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NHC AL072008 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Gustav (2008)

August 25, 2008 – September 5, 2008

Hurricane Gustav peaked at Category 4 with 155 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 194 US cities, 114 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

155 mph

Cities within 75 mi
194
At hurricane strength
114

when closest

States
3

Cities Gustav passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (181)

and 121 more

Texas (11)

Mississippi (2)

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.