

when closest

States
6
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Cities Earl passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (231)

and 171 more

Georgia (159)

and 99 more

South Carolina (158)

and 98 more

Florida (54)

Virginia (27)

Alabama (20)

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.