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Tropical Cyclone
Hurricane Fran (1996)
23 August 1996 · North Atlantic · Category 3
Hurricane Fran formed in the North Atlantic basin on 23 August 1996 and lasted 18 days. Its sustained winds reached 194 km/h, Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 946 hPa. It made landfall in the United States of America and Canada.
- Formed
- 23 August 1996
- Dissipated
- 10 September 1996
- Duration
- 18 days
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 194 km/h (105 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 3
- Minimum Pressure
- 946 hPa
Countries Hit
- Cat. 2United States of America156 km/h
- TSCanada56 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 4Hurricane Edouard232 km/h
- Cat. 4Hurricane Hortense222 km/h
- Cat. 3Hurricane Lili185 km/h
- Cat. 3Hurricane Bertha185 km/h
- Cat. 3Hurricane Isidore185 km/h
- Cat. 1Hurricane Dolly130 km/h
- Cat. 1Hurricane Marco120 km/h
- TSTropical Storm Josephine111 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth