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NHC AL081954 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Edna (1954)

September 5, 1954 – September 14, 1954

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

Hurricane Edna peaked at Category 3 with 127 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 322 US cities, 322 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Edna in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Edna from September 5, 1954 to September 14, 1954; its peak was 127 mph (Category 3). HURDAT2 marks 3 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on September 11 at 109 mph (Category 2), 2 miles from Edgartown, MA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 322 US cities, in 6 states, most in Massachusetts (209) and Rhode Island (49). The strongest pass was 110 mph (Category 3) 58 miles from Montauk, NY; the centre came closest to Barnstable, MA, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 3

127 mph

Cities within 75 mi
322
At hurricane strength
322

when closest

States
6

Cities Edna passed near, strongest first

New York (4)

Massachusetts (209)

and 149 more

Rhode Island (49)

Connecticut (14)

New Hampshire (5)

Maine (41)

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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.