Hurricane Harvey (2017)

HURDAT2 tracks Harvey for 17 days, from August 16, 2017 to September 2, 2017. Its first position, at 13.7°N 45.8°W, records it as a low; its last, at 38.2°N 84.7°W, as an extratropical cyclone. It reached tropical-storm strength on August 17, hurricane strength on August 24 and major-hurricane strength on August 25. Its peak was 132 mph (115 knots), Category 4, on August 26, and its lowest central pressure was 937 millibars on August 26. It spent about 42 hours at hurricane strength. HURDAT2 marks 3 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site; they were on August 26 at 132 mph (Category 4), 10 miles from Rockport, TX; on August 26 at 121 mph (Category 3), 11 miles from Rockport, TX; on August 30 at 46 mph (tropical storm), 26 miles from Bridge City, TX. It has 2 more landfalls in the record farther from the cities here. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 214 US cities, in 2 states, most in Texas (149), between August 26 and August 30. The strongest pass was 132 mph (Category 4) 15 miles from Port Aransas, TX; the centre came closest to Yorktown, TX, 1 mile away. 22 of the cities had it at hurricane strength at the closest point, 17 at major-hurricane strength. It reached more US cities than 61% of the 737 storms on this site, and ranks 2nd of the 6 storms of 2017 here.