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NHC AL051985 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Elena (1985)

August 28, 1985 – September 4, 1985

Hurricane Elena peaked at Category 3 with 127 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 278 US cities, 155 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 3

127 mph

Cities within 75 mi
278
At hurricane strength
155

when closest

States
4

Cities Elena passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (138)

and 78 more

Mississippi (78)

and 18 more

Florida (33)

Alabama (29)

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.