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NHC AL092022 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Ian (2022)

September 22, 2022 – October 1, 2022

Hurricane Ian peaked at Category 5 with 161 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 336 US cities, 127 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 5

161 mph

Cities within 75 mi
336
At hurricane strength
127

when closest

States
3

Cities Ian passed near, strongest first

Florida (157)

and 97 more

South Carolina (94)

and 34 more

North Carolina (85)

and 25 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.