NHC AL071998 · Atlantic basin
Hurricane Georges (1998)
September 15, 1998 – October 1, 1998
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Georges peaked at Category 4 with 155 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 194 US cities, 108 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Georges in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Georges for 16 days, from September 15, 1998 to October 1, 1998. Its first position, at 9.7°N 25.1°W, records it as a tropical depression; its last, at 30.5°N 81.8°W, as a tropical depression. It reached tropical-storm strength on September 16, hurricane strength on September 17 and major-hurricane strength on September 19. Its peak was 155 mph (135 knots), Category 4, on September 20, and its lowest central pressure was 937 millibars on September 20. It spent about 11 days at hurricane strength. HURDAT2 marks 3 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site; they were on September 21 at 115 mph (Category 3), 4 miles from Humacao, PR; on September 25 at 104 mph (Category 2), 5 miles from Key West, FL; on September 28 at 104 mph (Category 2), 3 miles from Diberville, MS. It has 4 more landfalls in the record farther from the cities here. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 194 US cities, in 5 states and territories, most in Puerto Rico (86) and Mississippi (41), between September 21 and September 29. The strongest pass was 115 mph (Category 3) 5 miles from Punta Santiago, PR; the centre came closest to Diberville, MS, less than a mile away. 108 of the cities had it at hurricane strength at the closest point, 18 at major-hurricane strength. It reached more US cities than 58% of the 737 storms on this site, and ranks 2nd of the 7 storms of 1998 here.
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- Cities within 75 mi
- 194
- At hurricane strength
- 108
- States
- 5
155 mph
when closest
Cities Georges passed near, strongest first
Puerto Rico (86)
- Punta SantiagoCategory 3 · 5 mi
- NaguaboCategory 3 · 9 mi
- FajardoCategory 3 · 18 mi
- LuquilloCategory 3 · 19 mi
- HumacaoCategory 3 · 3 mi
- CeibaCategory 3 · 14 mi
- YabucoaCategory 3 · 3 mi
- Las PiedrasCategory 3 · 5 mi
- MaunaboCategory 3 · 7 mi
- Rio GrandeCategory 3 · 18 mi
- San LorenzoCategory 3 · 2 mi
- JuncosCategory 3 · 7 mi
- CanovanasCategory 3 · 16 mi
- LoizaCategory 3 · 21 mi
- PatillasCategory 3 · 8 mi
- GuraboCategory 3 · 8 mi
- ViequesCategory 3 · 10 mi
- ArroyoCategory 3 · 11 mi
- CaguasCategory 2 · 6 mi
- Trujillo AltoCategory 2 · 14 mi
- CarolinaCategory 2 · 17 mi
- BoqueronCategory 2 · 3 mi
- Cabo RojoCategory 2 · 3 mi
- HormiguerosCategory 2 · 6 mi
- MayaguezCategory 2 · 11 mi
- GuayamaCategory 2 · 12 mi
- AnascoCategory 2 · 16 mi
- San JuanCategory 2 · 17 mi
- RinconCategory 2 · 21 mi
- AguadaCategory 2 · 22 mi
- CidraCategory 2 · overhead
- Sabana GrandeCategory 2 · overhead
- San GermanCategory 2 · 2 mi
- YaucoCategory 2 · 2 mi
- LajasCategory 2 · 3 mi
- CayeyCategory 2 · 4 mi
- Aguas BuenasCategory 2 · 5 mi
- GuanicaCategory 2 · 7 mi
- MaricaoCategory 2 · 7 mi
- EnsenadaCategory 2 · 8 mi
- Las MariasCategory 2 · 11 mi
- GuaynaboCategory 2 · 14 mi
- San SebastianCategory 2 · 17 mi
- MocaCategory 2 · 22 mi
- QuebradillasCategory 2 · 24 mi
- AguadillaCategory 2 · 27 mi
- IsabelaCategory 2 · 28 mi
- San AntonioCategory 2 · 30 mi
- AdjuntasCategory 2 · 4 mi
- PenuelasCategory 2 · 5 mi
- GuayanillaCategory 2 · 5 mi
- PonceCategory 2 · 8 mi
- UtuadoCategory 2 · 10 mi
- LaresCategory 2 · 13 mi
- BayamonCategory 2 · 13 mi
- SalinasCategory 2 · 14 mi
- AguirreCategory 2 · 15 mi
- CatanoCategory 2 · 18 mi
- AreciboCategory 2 · 22 mi
- HatilloCategory 2 · 22 mi
