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NHC AL051999 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Dennis (1999)

August 24, 1999 – September 8, 1999

Hurricane Dennis peaked at Category 2 with 104 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 155 US cities, 1 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 2

104 mph

Cities within 75 mi
155
At hurricane strength
1

when closest

States
1

Cities Dennis passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (155)

and 95 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.