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NHC AL052019 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Dorian (2019)

August 24, 2019 – September 9, 2019

Hurricane Dorian peaked at Category 5 with 184 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 139 US cities, 139 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 5

184 mph

Cities within 75 mi
139
At hurricane strength
139

when closest

States
3

Cities Dorian passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (66)

and 6 more

Puerto Rico (41)

South Carolina (32)

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.