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NHC AL092017 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Harvey (2017)

August 16, 2017 – September 2, 2017

Hurricane Harvey peaked at Category 4 with 132 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 214 US cities, 22 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

132 mph

Cities within 75 mi
214
At hurricane strength
22

when closest

States
2

Cities Harvey passed near, strongest first

Texas (149)

and 89 more

Louisiana (65)

and 5 more

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.