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NHC AL092011 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Irene (2011)

August 21, 2011 – August 30, 2011

Hurricane Irene peaked at Category 3 with 121 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,812 US cities, 225 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 3

121 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,812
At hurricane strength
225

when closest

States
13

Cities Irene passed near, strongest first

New Jersey (455)

and 395 more

New York (436)

and 376 more

Connecticut (171)

and 111 more

Pennsylvania (137)

and 77 more

Massachusetts (116)

and 56 more

New Hampshire (108)

and 48 more

Puerto Rico (86)

and 26 more

North Carolina (78)

and 18 more

Vermont (75)

and 15 more

Maine (46)

Virginia (38)

Delaware (37)

Maryland (29)

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.