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NHC AL101984 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Diana (1984)

September 8, 1984 – September 16, 1984

Hurricane Diana peaked at Category 4 with 132 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 280 US cities, 25 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

132 mph

Cities within 75 mi
280
At hurricane strength
25

when closest

States
3

Cities Diana passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (206)

and 146 more

Florida (44)

South Carolina (30)

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.