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NHC AL101996 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Josephine (1996)

October 4, 1996 – October 16, 1996

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

Tropical Storm Josephine peaked at Tropical storm with 69 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 693 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Josephine in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Josephine from October 4, 1996 to October 16, 1996; its peak was 69 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 8 at 69 mph (tropical storm), 16 miles from Perry, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 693 US cities, in 9 states, most in North Carolina (182) and South Carolina (119). The strongest pass was 69 mph (tropical storm) 23 miles from Panacea, FL; the centre came closest to Savannah, GA, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

69 mph

Cities within 75 mi
693
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
9
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Cities Josephine passed near, strongest first

Georgia (89)

and 29 more

Florida (65)

and 5 more

North Carolina (182)

and 122 more

South Carolina (119)

and 59 more

Massachusetts (109)

and 49 more

Rhode Island (48)

Connecticut (33)

New York (24)

Virginia (24)

Other storms of the 1996 season

  • ArthurTropical storm · 90 cities
  • BerthaCategory 3 · 2,427 cities
  • FranCategory 3 · 359 cities
  • HortenseCategory 4 · 83 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.