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NHC AL021950 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Baker (1950)

August 18, 1950 – September 1, 1950

Hurricane Baker peaked at Category 2 with 104 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 375 US cities, 53 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 2

104 mph

Cities within 75 mi
375
At hurricane strength
53

when closest

States
6

Cities Baker passed near, strongest first

Alabama (122)

and 62 more

Mississippi (113)

and 53 more

Puerto Rico (82)

and 22 more

Tennessee (45)

Florida (12)

Louisiana (1)

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.