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NHC AL091953 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Florence (1953)

September 23, 1953 – September 27, 1953

Hurricane Florence peaked at Category 3 with 115 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 253 US cities, 40 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 3

115 mph

Cities within 75 mi
253
At hurricane strength
40

when closest

States
4

Cities Florence passed near, strongest first

Georgia (137)

and 77 more

Florida (58)

Alabama (39)

South Carolina (19)

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.