According to weather.gov, a typical hurricane is about 300 miles wide, or almost the same length as the Grand Canyon. But what is the average width of a hurricane's eye?

A typical eye of a hurricane is about 20 to 40 miles wide, meaning in an average storm, the eye would take anywhere from 2 to 4 hours for it pass over. During that time, the weather goes from stormy to calm and back to stormy again, with the winds shifting to the opposite direction.

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