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NHC AL051995 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Erin (1995)

July 31, 1995 – August 6, 1995

Hurricane Erin peaked at Category 2 with 98 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 381 US cities, 90 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 2

98 mph

Cities within 75 mi
381
At hurricane strength
90

when closest

States
3

Cities Erin passed near, strongest first

Florida (244)

and 184 more

Mississippi (88)

and 28 more

Alabama (49)

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.