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NHC AL062004 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Frances (2004)

August 25, 2004 – September 10, 2004

Hurricane Frances peaked at Category 4 with 144 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 523 US cities, 71 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

144 mph

Cities within 75 mi
523
At hurricane strength
71

when closest

States
5

Cities Frances passed near, strongest first

Florida (261)

and 201 more

New York (193)

and 133 more

Georgia (41)

Alabama (16)

Pennsylvania (12)

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.