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NHC AL131975 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Eloise (1975)

September 13, 1975 – September 24, 1975

Hurricane Eloise peaked at Category 3 with 127 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 488 US cities, 116 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 3

127 mph

Cities within 75 mi
488
At hurricane strength
116

when closest

States
5

Cities Eloise passed near, strongest first

Georgia (182)

and 122 more

Alabama (169)

and 109 more

Puerto Rico (68)

and 8 more

Florida (47)

Tennessee (22)

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.