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NHC AL112009 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Ida (2009)

November 4, 2009 – November 11, 2009

Hurricane Ida peaked at Category 2 with 104 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 64 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 2

104 mph

Cities within 75 mi
64
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
4

Cities Ida passed near, strongest first

Alabama (32)

Mississippi (19)

Florida (10)

Louisiana (3)

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.