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NHC AL101974 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Carmen (1974)

August 29, 1974 – September 10, 1974

Hurricane Carmen peaked at Category 4 with 150 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 138 US cities, 71 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

150 mph

Cities within 75 mi
138
At hurricane strength
71

when closest

States
3

Cities Carmen passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (131)

and 71 more

Puerto Rico (6)

Texas (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.