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NHC AL092021 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Ida (2021)

August 26, 2021 – September 4, 2021

Hurricane Ida peaked at Category 4 with 150 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,649 US cities, 96 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

150 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,649
At hurricane strength
96

when closest

States
10

Cities Ida passed near, strongest first

New Jersey (454)

and 394 more

Pennsylvania (303)

and 243 more

New York (273)

and 213 more

Connecticut (146)

and 86 more

Louisiana (129)

and 69 more

Massachusetts (107)

and 47 more

Maryland (83)

and 23 more

Mississippi (81)

and 21 more

Rhode Island (49)

Delaware (24)

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.