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NHC AL092008 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Ike (2008)

September 1, 2008 – September 15, 2008

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Hurricane Ike peaked at Category 4 with 144 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,382 US cities, 123 of them while still at hurricane strength.

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Ike in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Ike from September 1, 2008 to September 15, 2008; its peak was 144 mph (Category 4). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 13 at 109 mph (Category 2), 8 miles from Galveston, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 1,382 US cities, in 10 states, most in Michigan (303) and Texas (257). The strongest pass was 109 mph (Category 2) 8 miles from Galveston, TX; the centre came closest to Hazel Park, MI, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 4

144 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,382
At hurricane strength
123

when closest

States
10
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Cities Ike passed near, strongest first

Texas (257)

and 197 more

Michigan (303)

and 243 more

Indiana (231)

and 171 more

Illinois (187)

and 127 more

Ohio (82)

and 22 more

New York (20)

Louisiana (5)

Missouri (155)

and 95 more

Arkansas (113)

and 53 more

Oklahoma (29)

Other storms of the 2008 season

  • CristobalTropical storm · 66 cities
  • DollyCategory 2 · 48 cities
  • EdouardTropical storm · 103 cities
  • FayTropical storm · 348 cities
  • GustavCategory 4 · 194 cities
  • HannaCategory 1 · 2,347 cities

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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.