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NHC AL141954 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Hazel (1954)

October 5, 1954 – October 18, 1954

Hurricane Hazel peaked at Category 4 with 132 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,224 US cities, 1,224 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

132 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,224
At hurricane strength
1,224

when closest

States
9

Cities Hazel passed near, strongest first

Pennsylvania (320)

and 260 more

Virginia (230)

and 170 more

North Carolina (224)

and 164 more

Maryland (199)

and 139 more

New York (187)

and 127 more

South Carolina (43)

West Virginia (19)

BC (1)

District of Columbia (1)

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.