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NHC AL082004 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Hermine (2004)

August 27, 2004 – August 31, 2004

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

Tropical Storm Hermine peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 329 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Hermine in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Hermine from August 27, 2004 to August 31, 2004; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 31 at 40 mph (tropical storm), 7 miles from South Dartmouth, MA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 329 US cities, in 4 states, most in Massachusetts (223) and Rhode Island (49). The strongest pass was 40 mph (tropical storm) 10 miles from Chilmark, MA; the centre came closest to Fairhaven, MA, 1 mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
329
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
4

Cities Hermine passed near, strongest first

Massachusetts (223)

and 163 more

Rhode Island (49)

Connecticut (48)

New York (9)

Other storms of the 2004 season

  • AlexCategory 3 · 36 cities
  • BonnieTropical storm · 23 cities
  • CharleyCategory 4 · 750 cities
  • FrancesCategory 4 · 523 cities
  • GastonCategory 1 · 284 cities
  • IvanCategory 5 · 191 cities
  • JeanneCategory 3 · 558 cities
  • MatthewTropical storm · 49 cities

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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.