and 26 more
Louisiana (22)
- BurasCategory 2 · 56 mi
- Saint BernardCategory 2 · 63 mi
- VioletCategory 2 · 67 mi
- MerauxCategory 2 · 68 mi
- Port SulphurCategory 2 · 68 mi
- ChalmetteCategory 2 · 70 mi
- ArabiCategory 2 · 72 mi
- New OrleansCategory 2 · 74 mi
- Belle ChasseCategory 2 · 75 mi
- GretnaCategory 2 · 75 mi
- Pearl RiverTropical storm · 48 mi
- SlidellTropical storm · 51 mi
- BogalusaTropical storm · 53 mi
- BushTropical storm · 55 mi
- AngieTropical storm · 56 mi
- LacombeTropical storm · 59 mi
- Abita SpringsTropical storm · 60 mi
- MandevilleTropical storm · 65 mi
- CovingtonTropical storm · 66 mi
- FranklintonTropical storm · 69 mi
- FolsomTropical storm · 71 mi
- MadisonvilleTropical storm · 72 mi
Mississippi (41)
- Ocean SpringsCategory 2 · 7 mi
- Long BeachCategory 2 · 16 mi
- Pass ChristianCategory 2 · 22 mi
- WavelandCategory 2 · 30 mi
- Bay St LouisCategory 2 · 31 mi
- GulfportCategory 2 · 11 mi
- BiloxiCategory 2 · 2 mi
- DibervilleCategory 2 · overhead
- BeaumontTropical storm · 40 mi
- SaucierTropical storm · 7 mi
- PerkinstonTropical storm · 9 mi
- Mc HenryTropical storm · 12 mi
- WigginsTropical storm · 26 mi
- DiamondheadTropical storm · 27 mi
- KilnTropical storm · 28 mi
- BrooklynTropical storm · 32 mi
- PoplarvilleTropical storm · 37 mi
- CarriereTropical storm · 39 mi
- PicayuneTropical storm · 40 mi
- LumbertonTropical storm · 42 mi
- PurvisTropical storm · 46 mi
- HattiesburgTropical storm · 53 mi
- PetalTropical storm · 54 mi
- Sandy HookTropical storm · 60 mi
- OvettTropical storm · 61 mi
- SumrallTropical storm · 64 mi
- MoselleTropical storm · 64 mi
- ColumbiaTropical storm · 65 mi
- FoxworthTropical storm · 69 mi
- EllisvilleTropical storm · 69 mi
- SeminaryTropical storm · 71 mi
- BassfieldTropical storm · 75 mi
- RichtonTropical storm · 52 mi
- VancleaveTropical storm · 2 mi
- GautierTropical storm · 14 mi
- LucedaleTropical storm · 19 mi
- LeakesvilleTropical storm · 39 mi
- Moss PointTropical storm · 9 mi
- PascagoulaTropical storm · 16 mi
- State LineTropical storm · 56 mi
- BuckatunnaTropical storm · 67 mi
Florida (10)
- Key WestCategory 2 · 5 mi
- Summerland KeyCategory 2 · 22 mi
- Big Pine KeyCategory 2 · 30 mi
- MarathonCategory 2 · 48 mi
- Mc DavidTropical storm · 58 mi
- MolinoTropical storm · 63 mi
- CantonmentTropical storm · 64 mi
- PensacolaTropical storm · 68 mi
- CenturyTropical storm · 70 mi
- PaceTropical storm · 73 mi
Alabama (35)
- Grand BayTropical storm · 9 mi
- IrvingtonTropical storm · 13 mi
- CodenTropical storm · 20 mi
- SaralandTropical storm · 24 mi
- SatsumaTropical storm · 27 mi
- ChunchulaTropical storm · 28 mi
- CitronelleTropical storm · 34 mi
- LoxleyTropical storm · 39 mi
- Mount VernonTropical storm · 40 mi
- Bay MinetteTropical storm · 42 mi
- RobertsdaleTropical storm · 45 mi
- McintoshTropical storm · 48 mi
- ChatomTropical storm · 60 mi
- AtmoreTropical storm · 63 mi
- JacksonTropical storm · 70 mi
- MillryTropical storm · 71 mi
- FlomatonTropical storm · 75 mi
- TheodoreTropical storm · 14 mi
- Gulf ShoresTropical storm · 46 mi
- MobileTropical storm · 10 mi
- FoleyTropical storm · 43 mi
- Orange BeachTropical storm · 54 mi
- SemmesTropical storm · overhead
- FairhopeTropical storm · 29 mi
- ElbertaTropical storm · 50 mi
- WilmerTropical storm · 6 mi
- DaphneTropical storm · 25 mi
- SilverhillTropical storm · 34 mi
- SummerdaleTropical storm · 39 mi
- Eight MileTropical storm · 5 mi
- WhistlerTropical storm · 9 mi
- ChickasawTropical storm · 10 mi
- PrichardTropical storm · 11 mi
- Spanish FortTropical storm · 22 mi
- LillianTropical storm · 55 mi
Other storms of the 1998 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.