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NHC AL081954 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Edna (1954)

September 5, 1954 – September 14, 1954

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.

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

Massachusetts (209)

and 149 more

Rhode Island (49)

Maine (41)

Connecticut (14)

New Hampshire (5)

New York (4)

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.