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NHC AL081959 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Gracie (1959)

September 20, 1959 – October 2, 1959

Hurricane Gracie peaked at Category 4 with 132 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 441 US cities, 112 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

132 mph

Cities within 75 mi
441
At hurricane strength
112

when closest

States
5

Cities Gracie passed near, strongest first

South Carolina (202)

and 142 more

North Carolina (164)

and 104 more

Georgia (26)

Virginia (26)

Tennessee (23)

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.