NHC AL062018 · Atlantic basin
Hurricane Florence (2018)
August 30, 2018 – September 18, 2018
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Florence peaked at Category 4 with 150 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 280 US cities, 70 of them while still at hurricane strength.
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Florence in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Florence from August 30, 2018 to September 18, 2018; its peak was 150 mph (Category 4). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 14 at 92 mph (Category 1), 1 mile from Wrightsville Beach, NC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 280 US cities, in 3 states, most in South Carolina (168) and North Carolina (89). The strongest pass was 100 mph (Category 2) 47 miles from Beaufort, NC; the centre came closest to Longs, SC, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- Cities within 75 mi
- 280
- At hurricane strength
- 70
- States
- 3
150 mph
when closest
Cities Florence passed near, strongest first
North Carolina (89)
- BeaufortCategory 2 · 47 mi
- Atlantic BeachCategory 2 · 40 mi
- Morehead CityCategory 2 · 43 mi
- NewportCategory 2 · 43 mi
- OrientalCategory 2 · 64 mi
- Emerald IsleCategory 2 · 34 mi
- HubertCategory 2 · 34 mi
- SwansboroCategory 2 · 35 mi
- MaysvilleCategory 2 · 47 mi
- HavelockCategory 2 · 50 mi
- Cherry PointCategory 2 · 51 mi
- New BernCategory 2 · 63 mi
- GrantsboroCategory 2 · 64 mi
- BayboroCategory 2 · 73 mi
- Camp LejeuneCategory 2 · 30 mi
- Midway ParkCategory 2 · 36 mi
- Tarawa TerraceCategory 2 · 37 mi
- Cove CityCategory 2 · 69 mi
- Sneads FerryCategory 2 · 22 mi
- JacksonvilleCategory 2 · 39 mi
- TrentonCategory 2 · 59 mi
- Holly RidgeCategory 1 · 19 mi
- RichlandsCategory 1 · 48 mi
- KinstonCategory 1 · 73 mi
- HampsteadCategory 1 · 14 mi
- Maple HillCategory 1 · 33 mi
- Pink HillCategory 1 · 57 mi
- Deep RunCategory 1 · 64 mi
- Wrightsville BeachCategory 1 · overhead
- WilmingtonCategory 1 · 4 mi
- Castle HayneCategory 1 · 11 mi
- Rocky PointCategory 1 · 18 mi
- CurrieCategory 1 · 24 mi
- BurgawCategory 1 · 26 mi
- AtkinsonCategory 1 · 31 mi
- WillardCategory 1 · 36 mi
- WallaceCategory 1 · 39 mi
- TeacheyCategory 1 · 41 mi
- HarrellsCategory 1 · 45 mi
- Rose HillCategory 1 · 45 mi
- BeulavilleCategory 1 · 49 mi
- MagnoliaCategory 1 · 50 mi
- KenansvilleCategory 1 · 54 mi
- WarsawCategory 1 · 57 mi
- ClintonCategory 1 · 63 mi
- FaisonCategory 1 · 67 mi
- Mount OliveCategory 1 · 70 mi
- Seven SpringsCategory 1 · 70 mi
- SalemburgCategory 1 · 71 mi
- Carolina BeachCategory 1 · 4 mi
- Kure BeachCategory 1 · 7 mi
- LelandCategory 1 · 12 mi
- WinnabowCategory 1 · 3 mi
- SouthportCategory 1 · 7 mi
- Oak IslandCategory 1 · 9 mi
- BoliviaCategory 1 · 2 mi
- DelcoCategory 1 · 17 mi
- RiegelwoodCategory 1 · 23 mi
- GarlandCategory 1 · 53 mi
- RoseboroCategory 1 · 65 mi
and 29 more
South Carolina (168)
- Little RiverTropical storm · 4 mi
- LongsTropical storm · overhead
- North Myrtle BeachTropical storm · 7 mi
- LorisTropical storm · 12 mi
- Green SeaTropical storm · 21 mi
- NicholsTropical storm · 26 mi
- Lake ViewTropical storm · 37 mi
- HamerTropical storm · 49 mi
- ConwayTropical storm · 2 mi
- Myrtle BeachTropical storm · 8 mi
- AynorTropical storm · 14 mi
- MullinsTropical storm · 30 mi
- DillonTropical storm · 46 mi
- Mc CollTropical storm · 67 mi
- Surfside BeachTropical storm · 12 mi
- Murrells InletTropical storm · 15 mi
- Galivants FerryTropical storm · 16 mi
- LattaTropical storm · 44 mi
- GreshamTropical storm · 16 mi
- MarionTropical storm · 31 mi
- BennettsvilleTropical storm · 69 mi
- HemingwayTropical storm · 4 mi
- JohnsonvilleTropical storm · 12 mi
- GeorgetownTropical storm · 18 mi
- Pawleys IslandTropical storm · 19 mi
- PamplicoTropical storm · 25 mi
- Mc ClellanvilleTropical storm · 34 mi
- AndrewsTropical storm · 10 mi
- AwendawTropical storm · 43 mi
- Lake CityTropical storm · 18 mi
- ScrantonTropical storm · 23 mi
- CowardTropical storm · 27 mi
- EffinghamTropical storm · 32 mi
- Isle Of PalmsTropical storm · 55 mi
- KingstreeTropical storm · 5 mi
- HugerTropical storm · 38 mi
- FlorenceTropical storm · 40 mi
- Mount PleasantTropical storm · 52 mi
- Sullivans IslandTropical storm · 58 mi
- SaltersTropical storm · 2 mi
- Saint StephenTropical storm · 14 mi
- BonneauTropical storm · 22 mi
- Daniel IslandTropical storm · 47 mi
- DarlingtonTropical storm · 49 mi
- GreeleyvilleTropical storm · 2 mi
- TimmonsvilleTropical storm · 36 mi
- CharlestonTropical storm · 56 mi
- PinevilleTropical storm · 13 mi
- TurbevilleTropical storm · 20 mi
- LynchburgTropical storm · 28 mi
- HanahanTropical storm · 28 mi
- Moncks CornerTropical storm · 30 mi
- LamarTropical storm · 40 mi
- Goose CreekTropical storm · 42 mi
- Charleston AfbTropical storm · 48 mi
- North CharlestonTropical storm · 49 mi
- PatrickTropical storm · 68 mi
- LadsonTropical storm · 42 mi
- HartsvilleTropical storm · 54 mi
- Johns IslandTropical storm · 61 mi
and 108 more
Georgia (23)
- MartinezTropical storm · 35 mi
- EvansTropical storm · 37 mi
- Fort GordonTropical storm · 39 mi
- GrovetownTropical storm · 42 mi
- WaynesboroTropical storm · 46 mi
- ApplingTropical storm · 46 mi
- HarlemTropical storm · 48 mi
- DearingTropical storm · 54 mi
- LincolntonTropical storm · 55 mi
- WrensTropical storm · 58 mi
- ThomsonTropical storm · 58 mi
- SylvaniaTropical storm · 59 mi
- MillenTropical storm · 62 mi
- GibsonTropical storm · 67 mi
- WarrentonTropical storm · 68 mi
- TignallTropical storm · 70 mi
- WashingtonTropical storm · 71 mi
- WadleyTropical storm · 73 mi
- AugustaTropical storm · 29 mi
- HephzibahTropical storm · 38 mi
- BlytheTropical storm · 44 mi
- KeysvilleTropical storm · 50 mi
- LouisvilleTropical storm · 65 mi
Other storms of the 2018 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.