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NHC AL081963 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Ginny (1963)

October 17, 1963 – October 30, 1963

Hurricane Ginny peaked at Category 2 with 109 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 19 US cities, 19 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 2

109 mph

Cities within 75 mi
19
At hurricane strength
19

when closest

States
3

Cities Ginny passed near, strongest first

South Carolina (13)

North Carolina (5)

Georgia (1)

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.