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NHC AL132020 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Laura (2020)

August 20, 2020 – August 29, 2020

Hurricane Laura peaked at Category 4 with 150 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 327 US cities, 118 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

150 mph

Cities within 75 mi
327
At hurricane strength
118

when closest

States
4

Cities Laura passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (117)

and 57 more

Arkansas (88)

and 28 more

Puerto Rico (86)

and 26 more

Texas (36)

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.