<P> After Sandy exited Cuba , the structure became disorganized , and it turned to the north - northwest over the Bahamas . By October 27 , Sandy was no longer fully tropical , and despite strong shear , it maintained convection due to influence from an approaching trough ; the same trough turned the hurricane to the northeast . After briefly weakening to a tropical storm , Sandy re-intensified into a hurricane , and on October 28 an eye began redeveloping . The storm moved around an upper - level low over the eastern United States and also to the southwest of a ridge over Atlantic Canada , turning it to the northwest . Sandy briefly re-intensified to Category 2 intensity on the morning of October 29 , around which time it had a wind diameter of over 1,150 miles ( 1,850 km ) , and a central pressure of 943 mb , which set records for many cities across the Northeastern United States for the lowest pressures ever observed . The convection diminished while the hurricane accelerated toward the New Jersey coast , and the hurricane was no longer tropical by 2100 UTC on October 29 . About 2 / hours later , Sandy made landfall near Brigantine , New Jersey , with winds of 80 mph ( 130 km / h ) . During the next four days , Sandy 's remnants drifted northward and then northeastward over Ontario , before merging with another low pressure area over Eastern Canada on November 2 . </P>
<P> After Sandy exited Cuba , the structure became disorganized , and it turned to the north - northwest over the Bahamas . By October 27 , Sandy was no longer fully tropical , and despite strong shear , it maintained convection due to influence from an approaching trough ; the same trough turned the hurricane to the northeast . After briefly weakening to a tropical storm , Sandy re-intensified into a hurricane , and on October 28 an eye began redeveloping . The storm moved around an upper - level low over the eastern United States and also to the southwest of a ridge over Atlantic Canada , turning it to the northwest . Sandy briefly re-intensified to Category 2 intensity on the morning of October 29 , around which time it had a wind diameter of over 1,150 miles ( 1,850 km ) , and a central pressure of 943 mb , which set records for many cities across the Northeastern United States for the lowest pressures ever observed . The convection diminished while the hurricane accelerated toward the New Jersey coast , and the hurricane was no longer tropical by 2100 UTC on October 29 . About 2 / hours later , Sandy made landfall near Brigantine , New Jersey , with winds of 80 mph ( 130 km / h ) . During the next four days , Sandy 's remnants drifted northward and then northeastward over Ontario , before merging with another low pressure area over Eastern Canada on November 2 . </P>
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October 29
October 29