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NHC AL121994 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Gordon (1994)

November 8, 1994 – November 21, 1994

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

Hurricane Gordon peaked at Category 1 with 86 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 109 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Gordon in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Gordon from November 8, 1994 to November 21, 1994; its peak was 86 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks 3 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on November 15 at 52 mph (tropical storm), 4 miles from Key West, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 109 US cities, all in Florida. The strongest pass was 62 mph (tropical storm) 43 miles from Cape Canaveral, FL; the centre came closest to Fort Myers, FL, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

86 mph

Cities within 75 mi
109
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1
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Cities Gordon passed near, strongest first

Florida (109)

and 49 more

Other storms of the 1994 season

  • AlbertoTropical storm · 83 cities
  • BerylTropical storm · 75 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.