 Late on August 12, Hurricane Connie made landfall near Fort Macon State Park in North Carolina. According to the Atlantic hurricane database, Connie moved ashore as a Category 2 hurricane with winds of 100 mph (160 km / h), although the Hurricane Research Division initially suggested that the hurricane hit North Carolina with winds of at least 115 mph (185 km / h) but those reports were found to be too high in reanalysis. Connie briefly moved offshore before striking land again near Cape Charles along the Eastern Shore of Virginia. It progressed inland, weakening to a tropical storm over Virginia and moving northward through the Chesapeake Bay. Connie turned to the northwest, passing through much of Pennsylvania before weakening to a tropical depression near the Pennsylvania / New York border. After crossing Lake Ontario and southwestern Ontario, the system moved through Lake Huron, dissipating on August 15 near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
