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Hurricane Easy

Sep 1, 1950 to Sep 9, 1950Peak 121 mph960 mb

Hurricane Easy passed within 50 miles of 33 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Levy County, FL, as a Category 3 on September 5, 1950.

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  • Post-tropical
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Hurricane Easy · 1950

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

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Date and time (UTC)—Historical replay — not a forecast
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The storm

Peak strength
Category 3
121 mph, 105 kt
Lowest pressure
960 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
33
FL, GA
Counties within 100 miles
43
FL, GA
Strongest near the U.S.
Category 3
Levy County, FL, 0.0 mi, Sep 5, 1950
Landfalls recorded
4
Anywhere on the track

Every county it passed

Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.

Counties within 100 miles
Duval CountyFL0.0Tropical stormSep 7, 1950
Hernando CountyFL0.0Category 1Sep 6, 1950
Charlton CountyGA0.0Tropical stormSep 7, 1950
Levy CountyFL0.0Category 3Sep 5, 1950
Sumter CountyFL0.0Tropical stormSep 6, 1950
Lake CountyFL0.0Tropical stormSep 6, 1950
Polk CountyFL0.0Tropical stormSep 6, 1950
Pasco CountyFL0.0Category 1Sep 6, 1950
Putnam CountyFL0.0Tropical stormSep 7, 1950
Clay CountyFL0.0Tropical stormSep 7, 1950
Volusia CountyFL0.0Tropical stormSep 7, 1950
Marion CountyFL0.9Tropical stormSep 6, 1950
Nassau CountyFL2.0Tropical stormSep 7, 1950
Orange CountyFL2.5Tropical stormSep 6, 1950
Citrus CountyFL3.3Category 3Sep 5, 1950
Hillsborough CountyFL3.3Tropical stormSep 6, 1950
Flagler CountyFL8.4Tropical stormSep 7, 1950
St. Johns CountyFL9.6Tropical stormSep 7, 1950
Bradford CountyFL9.8Tropical stormSep 7, 1950
Osceola CountyFL13.5Tropical stormSep 6, 1950
Seminole CountyFL13.6Tropical stormSep 6, 1950
Union CountyFL15.0Tropical stormSep 7, 1950
Pinellas CountyFL15.7Category 1Sep 6, 1950
Alachua CountyFL18.1Tropical stormSep 7, 1950
Monroe CountyFL20.6Category 1Sep 3, 1950
Dixie CountyFL23.3Category 3Sep 5, 1950
Gilchrist CountyFL32.1Category 3Sep 5, 1950
Hardee CountyFL38.4Tropical stormSep 6, 1950
Manatee CountyFL38.4Tropical stormSep 6, 1950
Brevard CountyFL42.4Tropical stormSep 6, 1950
Lee CountyFL43.0Category 1Sep 4, 1950
Sarasota CountyFL44.4Category 2Sep 4, 1950
Charlotte CountyFL46.4Category 1Sep 4, 1950
Highlands CountyFL50.3Tropical stormSep 6, 1950
Lafayette CountyFL50.4Category 3Sep 5, 1950
Taylor CountyFL51.9Category 3Sep 5, 1950
DeSoto CountyFL59.6Tropical stormSep 6, 1950
Collier CountyFL59.8Category 1Sep 4, 1950
Okeechobee CountyFL69.3Tropical stormSep 6, 1950
Indian River CountyFL72.9Tropical stormSep 6, 1950
Hendry CountyFL79.5Category 1Sep 4, 1950
Glades CountyFL85.9Category 1Sep 4, 1950
St. Lucie CountyFL94.3Tropical stormSep 6, 1950

Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.