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NHC CP012006 · Eastern Pacific basin

Hurricane Ioke (2006)

August 17, 2006 – September 6, 2006

Hurricane Ioke peaked at Category 5 with 161 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 86 US cities, 86 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 5

161 mph

Cities within 75 mi
86
At hurricane strength
86

when closest

States
1

Cities Ioke passed near, strongest first

Puerto Rico (86)

and 26 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.