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NHC AL091979 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane David (1979)

August 25, 1979 – September 8, 1979

Hurricane David peaked at Category 5 with 173 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 2,031 US cities, 260 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 5

173 mph

Cities within 75 mi
2,031
At hurricane strength
260

when closest

States
16
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Cities David passed near, strongest first

Pennsylvania (427)

and 367 more

New York (270)

and 210 more

Virginia (216)

and 156 more

North Carolina (206)

and 146 more

Florida (198)

and 138 more

South Carolina (172)

and 112 more

Maine (142)

and 82 more

Maryland (98)

and 38 more

New Hampshire (88)

and 28 more

Vermont (73)

and 13 more

Georgia (63)

and 3 more

West Virginia (52)

Massachusetts (18)

New Jersey (6)

BC (1)

Connecticut (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.