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NHC AL071998 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Georges (1998)

September 15, 1998 – October 1, 1998

Hurricane Georges peaked at Category 4 with 155 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 194 US cities, 108 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

155 mph

Cities within 75 mi
194
At hurricane strength
108

when closest

States
5

Cities Georges passed near, strongest first

Puerto Rico (86)

and 26 more

Mississippi (41)

Alabama (35)

Louisiana (22)

Florida (10)

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.