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NHC AL031991 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Bob (1991)

August 16, 1991 – August 29, 1991

Hurricane Bob peaked at Category 3 with 115 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 807 US cities, 679 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 3

115 mph

Cities within 75 mi
807
At hurricane strength
679

when closest

States
7

Cities Bob passed near, strongest first

Massachusetts (302)

and 242 more

Maine (156)

and 96 more

Connecticut (118)

and 58 more

New Hampshire (92)

and 32 more

New York (85)

and 25 more

Rhode Island (49)

North Carolina (5)

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.