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NHC AL091966 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Inez (1966)

September 21, 1966 – October 11, 1966

Hurricane Inez peaked at Category 5 with 161 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 49 US cities, 49 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 5

161 mph

Cities within 75 mi
49
At hurricane strength
49

when closest

States
2

Cities Inez passed near, strongest first

Florida (40)

Puerto Rico (9)

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.