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NHC EP101994 · Eastern Pacific basin

Hurricane John (1994)

August 11, 1994 – September 10, 1994

Hurricane John peaked at Category 5 with 173 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 844 US cities, 844 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 5

173 mph

Cities within 75 mi
844
At hurricane strength
844

when closest

States
10

Cities John passed near, strongest first

Texas (246)

and 186 more

Louisiana (128)

and 68 more

Georgia (126)

and 66 more

Mississippi (106)

and 46 more

Alabama (95)

and 35 more

Florida (66)

and 6 more

Hawaii (39)

Arizona (18)

New Mexico (13)

South Carolina (7)

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.