Hurricane King
Oct 13, 1950 to Oct 20, 1950Peak 132 mph955 mb
Hurricane King passed within 50 miles of 84 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Miami-Dade County, FL, as a Category 4 on October 18, 1950.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane King · 1950
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- 132 mph, 115 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 955 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 84
- FL, GA
- Counties within 100 miles
- 119
- FL, GA
- Landfalls recorded
- 2
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Hamilton County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Mitchell County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Osceola County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Columbia County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Lake County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Lowndes County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Miami-Dade County | FL | 0.0 | Category 4 |
| Orange County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Cook County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Alachua County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Highlands County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Union County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Colquitt County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Broward County | FL | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Palm Beach County | FL | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Terrell County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Echols County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dougherty County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Glades County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Polk County | FL | 1.1 | Category 1 |
| Okeechobee County | FL | 1.6 | Category 1 |
| Suwannee County | FL | 2.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | GA | 2.6 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | GA | 3.2 | Tropical storm |
| Seminole County | FL | 3.9 | Category 1 |
| Martin County | FL | 4.1 | Category 2 |
| Hendry County | FL | 4.1 | Category 2 |
| Worth County | GA | 4.3 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | GA | 4.4 | Tropical storm |
| Bradford County | FL | 4.4 | Category 1 |
| Putnam County | FL | 5.0 | Category 1 |
| Calhoun County | GA | 6.1 | Tropical storm |
| Berrien County | GA | 7.7 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | FL | 8.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lanier County | GA | 8.5 | Tropical storm |
| Tift County | GA | 9.1 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | FL | 11.0 | Tropical storm |
| Thomas County | GA | 11.9 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | FL | 11.9 | Category 1 |
| Clay County | FL | 12.5 | Category 1 |
| Clinch County | GA | 13.4 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | FL | 13.4 | Category 4 |
| Volusia County | FL | 14.7 | Category 1 |
| Sumter County | GA | 15.2 | Tropical storm |
| Indian River County | FL | 18.2 | Category 1 |
| Levy County | FL | 18.7 | Category 1 |
| Gilchrist County | FL | 19.4 | Category 1 |
| Turner County | GA | 19.5 | Tropical storm |
| Early County | GA | 20.1 | Tropical storm |
| St. Lucie County | FL | 21.1 | Category 1 |
| Collier County | FL | 21.6 | Category 3 |
| Grady County | GA | 22.7 | Tropical storm |
| Brevard County | FL | 23.4 | Category 1 |
| Hardee County | FL | 23.8 | Category 1 |
| Atkinson County | GA | 24.4 | Tropical storm |
| Duval County | FL | 24.6 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson County | FL | 25.4 | Tropical storm |
| Ware County | GA | 25.5 | Tropical storm |
| Irwin County | GA | 25.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | FL | 26.1 | Tropical storm |
| Miller County | GA | 26.6 | Tropical storm |
| Flagler County | FL | 26.7 | Category 1 |
| Charlton County | GA | 26.9 | Tropical storm |
| Crisp County | GA | 27.4 | Tropical storm |
| Nassau County | FL | 28.2 | Category 1 |
| Citrus County | FL | 28.6 | Category 1 |
| DeSoto County | FL | 29.5 | Category 1 |
| Coffee County | GA | 30.7 | Tropical storm |
| Decatur County | GA | 31.4 | Tropical storm |
| Dixie County | FL | 31.4 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | FL | 31.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hernando County | FL | 32.6 | Category 1 |
| St. Johns County | FL | 34.0 | Category 1 |
| Pasco County | FL | 34.7 | Category 1 |
| Charlotte County | FL | 34.9 | Category 1 |
| Dooly County | GA | 36.9 | Tropical storm |
| Ben Hill County | GA | 38.7 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | GA | 39.1 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | GA | 39.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hillsborough County | FL | 40.8 | Category 1 |
| Lee County | FL | 41.7 | Category 1 |
| Leon County | FL | 41.7 | Tropical storm |
| Seminole County | GA | 43.5 | Tropical storm |
| Gadsden County | FL | 50.1 | Tropical storm |
| Manatee County | FL | 51.2 | Category 1 |
| Telfair County | GA | 52.6 | Tropical storm |
| Pulaski County | GA | 53.8 | Tropical storm |
| Dodge County | GA | 55.5 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | GA | 55.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jeff Davis County | GA | 55.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | FL | 56.7 | Tropical storm |
| Bacon County | GA | 57.1 | Tropical storm |
| Brantley County | GA | 57.5 | Tropical storm |
| Pierce County | GA | 58.9 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | GA | 59.7 | Tropical storm |
| Sarasota County | FL | 60.6 | Category 1 |
| Peach County | GA | 62.6 | Tropical storm |
| Wakulla County | FL | 63.3 | Tropical storm |
| Crawford County | GA | 64.3 | Tropical storm |
| Appling County | GA | 71.2 | Tropical storm |
| Bleckley County | GA | 71.5 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | FL | 75.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wheeler County | GA | 75.7 | Tropical storm |
| Pinellas County | FL | 75.9 | Category 1 |
| Laurens County | GA | 76.6 | Tropical storm |
| Twiggs County | GA | 76.6 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | FL | 76.6 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | GA | 78.1 | Tropical storm |
| Glynn County | GA | 80.7 | Tropical storm |
| Bibb County | GA | 81.8 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | GA | 81.8 | Tropical storm |
| Toombs County | GA | 84.8 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | FL | 90.2 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkinson County | GA | 93.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tattnall County | GA | 93.8 | Tropical storm |
| Treutlen County | GA | 94.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | GA | 95.7 | Tropical storm |
| Long County | GA | 99.6 | Tropical storm |
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.