NHC AL041953 · Atlantic basin
Hurricane Carol (1953)
August 28, 1953 – September 9, 1953
Hurricane Carol peaked at Category 5 with 161 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 3 US cities, 3 of them while still at hurricane strength.
- Peak strength
- Category 5
- Cities within 75 mi
- 3
- At hurricane strength
- 3
- States
- 1
161 mph
when closest
Cities Carol passed near, strongest first
Maine (3)
- MachiasCategory 1 · 67 mi
- CalaisCategory 1 · 62 mi
- BaileyvilleCategory 1 · 69 mi
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.