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NHC AL282020 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Zeta (2020)

October 24, 2020 – October 30, 2020

Hurricane Zeta peaked at Category 3 with 115 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,510 US cities, 205 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 3

115 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,510
At hurricane strength
205

when closest

States
14

Cities Zeta passed near, strongest first

Virginia (319)

and 259 more

Alabama (223)

and 163 more

North Carolina (204)

and 144 more

Georgia (165)

and 105 more

Maryland (150)

and 90 more

Tennessee (122)

and 62 more

Louisiana (93)

and 33 more

Mississippi (82)

and 22 more

New Jersey (64)

and 4 more

South Carolina (40)

Delaware (32)

West Virginia (14)

District of Columbia (1)

BC (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.