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NHC AL141968 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Gladys (1968)

October 13, 1968 – October 21, 1968

Hurricane Gladys peaked at Category 2 with 98 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 272 US cities, 272 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 2

98 mph

Cities within 75 mi
272
At hurricane strength
272

when closest

States
4

Cities Gladys passed near, strongest first

Florida (200)

and 140 more

North Carolina (54)

South Carolina (13)

Georgia (5)

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.