NHC AL082003 · Atlantic basin
Hurricane Erika (2003)
August 14, 2003 – August 17, 2003
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Erika peaked at Category 1 with 75 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 22 US cities, 11 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Erika in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Erika from August 14, 2003 to August 17, 2003; its peak was 75 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 16 at 75 mph (Category 1), 44 miles from Brownsville, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 22 US cities, in 2 states, most in Texas (15). The strongest pass was 75 mph (Category 1) 51 miles from Olmito, TX; the centre came closest to Brownsville, TX, 43 miles away.
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- Cities within 75 mi
- 22
- At hurricane strength
- 11
- States
- 2
75 mph
when closest
Cities Erika passed near, strongest first
Texas (15)
- OlmitoCategory 1 · 51 mi
- San BenitoCategory 1 · 58 mi
- La FeriaCategory 1 · 64 mi
- ProgresoCategory 1 · 65 mi
- HarlingenCategory 1 · 65 mi
- MercedesCategory 1 · 68 mi
- DonnaCategory 1 · 72 mi
- Santa RosaCategory 1 · 72 mi
- BrownsvilleCategory 1 · 43 mi
- Los FresnosCategory 1 · 54 mi
- Rio HondoCategory 1 · 66 mi
- Port IsabelTropical storm · 49 mi
- South Padre IslandTropical storm · 51 mi
- AlamoTropical storm · 74 mi
- HidalgoTropical storm · 72 mi
Other storms of the 2003 season
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.