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NHC AL112000 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Gordon (2000)

September 14, 2000 – September 21, 2000

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

Hurricane Gordon peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 98 US cities, 8 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Gordon in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Gordon from September 14, 2000 to September 21, 2000; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 18 at 63 mph (tropical storm), 23 miles from Chiefland, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 98 US cities, in 2 states, most in Florida (92). The strongest pass was 75 mph (Category 1) 75 miles from Holmes Beach, FL; the centre came closest to Branford, FL, 1 mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

81 mph

Cities within 75 mi
98
At hurricane strength
8

when closest

States
2

Cities Gordon passed near, strongest first

Florida (92)

and 32 more

Georgia (6)

Other storms of the 2000 season

  • DebbyCategory 1 · 73 cities
  • HeleneTropical storm · 293 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.