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NHC AL021985 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Bob (1985)

July 21, 1985 – July 26, 1985

Hurricane Bob peaked at Category 1 with 75 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 552 US cities, 29 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 1

75 mph

Cities within 75 mi
552
At hurricane strength
29

when closest

States
4

Cities Bob passed near, strongest first

Florida (193)

and 133 more

South Carolina (170)

and 110 more

North Carolina (158)

and 98 more

Georgia (31)

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.