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NHC AL182012 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Sandy (2012)

October 21, 2012 – October 31, 2012

Hurricane Sandy peaked at Category 3 with 115 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,344 US cities, 258 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 3

115 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,344
At hurricane strength
258

when closest

States
9

Cities Sandy passed near, strongest first

Pennsylvania (660)

and 600 more

New Jersey (254)

and 194 more

Maryland (180)

and 120 more

Ohio (154)

and 94 more

West Virginia (37)

Delaware (35)

Virginia (22)

District of Columbia (1)

New York (1)

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.