NHC AL142004 · Atlantic basin
Tropical Storm Matthew (2004)
October 8, 2004 – October 11, 2004
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Tropical Storm Matthew peaked at Tropical storm with 46 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 49 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Matthew in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Matthew from October 8, 2004 to October 11, 2004; its peak was 46 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 10 at 40 mph (tropical storm), 26 miles from Chauvin, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 49 US cities, all in Louisiana. The strongest pass was 40 mph (tropical storm) 26 miles from Chauvin, LA.
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- Cities within 75 mi
- 49
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 1
46 mph
when closest
Cities Matthew passed near, strongest first
Louisiana (49)
- ChauvinTropical storm · 26 mi
- HoumaTropical storm · 32 mi
- MontegutTropical storm · 33 mi
- Morgan CityTropical storm · 36 mi
- BerwickTropical storm · 37 mi
- GrayTropical storm · 37 mi
- SchrieverTropical storm · 37 mi
- PattersonTropical storm · 39 mi
- LaroseTropical storm · 41 mi
- LockportTropical storm · 42 mi
- RacelandTropical storm · 43 mi
- ThibodauxTropical storm · 43 mi
- GallianoTropical storm · 45 mi
- Cut OffTropical storm · 46 mi
- Golden MeadowTropical storm · 46 mi
- NapoleonvilleTropical storm · 49 mi
- FranklinTropical storm · 50 mi
- Pierre PartTropical storm · 52 mi
- Des AllemandsTropical storm · 54 mi
- VacherieTropical storm · 57 mi
- Belle RoseTropical storm · 58 mi
- PaulinaTropical storm · 60 mi
- BoutteTropical storm · 61 mi
- LutcherTropical storm · 61 mi
- GramercyTropical storm · 62 mi
- LafitteTropical storm · 62 mi
- LulingTropical storm · 62 mi
- DonaldsonvilleTropical storm · 62 mi
- JeaneretteTropical storm · 63 mi
- HahnvilleTropical storm · 64 mi
- DestrehanTropical storm · 65 mi
- ReserveTropical storm · 65 mi
- NorcoTropical storm · 66 mi
- White CastleTropical storm · 67 mi
- Saint RoseTropical storm · 67 mi
- La PlaceTropical storm · 68 mi
- SorrentoTropical storm · 68 mi
- WestwegoTropical storm · 70 mi
- GeismarTropical storm · 70 mi
- HarahanTropical storm · 70 mi
- MarreroTropical storm · 71 mi
- Saint AmantTropical storm · 71 mi
- GonzalesTropical storm · 71 mi
- KennerTropical storm · 72 mi
- HarveyTropical storm · 73 mi
- New IberiaTropical storm · 73 mi
- Belle ChasseTropical storm · 73 mi
- Saint GabrielTropical storm · 74 mi
- MetairieTropical storm · 74 mi
Other storms of the 2004 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.