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NHC AL091985 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Gloria (1985)

September 16, 1985 – October 2, 1985

Hurricane Gloria peaked at Category 4 with 144 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,706 US cities, 1,531 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

144 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,706
At hurricane strength
1,531

when closest

States
13

Cities Gloria passed near, strongest first

New Jersey (417)

and 357 more

New York (373)

and 313 more

Massachusetts (270)

and 210 more

Connecticut (186)

and 126 more

New Hampshire (142)

and 82 more

Maine (135)

and 75 more

Rhode Island (41)

Vermont (40)

North Carolina (28)

Delaware (25)

Maryland (17)

Pennsylvania (17)

Virginia (15)

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.