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NHC AL111971 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Fern (1971)

September 3, 1971 – September 13, 1971

Hurricane Fern peaked at Category 1 with 92 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 97 US cities, 22 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 1

92 mph

Cities within 75 mi
97
At hurricane strength
22

when closest

States
1

Cities Fern passed near, strongest first

Texas (97)

and 37 more

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.