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NHC AL111989 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Hugo (1989)

September 10, 1989 – September 25, 1989

Hurricane Hugo peaked at Category 5 with 161 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,379 US cities, 301 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 5

161 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,379
At hurricane strength
301

when closest

States
10

Cities Hugo passed near, strongest first

Ohio (310)

and 250 more

South Carolina (203)

and 143 more

New York (195)

and 135 more

Pennsylvania (192)

and 132 more

North Carolina (168)

and 108 more

West Virginia (120)

and 60 more

Puerto Rico (77)

and 17 more

Virginia (57)

Kentucky (29)

Tennessee (28)

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.