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NHC AL052024 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Ernesto (2024)

August 11, 2024 – August 20, 2024

Hurricane Ernesto peaked at Category 2 with 98 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 64 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 2

98 mph

Cities within 75 mi
64
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1

Cities Ernesto passed near, strongest first

Puerto Rico (64)

and 4 more

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.