NHC AL121953 · Atlantic basin
Hurricane Hazel (1953)
October 7, 1953 – October 16, 1953
Hurricane Hazel peaked at Category 1 with 86 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 108 US cities, 76 of them while still at hurricane strength.
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- Cities within 75 mi
- 108
- At hurricane strength
- 76
- States
- 1
86 mph
when closest
Cities Hazel passed near, strongest first
Florida (108)
- BokeeliaCategory 1 · 3 mi
- St James CityCategory 1 · 11 mi
- PlacidaCategory 1 · 12 mi
- Rotonda WestCategory 1 · 14 mi
- SanibelCategory 1 · 18 mi
- EnglewoodCategory 1 · 19 mi
- Fort Myers BeachCategory 1 · 20 mi
- VeniceCategory 1 · 29 mi
- NokomisCategory 1 · 34 mi
- OspreyCategory 1 · 38 mi
- NaplesCategory 1 · 43 mi
- SarasotaCategory 1 · 46 mi
- University ParkCategory 1 · 51 mi
- Lakewood RanchCategory 1 · 52 mi
- Longboat KeyCategory 1 · 55 mi
- BradentonCategory 1 · 57 mi
- Marco IslandCategory 1 · 58 mi
- EllentonCategory 1 · 60 mi
- PalmettoCategory 1 · 63 mi
- Holmes BeachCategory 1 · 63 mi
- Cape CoralCategory 1 · 8 mi
- EsteroCategory 1 · 26 mi
- Bonita SpringsCategory 1 · 31 mi
- North Fort MyersCategory 1 · 7 mi
- Fort MyersCategory 1 · 16 mi
- Port CharlotteCategory 1 · 18 mi
- North PortCategory 1 · 25 mi
- Punta GordaCategory 1 · 11 mi
- ParrishCategory 1 · 61 mi
- Lehigh AcresCategory 1 · 21 mi
- Myakka CityCategory 1 · 45 mi
- RuskinCategory 1 · 70 mi
- AlvaCategory 1 · 15 mi
- ImmokaleeCategory 1 · 41 mi
- WimaumaCategory 1 · 65 mi
- Sun City CenterCategory 1 · 67 mi
- Apollo BeachCategory 1 · 72 mi
- ArcadiaCategory 1 · 22 mi
- LabelleCategory 1 · 19 mi
- LithiaCategory 1 · 65 mi
- ValricoCategory 1 · 74 mi
- Bowling GreenCategory 1 · 48 mi
- WauchulaCategory 1 · 39 mi
- Lake PlacidCategory 1 · 10 mi
- SebringCategory 1 · 22 mi
- Moore HavenCategory 1 · 25 mi
- Avon ParkCategory 1 · 32 mi
- Zolfo SpringsCategory 1 · 33 mi
- ClewistonCategory 1 · 36 mi
- Fort MeadeCategory 1 · 50 mi
- BartowCategory 1 · 60 mi
- Eagle LakeCategory 1 · 62 mi
- MulberryCategory 1 · 65 mi
- LakelandCategory 1 · 73 mi
- OkeechobeeCategory 1 · 8 mi
- IndiantownCategory 1 · 35 mi
- FrostproofCategory 1 · 41 mi
- PahokeeCategory 1 · 42 mi
- Babson ParkCategory 1 · 46 mi
- South BayCategory 1 · 49 mi
and 48 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.