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NHC AL092004 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Ivan (2004)

September 2, 2004 – September 24, 2004

Hurricane Ivan peaked at Category 5 with 167 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 191 US cities, 73 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 5

167 mph

Cities within 75 mi
191
At hurricane strength
73

when closest

States
4

Cities Ivan passed near, strongest first

Alabama (139)

and 79 more

Mississippi (20)

Louisiana (17)

Florida (15)

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.