Hurricane Donna
Aug 29, 1960 to Sep 14, 1960Peak 144 mph930 mb
Hurricane Donna passed within 50 miles of 129 counties in 13 states. It was strongest near Monroe County, FL, as a Category 4 on September 10, 1960.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Donna · 1960
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- 144 mph, 125 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 930 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 129
- CT, DE, FL, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, RI, SC, VA
- Counties within 100 miles
- 256
- CT, DE, FL, GA, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, VA, VT
- Landfalls recorded
- 9
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Middlesex County | MA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Onslow County | NC | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Pamlico County | NC | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Craven County | NC | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Lee County | FL | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| York County | ME | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Orange County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| DeSoto County | FL | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Androscoggin County | ME | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Rockingham County | NH | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Piscataquis County | ME | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Collier County | FL | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Hyde County | NC | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Somerset County | ME | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Charlotte County | FL | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Worcester County | MA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Volusia County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Hardee County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Windham County | CT | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Middlesex County | CT | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Essex County | MA | 1.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lake County | FL | 1.0 | Category 1 |
| Monroe County | FL | 1.6 | Category 4 |
| Dare County | NC | 1.7 | Category 2 |
| New London County | CT | 2.5 | Category 1 |
| Currituck County | NC | 2.5 | Category 2 |
| Jones County | NC | 2.8 | Category 2 |
| Providence County | RI | 2.9 | Category 1 |
| Flagler County | FL | 2.9 | Category 1 |
| Seminole County | FL | 3.1 | Category 1 |
| Carteret County | NC | 3.1 | Category 2 |
| Osceola County | FL | 3.8 | Category 1 |
| Hillsborough County | NH | 4.6 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | ME | 5.1 | Tropical storm |
| Oxford County | ME | 5.2 | Tropical storm |
| Tolland County | CT | 6.2 | Category 1 |
| Cumberland County | ME | 6.7 | Tropical storm |
| New Haven County | CT | 7.9 | Category 1 |
| Beaufort County | NC | 7.9 | Category 2 |
| Suffolk County | NY | 8.4 | Category 2 |
| Camden County | NC | 9.4 | Category 2 |
| Brunswick County | NC | 9.7 | Category 2 |
| Strafford County | NH | 9.9 | Tropical storm |
| Carroll County | NH | 10.7 | Tropical storm |
| New Hanover County | NC | 11.4 | Category 2 |
| Sarasota County | FL | 11.5 | Category 2 |
| Manatee County | FL | 11.5 | Category 2 |
| Norfolk County | MA | 11.7 | Category 1 |
| Pender County | NC | 11.9 | Category 2 |
| Kennebec County | ME | 12.5 | Tropical storm |
| St. Johns County | FL | 12.9 | Category 1 |
| Hillsborough County | FL | 13.6 | Category 1 |
| Sumter County | FL | 15.7 | Category 1 |
| Hendry County | FL | 16.0 | Category 3 |
| Washington County | NC | 16.0 | Category 2 |
| Sagadahoc County | ME | 16.3 | Tropical storm |
| Hartford County | CT | 16.3 | Category 1 |
| Kent County | RI | 16.4 | Category 1 |
| Putnam County | FL | 16.5 | Category 1 |
| Highlands County | FL | 16.5 | Category 1 |
| Washington County | RI | 16.9 | Category 1 |
| Hampden County | MA | 17.3 | Category 1 |
| Merrimack County | NH | 17.4 | Tropical storm |
| Suffolk County | MA | 17.4 | Category 1 |
| Miami-Dade County | FL | 17.6 | Category 4 |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 17.6 | Category 2 |
