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NHC EP071999 · Eastern Pacific basin

Hurricane Dora (1999)

August 6, 1999 – August 23, 1999

Hurricane Dora peaked at Category 4 with 138 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 86 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

138 mph

Cities within 75 mi
86
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1

Cities Dora passed near, strongest first

Puerto Rico (86)

and 26 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.