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NHC AL092020 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Isaias (2020)

July 28, 2020 – August 5, 2020

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

Hurricane Isaias peaked at Category 1 with 92 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 2,213 US cities, 113 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Isaias in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Isaias from July 28, 2020 to August 5, 2020; its peak was 92 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 4 at 92 mph (Category 1), 1 mile from Sunset Beach, NC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 2,213 US cities, in 15 states and territories, most in New Jersey (453) and Pennsylvania (406). The strongest pass was 92 mph (Category 1) less than a mile from Sunset Beach, NC; the centre came closest to Jackson, NC, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

92 mph

Cities within 75 mi
2,213
At hurricane strength
113

when closest

States
15
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Cities Isaias passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (210)

and 150 more

South Carolina (60)

Virginia (159)

and 99 more

Florida (93)

and 33 more

Maryland (214)

and 154 more

New Jersey (453)

and 393 more

Delaware (37)

District of Columbia (1)

Pennsylvania (406)

and 346 more

New York (389)

and 329 more

Connecticut (48)

Puerto Rico (1)

Massachusetts (34)

Vermont (75)

and 15 more

New Hampshire (33)

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  • ArthurTropical storm · 15 cities
  • BerthaTropical storm · 64 cities
  • CristobalTropical storm · 276 cities
  • FayTropical storm · 885 cities
  • DouglasCategory 4 · 43 cities
  • HannaCategory 1 · 44 cities
  • LauraCategory 4 · 327 cities
  • MarcoCategory 1 · 6 cities
  • SallyCategory 2 · 191 cities
  • BetaTropical storm · 49 cities
  • DeltaCategory 4 · 169 cities
  • ZetaCategory 3 · 1,509 cities
  • EtaCategory 4 · 240 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.