NHC AL072008 · Atlantic basin
Hurricane Gustav (2008)
August 25, 2008 – September 5, 2008
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Gustav peaked at Category 4 with 155 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 194 US cities, 114 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Gustav in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Gustav from August 25, 2008 to September 5, 2008; its peak was 155 mph (Category 4). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 1 at 104 mph (Category 2), 14 miles from Chauvin, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 194 US cities, in 3 states, most in Louisiana (181) and Texas (11). The strongest pass was 109 mph (Category 2) 59 miles from Buras, LA; the centre came closest to Ville Platte, LA, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- Cities within 75 mi
- 194
- At hurricane strength
- 114
- States
- 3
155 mph
when closest
Cities Gustav passed near, strongest first
Louisiana (181)
- BurasCategory 2 · 59 mi
- Port SulphurCategory 2 · 56 mi
- Golden MeadowCategory 2 · 24 mi
- ChauvinCategory 2 · 13 mi
- MontegutCategory 2 · 19 mi
- LaroseCategory 2 · 27 mi
- GallianoCategory 2 · 29 mi
- Cut OffCategory 2 · 31 mi
- LafitteCategory 2 · 48 mi
- Belle ChasseCategory 2 · 60 mi
- GretnaCategory 2 · 62 mi
- ChalmetteCategory 2 · 68 mi
- VioletCategory 2 · 68 mi
- MerauxCategory 2 · 69 mi
- Saint BernardCategory 2 · 70 mi
- LockportCategory 2 · 29 mi
- WestwegoCategory 2 · 57 mi
- MarreroCategory 2 · 58 mi
- HarahanCategory 2 · 58 mi
- HarveyCategory 2 · 60 mi
- MetairieCategory 2 · 61 mi
- New OrleansCategory 2 · 65 mi
- ArabiCategory 2 · 67 mi
- HoumaCategory 2 · 19 mi
- GrayCategory 2 · 21 mi
- RacelandCategory 2 · 29 mi
- Des AllemandsCategory 2 · 41 mi
- BoutteCategory 2 · 48 mi
- LulingCategory 2 · 49 mi
- HahnvilleCategory 2 · 50 mi
- DestrehanCategory 2 · 51 mi
- NorcoCategory 2 · 52 mi
- Saint RoseCategory 2 · 54 mi
- KennerCategory 2 · 59 mi
- SchrieverCategory 2 · 20 mi
- ThibodauxCategory 2 · 24 mi
- VacherieCategory 2 · 38 mi
- LutcherCategory 2 · 41 mi
- GramercyCategory 2 · 42 mi
- ReserveCategory 2 · 48 mi
- La PlaceCategory 2 · 52 mi
- PattersonCategory 2 · 1 mi
- BerwickCategory 2 · 2 mi
- Morgan CityCategory 2 · 4 mi
- NapoleonvilleCategory 2 · 22 mi
- PaulinaCategory 2 · 39 mi
- SpringfieldCategory 2 · 63 mi
- PonchatoulaCategory 2 · 72 mi
- Pierre PartCategory 2 · 15 mi
- Belle RoseCategory 2 · 25 mi
- DonaldsonvilleCategory 2 · 32 mi
- SorrentoCategory 2 · 42 mi
- Saint AmantCategory 2 · 45 mi
- MaurepasCategory 2 · 51 mi
- HammondCategory 2 · 73 mi
- FranklinCategory 2 · 8 mi
- GonzalesCategory 2 · 41 mi
- GeismarCategory 2 · 36 mi
- AlbanyCategory 2 · 69 mi
- TickfawCategory 2 · 75 mi
and 121 more
Mississippi (2)
- CentrevilleCategory 1 · 72 mi
- WoodvilleCategory 1 · 61 mi
Texas (11)
- ShelbyvilleTropical storm · 53 mi
- NewtonTropical storm · 55 mi
- JasperTropical storm · 64 mi
- JoaquinTropical storm · 68 mi
- CenterTropical storm · 69 mi
- KirbyvilleTropical storm · 71 mi
- BrookelandTropical storm · 56 mi
- HemphillTropical storm · 37 mi
- ZavallaTropical storm · 74 mi
- BronsonTropical storm · 51 mi
- San AugustineTropical storm · 53 mi
Other storms of the 2008 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.