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NHC AL062006 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Ernesto (2006)

August 24, 2006 – September 4, 2006

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

Hurricane Ernesto peaked at Category 1 with 75 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,135 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Ernesto in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Ernesto from August 24, 2006 to September 4, 2006; its peak was 75 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks 3 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on August 30 at 46 mph (tropical storm), 3 miles from Islamorada, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 1,135 US cities, in 10 states and territories, most in Pennsylvania (279) and Maryland (227). The strongest pass was 69 mph (tropical storm) 2 miles from Oak Island, NC; the centre came closest to York, PA, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

75 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,135
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
10
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Cities Ernesto passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (182)

and 122 more

South Carolina (32)

Florida (195)

and 135 more

Maryland (227)

and 167 more

Virginia (176)

and 116 more

Delaware (27)

District of Columbia (1)

West Virginia (11)

New Jersey (5)

Pennsylvania (279)

and 219 more

Other storms of the 2006 season

  • AlbertoTropical storm · 532 cities
  • BerylTropical storm · 130 cities

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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.