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NHC AL171995 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Opal (1995)

September 27, 1995 – October 6, 1995

Hurricane Opal peaked at Category 4 with 150 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,286 US cities, 99 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

150 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,286
At hurricane strength
99

when closest

States
10

Cities Opal passed near, strongest first

Ohio (483)

and 423 more

Alabama (263)

and 203 more

Kentucky (167)

and 107 more

New York (151)

and 91 more

Pennsylvania (84)

and 24 more

Georgia (51)

Florida (32)

Tennessee (27)

West Virginia (26)

Virginia (2)

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.