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NHC AL122005 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Katrina (2005)

August 23, 2005 – August 31, 2005

Hurricane Katrina peaked at Category 5 with 173 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 384 US cities, 210 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 5

173 mph

Cities within 75 mi
384
At hurricane strength
210

when closest

States
5

Cities Katrina passed near, strongest first

Mississippi (184)

and 124 more

Florida (74)

and 14 more

Louisiana (73)

and 13 more

Alabama (43)

Tennessee (10)

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.