Hurricane Dot
Aug 1, 1959 to Aug 8, 1959Peak 150 mph952 mb
Hurricane Dot passed within 50 miles of 2 counties in HI. It was strongest near Kauai County, HI, as a Category 1 on August 7, 1959.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Dot · 1959
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- 150 mph, 130 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 952 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 2
- HI
- Counties within 100 miles
- 2
- HI
- Landfalls recorded
- 0
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Kauai County | HI | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Honolulu County | HI | 6.0 | 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.