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NHC AL111964 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Isbell (1964)

October 9, 1964 – October 16, 1964

Hurricane Isbell peaked at Category 3 with 115 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 254 US cities, 99 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 3

115 mph

Cities within 75 mi
254
At hurricane strength
99

when closest

States
2

Cities Isbell passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (155)

and 95 more

Florida (99)

and 39 more

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.