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Tropical Cyclone
Hurricane Ione (1955)
10 September 1955 · North Atlantic · Category 4
Hurricane Ione formed in the North Atlantic basin on 10 September 1955 and lasted 17 days. Its sustained winds reached 222 km/h, Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 938 hPa. It made landfall in the United States of America and Canada.
- Formed
- 10 September 1955
- Dissipated
- 27 September 1955
- Duration
- 17 days
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 222 km/h (120 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 4
- Minimum Pressure
- 938 hPa
Countries Hit
- Cat. 2United States of America167 km/h
- Cat. 1Canada139 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 5Hurricane Janet278 km/h
- Cat. 4Hurricane Connie222 km/h
- Cat. 3Hurricane Hilda194 km/h
- Cat. 2Hurricane Diane167 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth