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NHC AL052021 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Elsa (2021)

June 30, 2021 – July 10, 2021

Hurricane Elsa peaked at Category 1 with 86 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 2,322 US cities, 7 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 1

86 mph

Cities within 75 mi
2,322
At hurricane strength
7

when closest

States
15
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Cities Elsa passed near, strongest first

New Jersey (368)

and 308 more

Massachusetts (313)

and 253 more

North Carolina (252)

and 192 more

New York (244)

and 184 more

Connecticut (180)

and 120 more

South Carolina (164)

and 104 more

Georgia (134)

and 74 more

Virginia (125)

and 65 more

Florida (111)

and 51 more

Maine (110)

and 50 more

Maryland (87)

and 27 more

Pennsylvania (77)

and 17 more

New Hampshire (71)

and 11 more

Rhode Island (49)

Delaware (37)

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.