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NHC AL072004 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Gaston (2004)

August 27, 2004 – September 3, 2004

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

Hurricane Gaston peaked at Category 1 with 75 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 284 US cities, 22 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Gaston in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Gaston from August 27, 2004 to September 3, 2004; its peak was 75 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 29 at 75 mph (Category 1), 4 miles from Awendaw, SC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 284 US cities, in 7 states, most in South Carolina (97) and Virginia (86). The strongest pass was 75 mph (Category 1) 4 miles from Awendaw, SC; the centre came closest to Andrews, SC, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

75 mph

Cities within 75 mi
284
At hurricane strength
22

when closest

States
7
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Cities Gaston passed near, strongest first

South Carolina (97)

and 37 more

North Carolina (21)

Massachusetts (1)

Virginia (86)

and 26 more

Maryland (31)

New Jersey (27)

Delaware (21)

Other storms of the 2004 season

  • AlexCategory 3 · 36 cities
  • BonnieTropical storm · 23 cities
  • CharleyCategory 4 · 750 cities
  • FrancesCategory 4 · 523 cities
  • HermineTropical storm · 329 cities
  • IvanCategory 5 · 191 cities
  • JeanneCategory 3 · 558 cities
  • MatthewTropical storm · 49 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.