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NHC AL151995 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Marilyn (1995)

September 12, 1995 – October 1, 1995

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

Hurricane Marilyn peaked at Category 3 with 115 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 52 US cities, 52 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Marilyn in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Marilyn from September 12, 1995 to October 1, 1995; its peak was 115 mph (Category 3). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 52 US cities, all in Puerto Rico. The strongest pass was 110 mph (Category 3) 70 miles from Arecibo, PR; the centre came closest to Fajardo, PR, 29 miles away.

Peak strength
Category 3

115 mph

Cities within 75 mi
52
At hurricane strength
52

when closest

States
1

Cities Marilyn passed near, strongest first

Puerto Rico (52)

Other storms of the 1995 season

  • AllisonCategory 1 · 455 cities
  • DeanTropical storm · 78 cities
  • ErinCategory 2 · 381 cities
  • JerryTropical storm · 245 cities
  • OpalCategory 4 · 1,286 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.