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NHC AL061964 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Dora (1964)

August 28, 1964 – September 16, 1964

Hurricane Dora peaked at Category 4 with 132 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 569 US cities, 74 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

132 mph

Cities within 75 mi
569
At hurricane strength
74

when closest

States
5

Cities Dora passed near, strongest first

Georgia (153)

and 93 more

Florida (140)

and 80 more

South Carolina (128)

and 68 more

North Carolina (124)

and 64 more

Alabama (24)

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.