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NHC AL072004 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Gaston (2004)

August 27, 2004 – September 3, 2004

Hurricane Gaston peaked at Category 1 with 75 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 284 US cities, 22 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 1

75 mph

Cities within 75 mi
284
At hurricane strength
22

when closest

States
7

Cities Gaston passed near, strongest first

South Carolina (97)

and 37 more

Virginia (86)

and 26 more

Maryland (31)

New Jersey (27)

North Carolina (21)

Delaware (21)

Massachusetts (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.