Hurricane Edouard (1996)

It reached winds of 145 mph on its path, then weakened as it turned to the northeast. On 2 September it passed about 95 miles southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts as an 80 mph hurricane, its closest point of approach to the United States, producing tropical storm force winds across much of Massachusetts and one hurricane-force gust on Nantucket. In New York it raised storm tides of one to two feet, causing overwash along southern Long Island at high tide.

Formed (UTC)

1996-08-19

Dissipated (UTC)

1996-09-06

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

4

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

125

Basin it formed in

North Atlantic

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-1996233N12340

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: atlantic, category 4, nantucket, massachusetts, long island, 1996

Coordinates: 23.66674646109565, -67.54457743515941

Part of Atlantic hurricanes of category 4 and above in the 1990 to 1999 seasons

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