NHC AL051995 · Atlantic basin
Hurricane Erin (1995)
July 31, 1995 – August 6, 1995
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Erin peaked at Category 2 with 98 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 381 US cities, 90 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Erin in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Erin from July 31, 1995 to August 6, 1995; its peak was 98 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on August 2 at 86 mph (Category 1), 9 miles from Vero Beach, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 381 US cities, in 3 states, most in Florida (244) and Mississippi (88). The strongest pass was 98 mph (Category 2) 35 miles from Destin, FL; the centre came closest to Polk City, FL, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- Cities within 75 mi
- 381
- At hurricane strength
- 90
- States
- 3
98 mph
when closest
Cities Erin passed near, strongest first
Florida (244)
- DestinCategory 2 · 35 mi
- Miramar BeachCategory 2 · 37 mi
- FreeportCategory 2 · 50 mi
- Ponce De LeonCategory 2 · 67 mi
- Santa Rosa BeachCategory 2 · 44 mi
- Defuniak SpringsCategory 2 · 63 mi
- NicevilleCategory 2 · 40 mi
- ShalimarCategory 1 · 32 mi
- Eglin AfbCategory 1 · 34 mi
- ValparaisoCategory 1 · 38 mi
- Fort Walton BeachCategory 1 · 30 mi
- Hurlburt FieldCategory 1 · 30 mi
- Mary EstherCategory 1 · 25 mi
- CrestviewCategory 1 · 50 mi
- VernonCategory 1 · 69 mi
- NavarreCategory 1 · 19 mi
- Inlet BeachCategory 1 · 48 mi
- Panama City BeachCategory 1 · 48 mi
- Laurel HillCategory 1 · 63 mi
- Vero BeachCategory 1 · 5 mi
- Fort PierceCategory 1 · 13 mi
- Jensen BeachCategory 1 · 21 mi
- Port St LucieCategory 1 · 23 mi
- StuartCategory 1 · 26 mi
- Hobe SoundCategory 1 · 28 mi
- Palm CityCategory 1 · 28 mi
- TequestaCategory 1 · 33 mi
- JupiterCategory 1 · 36 mi
- North Palm BeachCategory 1 · 39 mi
- Palm Beach GardensCategory 1 · 40 mi
- IndiantownCategory 1 · 40 mi
- Riviera BeachCategory 1 · 42 mi
- Palm BeachCategory 1 · 45 mi
- West Palm BeachCategory 1 · 48 mi
- Royal Palm BeachCategory 1 · 51 mi
- LoxahatcheeCategory 1 · 52 mi
- Palm SpringsCategory 1 · 52 mi
- GreenacresCategory 1 · 54 mi
- AtlantisCategory 1 · 54 mi
- Lake WorthCategory 1 · 55 mi
- Panama CityCategory 1 · 55 mi
- WellingtonCategory 1 · 56 mi
- Lynn HavenCategory 1 · 56 mi
- Boynton BeachCategory 1 · 59 mi
- PahokeeCategory 1 · 60 mi
- Delray BeachCategory 1 · 63 mi
- Belle GladeCategory 1 · 68 mi
- YoungstownCategory 1 · 68 mi
- Boca RatonCategory 1 · 69 mi
- South BayCategory 1 · 71 mi
- Deerfield BeachCategory 1 · 72 mi
- Coconut CreekCategory 1 · 75 mi
- SebastianCategory 1 · 2 mi
- FellsmereCategory 1 · 2 mi
- PensacolaCategory 1 · 4 mi
- Barefoot BayCategory 1 · 7 mi
- GrantCategory 1 · 10 mi
- Gulf BreezeCategory 1 · 20 mi
- MiltonCategory 1 · 24 mi
- BakerCategory 1 · 49 mi
and 184 more
Alabama (49)
- FloralaCategory 1 · 72 mi
- LillianCategory 1 · 7 mi
- Orange BeachCategory 1 · 17 mi
- ElbertaCategory 1 · 13 mi
- Gulf ShoresCategory 1 · 26 mi
- FoleyCategory 1 · 18 mi
- RobertsdaleCategory 1 · 7 mi
- SummerdaleCategory 1 · 14 mi
- SilverhillTropical storm · 13 mi
- FlomatonTropical storm · 32 mi
- BrewtonTropical storm · 43 mi
- LoxleyTropical storm · 9 mi
- FairhopeTropical storm · 20 mi
