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NHC AL122002 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Kyle (2002)

September 20, 2002 – October 12, 2002

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

Hurricane Kyle peaked at Category 1 with 86 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 244 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Kyle in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Kyle from September 20, 2002 to October 12, 2002; its peak was 86 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on October 11 at 40 mph (tropical storm), 8 miles from Mc Clellanville, SC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 244 US cities, in 4 states, most in North Carolina (104) and South Carolina (90). The strongest pass was 46 mph (tropical storm) 16 miles from Nags Head, NC; the centre came closest to Supply, NC, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

86 mph

Cities within 75 mi
244
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
4
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Cities Kyle passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (104)

and 44 more

South Carolina (90)

and 30 more

Georgia (34)

Florida (16)

Other storms of the 2002 season

  • BerthaTropical storm · 64 cities
  • EdouardTropical storm · 103 cities
  • FayTropical storm · 38 cities
  • GustavCategory 2 · 6 cities
  • HannaTropical storm · 81 cities
  • IsidoreCategory 3 · 211 cities
  • LiliCategory 4 · 148 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.