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NHC AL141971 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Ginger (1971)

September 6, 1971 – October 6, 1971

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

Hurricane Ginger peaked at Category 3 with 115 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 145 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Ginger in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Ginger from September 6, 1971 to October 6, 1971; its peak was 115 mph (Category 3). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 1 at 63 mph (tropical storm), 1 mile from Hubert, NC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 145 US cities, all in North Carolina. The strongest pass was 66 mph (tropical storm) 19 miles from Beaufort, NC; the centre came closest to Jacksonville, NC, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 3

115 mph

Cities within 75 mi
145
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1
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Cities Ginger passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (145)

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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.