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NHC AL092016 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Hermine (2016)

August 28, 2016 – September 8, 2016

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

Hurricane Hermine peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 434 US cities, 20 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Hermine in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Hermine from August 28, 2016 to September 8, 2016; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 2 at 81 mph (Category 1), 17 miles from Crawfordville, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 434 US cities, in 4 states, most in North Carolina (151) and Georgia (124). The strongest pass was 81 mph (Category 1) 11 miles from Panacea, FL; the centre came closest to Rocky Point, NC, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

81 mph

Cities within 75 mi
434
At hurricane strength
20

when closest

States
4
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Cities Hermine passed near, strongest first

Florida (36)

Georgia (124)

and 64 more

North Carolina (151)

and 91 more

South Carolina (123)

and 63 more

Other storms of the 2016 season

  • ColinTropical storm · 255 cities
  • CeliaCategory 2 · 2 cities
  • DarbyCategory 3 · 16 cities
  • JuliaTropical storm · 254 cities
  • MatthewCategory 5 · 293 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.