 At 0000 UTC on August 29 , Faith attained its maximum sustained winds of 125 mph ( 205 km / h ) . After reaching maximum sustained winds late on August 29 , Faith began to gradually weaken and decreased to Category 2 hurricane intensity early on August 30 . By that time , the storm turned to the northeast around the periphery of an Atlantic subtropical anticyclone while located about midway between Bermuda and Florida . Faith remained well offshore of the East Coast of the United States and Atlantic Canada , after veering eastward on September 1 . Thereafter , it began to accelerate and eventually curved northeastward . While approaching Europe , Faith 's forward speed increased to as much as 50 mph ( 75 km / h ) . At 0600 UTC on September 3 , a minimum barometric pressure of 950 mbar ( 28 inHg ) was recorded – the lowest in relation to the storm . After remaining a Category 2 hurricane since August 29 , Faith weakened slightly to a Category 1 hurricane early on September 6 , as it neared the Faroe Islands . Crossing the North Sea , Faith finally transitioned into an extratropical storm at 1200 UTC later that day , while centered about 125 miles ( 200 km ) east @-@ northeast of Tórshavn . The extratropical remnants of Faith headed eastward and affected Norway with winds as high as 60 mph ( 95 km / h ) . Tracking over Scandinavia , the extratropical storm weakened to the equivalency of a tropical depression before entering the Soviet Union ( present day Russia ) . Eventually , the storm degenerated into an extratropical low pressure area , curved northward , and retained its identity until September 15 , when it was over Franz Josef Land , which is roughly 600 miles ( 965 km ) from the North Pole . 