- DaphneTropical storm · 14 mi
- EvergreenTropical storm · 65 mi
- Spanish FortTropical storm · 12 mi
- CodenTropical storm · 39 mi
- Bay MinetteTropical storm · 3 mi
- AtmoreTropical storm · 25 mi
- TheodoreTropical storm · 30 mi
- IrvingtonTropical storm · 36 mi
- ChickasawTropical storm · 15 mi
- PrichardTropical storm · 17 mi
- WhistlerTropical storm · 17 mi
- MobileTropical storm · 23 mi
- Grand BayTropical storm · 39 mi
- SatsumaTropical storm · 9 mi
- SaralandTropical storm · 12 mi
- Eight MileTropical storm · 17 mi
- Frisco CityTropical storm · 45 mi
- MonroevilleTropical storm · 53 mi
- SemmesTropical storm · 23 mi
- Mount VernonTropical storm · 3 mi
- ChunchulaTropical storm · 9 mi
- WilmerTropical storm · 23 mi
- CitronelleTropical storm · 7 mi
- McintoshTropical storm · 9 mi
- JacksonTropical storm · 30 mi
- Grove HillTropical storm · 44 mi
- Pine HillTropical storm · 68 mi
- ChatomTropical storm · 13 mi
- MillryTropical storm · 16 mi
- ThomasvilleTropical storm · 55 mi
- ButlerTropical storm · 38 mi
- LindenTropical storm · 67 mi
- GallionTropical storm · 74 mi
- DemopolisTropical storm · 70 mi
- YorkTropical storm · 49 mi
- LivingstonTropical storm · 58 mi
Mississippi (88)
- PascagoulaTropical storm · 54 mi
- Moss PointTropical storm · 47 mi
- GautierTropical storm · 57 mi
- Ocean SpringsTropical storm · 62 mi
- VancleaveTropical storm · 53 mi
- DibervilleTropical storm · 65 mi
- BiloxiTropical storm · 66 mi
- LucedaleTropical storm · 30 mi
- GulfportTropical storm · 73 mi
- SaucierTropical storm · 66 mi
- LeakesvilleTropical storm · 16 mi
- PerkinstonTropical storm · 59 mi
- Mc HenryTropical storm · 62 mi
- State LineTropical storm · 1 mi
- BeaumontTropical storm · 29 mi
- BrooklynTropical storm · 42 mi
- WigginsTropical storm · 51 mi
- RichtonTropical storm · 20 mi
- LumbertonTropical storm · 64 mi
- BuckatunnaTropical storm · 4 mi
- PurvisTropical storm · 55 mi
- WaynesboroTropical storm · 2 mi
- OvettTropical storm · 26 mi
- PetalTropical storm · 39 mi
- HattiesburgTropical storm · 46 mi
- EllisvilleTropical storm · 30 mi
- MoselleTropical storm · 38 mi
- SumrallTropical storm · 56 mi
- ColumbiaTropical storm · 71 mi
- ShubutaTropical storm · 3 mi
- LaurelTropical storm · 22 mi
- SeminaryTropical storm · 44 mi
- HeidelbergTropical storm · 10 mi
- QuitmanTropical storm · 14 mi
- CollinsTropical storm · 46 mi
- BassfieldTropical storm · 60 mi
- TaylorsvilleTropical storm · 33 mi
- PrentissTropical storm · 63 mi
- EnterpriseTropical storm · 9 mi
- Bay SpringsTropical storm · 20 mi
- MizeTropical storm · 37 mi
- Mount OliveTropical storm · 47 mi
- Silver CreekTropical storm · 71 mi
- LouinTropical storm · 13 mi
- MeridianTropical storm · 23 mi
- RaleighTropical storm · 29 mi
- ToomsubaTropical storm · 33 mi
- MageeTropical storm · 46 mi
- NewhebronTropical storm · 64 mi
- NewtonTropical storm · 2 mi
- HickoryTropical storm · 5 mi
- DecaturTropical storm · 10 mi
- LakeTropical storm · 14 mi
- ConehattaTropical storm · 17 mi
- UnionTropical storm · 20 mi
- ForestTropical storm · 22 mi
- CollinsvilleTropical storm · 22 mi
- Walnut GroveTropical storm · 28 mi
- PhiladelphiaTropical storm · 33 mi
- MortonTropical storm · 33 mi
and 28 more
Other storms of the 1995 season
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.