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NHC AL022020 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Bertha (2020)

May 27, 2020 – May 28, 2020

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Tropical Storm Bertha peaked at Tropical storm with 52 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 64 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Bertha in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Bertha from May 27, 2020 to May 28, 2020; its peak was 52 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on May 27 at 52 mph (tropical storm), 6 miles from Awendaw, SC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 64 US cities, all in South Carolina. The strongest pass was 52 mph (tropical storm) 7 miles from Isle Of Palms, SC; the centre came closest to Bonneau, SC, 1 mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

52 mph

Cities within 75 mi
64
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1

Cities Bertha passed near, strongest first

South Carolina (64)

and 4 more

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About this record

The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.