| Glades County | FL | 17.7 | Category 2 |
| Marion County | FL | 17.7 | Category 1 |
| Perquimans County | NC | 20.2 | Category 2 |
| Belknap County | NH | 20.5 | Tropical storm |
| Penobscot County | ME | 20.8 | Tropical storm |
| Pasco County | FL | 21.5 | Category 1 |
| Bristol County | MA | 21.9 | Category 1 |
| Waldo County | ME | 22.0 | Tropical storm |
| Duplin County | NC | 23.2 | Category 2 |
| Virginia Beach city | VA | 24.1 | Category 2 |
| Hernando County | FL | 24.8 | Category 1 |
| Hampshire County | MA | 25.1 | Category 1 |
| Chowan County | NC | 25.1 | Category 2 |
| Lincoln County | ME | 26.8 | Tropical storm |
| Brevard County | FL | 27.3 | Category 1 |
| Nassau County | NY | 28.2 | Category 2 |
| Plymouth County | MA | 29.5 | Category 1 |
| Cheshire County | NH | 29.5 | Category 1 |
| Ocean County | NJ | 30.4 | Category 2 |
| Bristol County | RI | 30.9 | Category 1 |
| Martin County | NC | 31.1 | Category 2 |
| Chesapeake city | VA | 31.9 | Category 2 |
| Franklin County | MA | 32.8 | Category 1 |
| Fairfield County | CT | 32.9 | Category 2 |
| Atlantic County | NJ | 34.0 | Category 2 |
| Bertie County | NC | 34.5 | Category 2 |
| Pitt County | NC | 35.0 | Category 2 |
| Coos County | NH | 35.1 | Tropical storm |
| Newport County | RI | 35.1 | Category 1 |
| Clay County | FL | 36.2 | Category 1 |
| Lenoir County | NC | 36.4 | Category 2 |
| Columbus County | NC | 36.6 | Category 2 |
| Duval County | FL | 38.2 | Category 1 |
| Litchfield County | CT | 38.2 | Category 1 |
| Monmouth County | NJ | 38.3 | Category 2 |
| Okeechobee County | FL | 38.6 | Category 1 |
| Citrus County | FL | 39.8 | Category 1 |
| Knox County | ME | 40.2 | Tropical storm |
| Bladen County | NC | 40.2 | Category 2 |
| Grafton County | NH | 41.0 | Tropical storm |
| Gates County | NC | 41.1 | Category 2 |
| Queens County | NY | 41.1 | Category 2 |
| Cape May County | NJ | 41.1 | Category 2 |
| Accomack County | VA | 41.8 | Category 2 |
| Worcester County | MD | 41.8 | Category 2 |
| Burlington County | NJ | 42.6 | Category 2 |
| Horry County | SC | 42.6 | Category 2 |
| Northampton County | VA | 42.6 | Category 2 |
| Sussex County | DE | 43.3 | Category 2 |
| Broward County | FL | 43.5 | Category 3 |
| Westchester County | NY | 43.9 | Category 2 |
| Kings County | NY | 44.5 | Category 2 |
| Norfolk city | VA | 45.7 | Category 2 |
| Hertford County | NC | 46.3 | Category 2 |
| Bronx County | NY | 46.5 | Category 2 |
| Sampson County | NC | 46.8 | Category 2 |
| Suffolk city | VA | 47.8 | Category 2 |
| Pinellas County | FL | 47.9 | Category 1 |
| Sullivan County | NH | 48.1 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | NC | 48.1 | Category 2 |
| Georgetown County | SC | 49.9 | Category 2 |
| Wayne County | NC | 50.1 | Category 2 |
| Portsmouth city | VA | 50.2 | Category 2 |
| Charleston County | SC | 50.9 | Category 2 |
| Alachua County | FL | 51.6 | Category 1 |
| Richmond County | NY | 52.6 | Category 2 |
| Windham County | VT | 53.0 | Category 1 |
| Hancock County | ME | 53.1 | Tropical storm |
| Palm Beach County | FL | 53.2 | Category 3 |
| New York County | NY | 53.3 | Category 2 |
| Nassau County | FL | 53.8 | Category 1 |
| Middlesex County | NJ | 54.3 | Category 2 |
| Indian River County | FL | 55.0 | Category 1 |
| Wicomico County | MD | 55.2 | Category 2 |
| Berkshire County | MA | 55.2 | Category 1 |
| Bergen County | NJ | 55.4 | Category 2 |
| Rockland County | NY | 55.9 | Category 2 |
| Hampton city | VA | 56.0 | Category 2 |
| Hudson County | NJ | 56.2 | Category 2 |
| Cumberland County | NJ | 56.9 | Category 2 |
| Putnam County | NY | 57.0 | Category 2 |
| Washington County | ME | 58.4 | Tropical storm |
| Somerset County | MD | 58.4 | Category 2 |
| Union County | NJ | 58.6 | Category 2 |
| Bradford County | FL | 58.7 | Category 1 |
| Edgecombe County | NC | 59.5 | Category 2 |
| Essex County | NJ | 59.8 | Category 2 |
| Newport News city | VA | 60.4 | Category 2 |
| Martin County | FL | 60.4 | Category 2 |
| Dutchess County | NY | 60.6 | Category 1 |
| Poquoson city | VA | 60.7 | Category 2 |
| Dukes County | MA | 61.2 | Category 1 |
| Camden County | GA | 61.2 | Category 1 |
| Berkeley County | SC | 62.7 | Category 2 |
| Mercer County | NJ | 63.1 | Category 2 |
