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NHC AL092008 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Ike (2008)

September 1, 2008 – September 15, 2008

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.

Peak strength
Category 4

144 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,382
At hurricane strength
123

when closest

States
10

Cities Ike passed near, strongest first

Michigan (303)

and 243 more

Texas (257)

and 197 more

Indiana (231)

and 171 more

Illinois (187)

and 127 more

Missouri (155)

and 95 more

Arkansas (113)

and 53 more

Ohio (82)

and 22 more

Oklahoma (29)

New York (20)

Louisiana (5)

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.