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NHC AL162005 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Ophelia (2005)

September 6, 2005 – September 23, 2005

Hurricane Ophelia peaked at Category 1 with 86 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 81 US cities, 68 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 1

86 mph

Cities within 75 mi
81
At hurricane strength
68

when closest

States
3

Cities Ophelia passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (62)

and 2 more

Florida (13)

South Carolina (6)

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.