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NHC AL062020 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Fay (2020)

July 5, 2020 – July 11, 2020

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

Tropical Storm Fay peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 885 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Fay in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Fay from July 5, 2020 to July 11, 2020; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on July 10 at 52 mph (tropical storm), 1 mile from Brigantine, NJ. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 885 US cities, in 8 states, most in New Jersey (454) and New York (193). The strongest pass was 58 mph (tropical storm) 29 miles from Ocean City, MD; the centre came closest to Perth Amboy, NJ, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
885
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
8
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Cities Fay passed near, strongest first

Delaware (37)

Maryland (20)

Virginia (11)

New Jersey (454)

and 394 more

North Carolina (11)

Pennsylvania (153)

and 93 more

New York (193)

and 133 more

Connecticut (6)

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  • BerthaTropical storm · 64 cities
  • CristobalTropical storm · 276 cities
  • DouglasCategory 4 · 43 cities
  • HannaCategory 1 · 44 cities
  • IsaiasCategory 1 · 2,213 cities
  • LauraCategory 4 · 327 cities
  • MarcoCategory 1 · 6 cities
  • SallyCategory 2 · 191 cities
  • BetaTropical storm · 49 cities
  • DeltaCategory 4 · 169 cities
  • ZetaCategory 3 · 1,509 cities
  • EtaCategory 4 · 240 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.