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NHC AL051950 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Easy (1950)

September 1, 1950 – September 9, 1950

Hurricane Easy peaked at Category 3 with 121 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 265 US cities, 79 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 3

121 mph

Cities within 75 mi
265
At hurricane strength
79

when closest

States
2

Cities Easy passed near, strongest first

Florida (253)

and 193 more

Georgia (12)

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.