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NHC AL021955 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Connie (1955)

August 3, 1955 – August 15, 1955

Hurricane Connie peaked at Category 4 with 138 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,115 US cities, 122 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

138 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,115
At hurricane strength
122

when closest

States
11

Cities Connie passed near, strongest first

Pennsylvania (398)

and 338 more

Maryland (231)

and 171 more

Virginia (134)

and 74 more

Michigan (117)

and 57 more

North Carolina (91)

and 31 more

New York (66)

and 6 more

Delaware (37)

Ohio (24)

West Virginia (13)

New Jersey (3)

District of Columbia (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.