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NHC AL082020 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Hanna (2020)

July 23, 2020 – July 26, 2020

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

Hurricane Hanna peaked at Category 1 with 92 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 44 US cities, 27 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Hanna in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Hanna from July 23, 2020 to July 26, 2020; its peak was 92 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on July 25 at 92 mph (Category 1), 38 miles from Raymondville, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 44 US cities, all in Texas. The strongest pass was 92 mph (Category 1) 42 miles from Los Fresnos, TX; the centre came closest to Rio Grande City, TX, 1 mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

92 mph

Cities within 75 mi
44
At hurricane strength
27

when closest

States
1

Cities Hanna passed near, strongest first

Texas (44)

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  • LauraCategory 4 · 327 cities
  • MarcoCategory 1 · 6 cities
  • SallyCategory 2 · 191 cities
  • BetaTropical storm · 49 cities
  • DeltaCategory 4 · 169 cities
  • ZetaCategory 3 · 1,509 cities
  • EtaCategory 4 · 240 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.