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NHC AL041989 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Chantal (1989)

July 30, 1989 – August 3, 1989

Hurricane Chantal peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 153 US cities, 21 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 1

81 mph

Cities within 75 mi
153
At hurricane strength
21

when closest

States
2

Cities Chantal passed near, strongest first

Texas (151)

and 91 more

Louisiana (2)

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.