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NHC AL111979 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Frederic (1979)

August 29, 1979 – September 15, 1979

Hurricane Frederic peaked at Category 4 with 132 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,147 US cities, 112 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

132 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,147
At hurricane strength
112

when closest

States
12

Cities Frederic passed near, strongest first

Tennessee (190)

and 130 more

Alabama (173)

and 113 more

Kentucky (148)

and 88 more

Ohio (148)

and 88 more

Pennsylvania (130)

and 70 more

Mississippi (127)

and 67 more

West Virginia (115)

and 55 more

Puerto Rico (86)

and 26 more

Virginia (13)

Maryland (8)

Florida (7)

Georgia (2)

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.