NHC AL121988 · Atlantic basin
Hurricane Keith (1988)
November 17, 1988 – November 26, 1988
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Keith peaked at Category 1 with 75 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 171 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Keith in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Keith from November 17, 1988 to November 26, 1988; its peak was 75 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on November 23 at 63 mph (tropical storm), 7 miles from Sarasota, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 171 US cities, all in Florida. The strongest pass was 63 mph (tropical storm) 7 miles from Longboat Key, FL; the centre came closest to Bowling Green, FL, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- Cities within 75 mi
- 171
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 1
75 mph
when closest
Cities Keith passed near, strongest first
Florida (171)
- Longboat KeyTropical storm · 7 mi
- Holmes BeachTropical storm · 14 mi
- St Pete BeachTropical storm · 31 mi
- SeminoleTropical storm · 38 mi
- Indian ShoresTropical storm · 41 mi
- LargoTropical storm · 41 mi
- SanibelTropical storm · 68 mi
- SarasotaTropical storm · 2 mi
- OspreyTropical storm · 10 mi
- NokomisTropical storm · 14 mi
- VeniceTropical storm · 19 mi
- EnglewoodTropical storm · 29 mi
- Rotonda WestTropical storm · 34 mi
- PlacidaTropical storm · 37 mi
- BokeeliaTropical storm · 52 mi
- St James CityTropical storm · 61 mi
- University ParkTropical storm · 3 mi
- BradentonTropical storm · 9 mi
- PalmettoTropical storm · 14 mi
- South PasadenaTropical storm · 31 mi
- Fort Myers BeachTropical storm · 71 mi
- Lakewood RanchTropical storm · 3 mi
- EllentonTropical storm · 11 mi
- North PortTropical storm · 26 mi
- St PetersburgTropical storm · 32 mi
- Port CharlotteTropical storm · 33 mi
- Pinellas ParkTropical storm · 37 mi
- ClearwaterTropical storm · 45 mi
- DunedinTropical storm · 49 mi
- Cape CoralTropical storm · 59 mi
- ParrishTropical storm · 11 mi
- Safety HarborTropical storm · 46 mi
- OldsmarTropical storm · 48 mi
- Palm HarborTropical storm · 52 mi
- Tarpon SpringsTropical storm · 52 mi
- North Fort MyersTropical storm · 57 mi
- Fort MyersTropical storm · 67 mi
- Myakka CityTropical storm · 5 mi
- RuskinTropical storm · 20 mi
- Punta GordaTropical storm · 39 mi
- HolidayTropical storm · 59 mi
- WimaumaTropical storm · 16 mi
- Sun City CenterTropical storm · 19 mi
- Apollo BeachTropical storm · 24 mi
- OdessaTropical storm · 51 mi
- TrinityTropical storm · 58 mi
- New Port RicheyTropical storm · 61 mi
- Port RicheyTropical storm · 64 mi
- GibsontonTropical storm · 27 mi
- TampaTropical storm · 40 mi
- LutzTropical storm · 47 mi
- HudsonTropical storm · 67 mi
- Lehigh AcresTropical storm · 70 mi
- ArcadiaTropical storm · 27 mi
- BrandonTropical storm · 30 mi
- Temple TerraceTropical storm · 39 mi
- Land O LakesTropical storm · 55 mi
- AlvaTropical storm · 64 mi
- LithiaTropical storm · 17 mi
- ValricoTropical storm · 27 mi
and 111 more
Other storms of the 1988 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.