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NHC AL031988 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Chris (1988)

August 21, 1988 – August 30, 1988

Tropical Storm Chris peaked at Tropical storm with 52 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 208 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

52 mph

Cities within 75 mi
208
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
3

Cities Chris passed near, strongest first

Florida (82)

and 22 more

South Carolina (74)

and 14 more

Georgia (52)

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.