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NHC AL101964 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Hilda (1964)

September 28, 1964 – October 7, 1964

Hurricane Hilda peaked at Category 4 with 138 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 453 US cities, 85 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

138 mph

Cities within 75 mi
453
At hurricane strength
85

when closest

States
5

Cities Hilda passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (137)

and 77 more

Florida (97)

and 37 more

Georgia (88)

and 28 more

Alabama (68)

and 8 more

Mississippi (63)

and 3 more

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.