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NHC AL032008 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Cristobal (2008)

July 19, 2008 – July 23, 2008

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

Tropical Storm Cristobal peaked at Tropical storm with 63 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 66 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Cristobal in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Cristobal from July 19, 2008 to July 23, 2008; its peak was 63 mph (tropical storm). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 66 US cities, in 2 states, most in North Carolina (50). The strongest pass was 54 mph (tropical storm) 63 miles from Nags Head, NC; the centre came closest to Beaufort, NC, 34 miles away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

63 mph

Cities within 75 mi
66
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2

Cities Cristobal passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (50)

South Carolina (16)

Other storms of the 2008 season

  • DollyCategory 2 · 48 cities
  • EdouardTropical storm · 103 cities
  • FayTropical storm · 348 cities
  • GustavCategory 4 · 194 cities
  • HannaCategory 1 · 2,347 cities
  • IkeCategory 4 · 1,382 cities

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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.