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NHC AL061954 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Carol (1954)

August 25, 1954 – September 1, 1954

Hurricane Carol peaked at Category 3 with 115 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,005 US cities, 998 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 3

115 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,005
At hurricane strength
998

when closest

States
9

Cities Carol passed near, strongest first

Massachusetts (318)

and 258 more

Connecticut (180)

and 120 more

New York (159)

and 99 more

New Hampshire (142)

and 82 more

Maine (97)

and 37 more

Rhode Island (49)

Vermont (35)

North Carolina (21)

New Jersey (4)

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.