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Hurricane Matthew (2016)
Matthew in the federal records: the 293 cities near its track, flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and NWS reports.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Matthew (2016) passed within 75 miles of 293 cities on this site in 4 states, 293 of them while it was at hurricane strength. Its peak wind on the NHC track was 167 mph (Category 5); the track runs from September 28, 2016 to October 10, 2016. It is on this list for 50 deaths in NWS reports that name it. The most cities within 75 miles were in Florida (106), South Carolina (92), North Carolina (66) and Georgia (29).
- Cities within 75 mi
- 293
- Peak wind
- 167 mph
- NFIP claims
- 21,818
- Deaths in NWS reports
- 50
293 at hurricane strength
Category 5
$656.5 million
576 reports
The full track, landfalls and every city it passed →
Where it came closest
| City | Closest | Wind on the track | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delray Beach, FL | 67 mi | Category 4 (131 mph) | October 7, 2016 |
| Boca Raton, FL | 73 mi | Category 4 (131 mph) | October 7, 2016 |
| Deerfield Beach, FL | 73 mi | Category 4 (131 mph) | October 7, 2016 |
| Riviera Beach, FL | 53 mi | Category 4 (130 mph) | October 7, 2016 |
| Palm Beach, FL | 54 mi | Category 4 (130 mph) | October 7, 2016 |
| West Palm Beach, FL | 58 mi | Category 4 (130 mph) | October 7, 2016 |
| Palm Springs, FL | 60 mi | Category 4 (130 mph) | October 7, 2016 |
| Atlantis, FL | 61 mi | Category 4 (130 mph) | October 7, 2016 |
| Greenacres, FL | 62 mi | Category 4 (130 mph) | October 7, 2016 |
| Lake Worth, FL | 63 mi | Category 4 (130 mph) | October 7, 2016 |
| Boynton Beach, FL | 65 mi | Category 4 (130 mph) | October 7, 2016 |
| Wellington, FL | 67 mi | Category 4 (130 mph) | October 7, 2016 |
The 12 cities with the strongest wind on the NHC best track at its closest point, of 293 within 75 miles. Wind on the track is not the wind felt in the city.
Flood insurance claims and federal declarations
National Flood Insurance Program policyholders filed 21,818 claims under its name and were paid $656.5 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of the time; that is the 15th most of the 104 tropical systems with claims under their name. South Carolina had 7,000 of them (32%), then North Carolina with 5,929 and Florida with 5,476. Among the cities on this site, the most claims came from St Augustine, FL: 2,948, paid $129.0 million. Claims data as of September 8, 2026. FEMA issued 5 major disaster declarations and 4 emergency declarations naming it, covering 295 designated areas in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia; the first came on October 6, 2016.
| City | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| St Augustine, FL | 2,948 | $129.0 million |
| Hilton Head Island, SC | 1,514 | $38.8 million |
| Virginia Beach, VA | 1,387 | $52.3 million |
| Charleston, SC | 988 | $26.6 million |
| Saint Helena Island, SC | 767 | $11.2 million |
| North Myrtle Beach, SC | 465 | $8.3 million |
| Ponte Vedra Beach, FL | 452 | $16.9 million |
| Murrells Inlet, SC | 433 | $11.4 million |
FEMA, OpenFEMA FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3 (claims whose flood event carries the storm's name, ZIP codes summed by city) and Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
What the National Weather Service recorded
The National Weather Service logged 576 reports whose account names it, in 14 states: 189 flash flood, 100 tropical storm, 72 heavy rain, 69 flood and 39 strong wind. They record 50 deaths and 5 injuries, and $4.06 billion in estimated property and crop damage.
October 6, 2016, Volusia, Florida: hurricane, 5 killed, $514.4 million damage
NWS: “The center of major Hurricane Matthew passed only 30 miles offshore Volusia County during the morning hours of October 7, producing a 12-hour period of sustained tropical storm force winds through much of the county and a shorter period of frequent gusts to hurricane force closer to the coast.”
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, reports dated within the storm's track whose account names it. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses; some reports are unverified.
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