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NHC AL051960 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Donna (1960)

August 29, 1960 – September 14, 1960

Hurricane Donna peaked at Category 4 with 144 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,911 US cities, 1,553 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

144 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,911
At hurricane strength
1,553

when closest

States
15

Cities Donna passed near, strongest first

Massachusetts (319)

and 259 more

New Jersey (314)

and 254 more

New York (280)

and 220 more

Florida (258)

and 198 more

Connecticut (186)

and 126 more

Maine (154)

and 94 more

New Hampshire (142)

and 82 more

North Carolina (125)

and 65 more

Rhode Island (49)

Virginia (27)

South Carolina (21)

Delaware (16)

Maryland (14)

Vermont (5)

Georgia (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.