| Barnstable County | MA | 63.2 | Category 1 |
| Camden County | NJ | 63.3 | Category 2 |
| Isle of Wight County | VA | 63.8 | Category 2 |
| Passaic County | NJ | 64.1 | Category 2 |
| Levy County | FL | 64.5 | Category 1 |
| York County | VA | 64.7 | Category 2 |
| Halifax County | NC | 64.9 | Category 2 |
| Gloucester County | NJ | 65.1 | Category 2 |
| Essex County | VT | 66.6 | Tropical storm |
| Somerset County | NJ | 66.8 | Category 2 |
| Wilson County | NC | 67.3 | Category 2 |
| Southampton County | VA | 68.2 | Category 2 |
| Marion County | SC | 69.0 | Category 2 |
| Mathews County | VA | 69.0 | Category 2 |
| Windsor County | VT | 69.1 | Tropical storm |
| Northampton County | NC | 69.9 | Category 2 |
| Baker County | FL | 69.9 | Category 1 |
| Kent County | DE | 70.0 | Category 2 |
| Cumberland County | NC | 70.1 | Category 2 |
| St. Lucie County | FL | 70.5 | Category 1 |
| Gloucester County | VA | 70.5 | Category 2 |
| Johnston County | NC | 70.9 | Category 2 |
| Orange County | NY | 71.2 | Category 2 |
| Salem County | NJ | 71.4 | Category 2 |
| Morris County | NJ | 71.4 | Category 2 |
| Franklin city | VA | 71.5 | Category 2 |
| Bucks County | PA | 71.7 | Category 2 |
| Glynn County | GA | 71.8 | Category 1 |
| Union County | FL | 74.2 | Category 1 |
| Orange County | VT | 74.5 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | NY | 74.7 | Category 1 |
| Bennington County | VT | 74.8 | Category 1 |
| Colleton County | SC | 75.2 | Category 2 |
| Beaufort County | SC | 75.5 | Category 2 |
| McIntosh County | GA | 75.5 | Category 1 |
| Caledonia County | VT | 75.9 | Tropical storm |
| James City County | VA | 76.4 | Category 2 |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 76.6 | Category 2 |
| Robeson County | NC | 76.8 | Category 2 |
| Charlton County | GA | 77.6 | Category 1 |
| Surry County | VA | 77.8 | Category 2 |
| Middlesex County | VA | 78.0 | Category 2 |
| Florence County | SC | 78.0 | Category 2 |
| Dorchester County | MD | 79.2 | Category 2 |
| Lancaster County | VA | 79.4 | Category 2 |
| Hunterdon County | NJ | 79.6 | Category 2 |
| Liberty County | GA | 80.1 | Category 1 |
| Dillon County | SC | 80.5 | Category 2 |
| Philadelphia County | PA | 80.8 | Category 2 |
| Dorchester County | SC | 81.0 | Category 2 |
| Caroline County | MD | 81.1 | Category 2 |
| Chatham County | GA | 81.7 | Category 1 |
| Nash County | NC | 82.1 | Category 2 |
| Ulster County | NY | 82.4 | Category 2 |
| Williamsburg city | VA | 82.8 | Category 2 |
| Northumberland County | VA | 83.6 | Category 2 |
| Sussex County | NJ | 84.1 | Category 2 |
| Sussex County | VA | 84.3 | Category 2 |
| Greensville County | VA | 84.4 | Category 2 |
| Montgomery County | PA | 85.1 | Category 2 |
| Jasper County | SC | 85.4 | Category 1 |
| Rensselaer County | NY | 85.5 | Category 1 |
| Bryan County | GA | 85.7 | Category 1 |
| Harnett County | NC | 85.8 | Category 2 |
| Rutland County | VT | 87.5 | Tropical storm |
| Gilchrist County | FL | 87.9 | Category 1 |
| Delaware County | PA | 89.5 | Category 2 |
| Orleans County | VT | 90.6 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | FL | 90.7 | Category 1 |
| New Castle County | DE | 91.0 | Category 2 |
| Nantucket County | MA | 91.6 | Category 1 |
| King and Queen County | VA | 91.6 | Category 2 |
| Charles City County | VA | 93.0 | Category 2 |
| Talbot County | MD | 94.1 | Category 2 |
| Ware County | GA | 94.2 | Category 1 |
| Brantley County | GA | 94.5 | Category 1 |
| Washington County | VT | 94.7 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | NJ | 94.8 | Category 2 |
| New Kent County | VA | 95.1 | Category 2 |
| Greene County | NY | 96.0 | Category 1 |
| Queen Anne's County | MD | 96.3 | Category 2 |
| Washington County | NY | 97.0 | Category 1 |
| Prince George County | VA | 97.2 | Category 2 |
| Franklin County | NC | 97.4 | Category 2 |
| St. Mary's County | MD | 97.6 | Category 2 |
| Wake County | NC | 97.7 | Category 2 |
| Sullivan County | NY | 98.1 | Category 2 |
| Wayne County | GA | 98.3 | Category 1 |
| Richmond County | VA | 98.7 | Category 2 |
| Kent County | MD | 99.1 | Category 2 |
| Hoke County | NC | 99.3 | Category 2 |
| King William County | VA | 99.6 | Category 2 |
| Emporia city | VA | 99.7 | Category 2 |
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.