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NHC AL072000 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Debby (2000)

August 19, 2000 – August 24, 2000

Hurricane Debby peaked at Category 1 with 86 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 73 US cities, 73 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 1

86 mph

Cities within 75 mi
73
At hurricane strength
73

when closest

States
1

Cities Debby passed near, strongest first

Puerto Rico (73)

and 13 more

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.