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NHC AL142018 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Michael (2018)

October 6, 2018 – October 15, 2018

Hurricane Michael peaked at Category 5 with 161 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 861 US cities, 139 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 5

161 mph

Cities within 75 mi
861
At hurricane strength
139

when closest

States
7

Cities Michael passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (319)

and 259 more

Georgia (187)

and 127 more

South Carolina (151)

and 91 more

Virginia (120)

and 60 more

Florida (46)

Alabama (30)

Maryland (8)

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.