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NHC AL162017 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Nate (2017)

October 3, 2017 – October 11, 2017

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

Hurricane Nate peaked at Category 1 with 92 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 156 US cities, 43 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Nate in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Nate from October 3, 2017 to October 11, 2017; its peak was 92 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on October 8 at 86 mph (Category 1), 26 miles from Buras, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 156 US cities, in 4 states, most in Mississippi (64) and Alabama (57). The strongest pass was 86 mph (Category 1) 64 miles from Golden Meadow, LA; the centre came closest to Biloxi, MS, 1 mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

92 mph

Cities within 75 mi
156
At hurricane strength
43

when closest

States
4

Cities Nate passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (33)

Mississippi (64)

and 4 more

Alabama (57)

Florida (2)

Other storms of the 2017 season

  • CindyTropical storm · 113 cities
  • EmilyTropical storm · 96 cities
  • HarveyCategory 4 · 214 cities
  • IrmaCategory 5 · 420 cities
  • MariaCategory 5 · 86 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.