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NHC AL092024 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Helene (2024)

September 23, 2024 – September 28, 2024

Hurricane Helene peaked at Category 4 with 138 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 748 US cities, 131 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

138 mph

Cities within 75 mi
748
At hurricane strength
131

when closest

States
9

Cities Helene passed near, strongest first

Georgia (273)

and 213 more

Kentucky (141)

and 81 more

Tennessee (130)

and 70 more

Indiana (74)

and 14 more

South Carolina (54)

North Carolina (36)

Florida (33)

Illinois (5)

Virginia (2)

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.