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NHC AL082008 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Hanna (2008)

August 28, 2008 – September 8, 2008

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

Hurricane Hanna peaked at Category 1 with 86 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 2,347 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Hanna in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Hanna from August 28, 2008 to September 8, 2008; its peak was 86 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 6 at 69 mph (tropical storm), 2 miles from North Myrtle Beach, SC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 2,347 US cities, in 15 states and territories, most in New Jersey (454) and Massachusetts (336). The strongest pass was 69 mph (tropical storm) 1 mile from North Myrtle Beach, SC; the centre came closest to Sims, NC, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

86 mph

Cities within 75 mi
2,347
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
15
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Cities Hanna passed near, strongest first

South Carolina (61)

and 1 more

North Carolina (220)

and 160 more

New Jersey (454)

and 394 more

Massachusetts (336)

and 276 more

New York (315)

and 255 more

Pennsylvania (193)

and 133 more

Connecticut (186)

and 126 more

Maryland (182)

and 122 more

Virginia (145)

and 85 more

New Hampshire (86)

and 26 more

Maine (81)

and 21 more

Rhode Island (49)

Delaware (37)

District of Columbia (1)

Vermont (1)

Other storms of the 2008 season

  • CristobalTropical storm · 66 cities
  • DollyCategory 2 · 48 cities
  • EdouardTropical storm · 103 cities
  • FayTropical storm · 348 cities
  • GustavCategory 4 · 194 cities
  • IkeCategory 4 · 1,382 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.