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NHC AL102023 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Idalia (2023)

August 26, 2023 – September 8, 2023

Hurricane Idalia peaked at Category 4 with 132 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 326 US cities, 86 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

132 mph

Cities within 75 mi
326
At hurricane strength
86

when closest

States
4

Cities Idalia passed near, strongest first

South Carolina (120)

and 60 more

Georgia (113)

and 53 more

Florida (47)

North Carolina (46)

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.