NHC AL132023 · Atlantic basin
Hurricane Lee (2023)
September 5, 2023 – September 18, 2023
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Lee peaked at Category 5 with 167 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 3 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Lee in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Lee from September 5, 2023 to September 18, 2023; its peak was 167 mph (Category 5). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 3 US cities, all in Maine. The strongest pass was 63 mph (tropical storm) 60 miles from Calais, ME.
- Peak strength
- Category 5
- Cities within 75 mi
- 3
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 1
167 mph
when closest
Cities Lee passed near, strongest first
Maine (3)
- CalaisTropical storm · 60 mi
- BaileyvilleTropical storm · 66 mi
- MachiasTropical storm · 66 mi
Other storms of the 2023 season
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.