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NHC AL142016 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Matthew (2016)

September 28, 2016 – October 10, 2016

Hurricane Matthew peaked at Category 5 with 167 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 293 US cities, 293 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 5

167 mph

Cities within 75 mi
293
At hurricane strength
293

when closest

States
4

Cities Matthew passed near, strongest first

Florida (106)

and 46 more

South Carolina (92)

and 32 more

North Carolina (66)

and 6 more

Georgia (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.