Skip to content

NHC AL052015 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Erika (2015)

August 24, 2015 – August 28, 2015

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

Tropical Storm Erika peaked at Tropical storm with 52 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 86 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Erika in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Erika from August 24, 2015 to August 28, 2015; its peak was 52 mph (tropical storm). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 86 US cities, all in Puerto Rico. The strongest pass was 52 mph (tropical storm) 32 miles from Ensenada, PR.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

52 mph

Cities within 75 mi
86
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1

Cities Erika passed near, strongest first

Puerto Rico (86)

and 26 more

Other storms of the 2015 season

  • AnaTropical storm · 93 cities
  • BillTropical storm · 75 cities

All hurricanes and tropical storms →

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.