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NHC AL071976 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Belle (1976)

August 6, 1976 – August 10, 1976

Hurricane Belle peaked at Category 3 with 121 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,329 US cities, 270 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 3

121 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,329
At hurricane strength
270

when closest

States
11

Cities Belle passed near, strongest first

New York (378)

and 318 more

New Jersey (364)

and 304 more

Massachusetts (240)

and 180 more

Connecticut (186)

and 126 more

New Hampshire (82)

and 22 more

Rhode Island (41)

Vermont (20)

Delaware (8)

Pennsylvania (4)

North Carolina (3)

Maryland (3)

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.