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NHC AL161969 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Gerda (1969)

September 7, 1969 – September 12, 1969

Hurricane Gerda peaked at Category 3 with 121 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 83 US cities, 51 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 3

121 mph

Cities within 75 mi
83
At hurricane strength
51

when closest

States
4

Cities Gerda passed near, strongest first

Massachusetts (30)

Florida (27)

Maine (25)

North Carolina (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.