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NHC AL062006 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Ernesto (2006)

August 24, 2006 – September 4, 2006

Hurricane Ernesto peaked at Category 1 with 75 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,135 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 1

75 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,135
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
10

Cities Ernesto passed near, strongest first

Pennsylvania (279)

and 219 more

Maryland (227)

and 167 more

Florida (195)

and 135 more

North Carolina (182)

and 122 more

Virginia (176)

and 116 more

South Carolina (32)

Delaware (27)

West Virginia (11)

New Jersey (5)

District of Columbia (1)

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.