Hurricane Dora
Aug 28, 1964 to Sep 16, 1964Peak 132 mph942 mb
Hurricane Dora passed within 50 miles of 128 counties in 4 states. It was strongest near St. Johns County, FL, as a Category 2 on September 10, 1964.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Dora · 1964
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- 132 mph, 115 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 942 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 128
- AL, FL, GA, SC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 184
- AL, FL, GA, SC
- Landfalls recorded
- 1
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Bradford County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Mitchell County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tattnall County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Leon County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Miller County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Toombs County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Suwannee County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Colleton County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bulloch County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Berkeley County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Georgetown County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wakulla County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Gadsden County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Effingham County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dorchester County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Decatur County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Montgomery County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Telfair County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Johns County | FL | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Tift County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Irwin County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Ben Hill County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Worth County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jeff Davis County | GA | 1.2 | Tropical storm |
| Early County | GA | 1.6 | Tropical storm |
| Wheeler County | GA | 1.6 | Tropical storm |
| Seminole County | GA | 2.2 | Tropical storm |
| Turner County | GA | 2.2 | Tropical storm |
| Evans County | GA | 2.3 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | GA | 2.4 | Tropical storm |
| Dougherty County | GA | 2.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton County | SC | 3.3 | Tropical storm |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 3.3 | Tropical storm |
| Alachua County | FL | 4.0 | Tropical storm |
| Appling County | GA | 4.6 | Tropical storm |
| Gilchrist County | FL | 5.0 | Tropical storm |
| Screven County | GA | 6.2 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | GA | 6.2 | Tropical storm |
| Candler County | GA | 6.4 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | FL | 6.5 | Category 2 |
| Colquitt County | GA | 7.9 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | SC | 8.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | FL | 9.4 | Tropical storm |
| Berrien County | GA | 9.5 | Tropical storm |
| Charleston County | SC | 9.6 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | FL | 9.8 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | FL | 9.9 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | GA | 10.2 | Tropical storm |
| Bryan County | GA | 11.3 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | FL | 11.6 | Tropical storm |
| Duval County | FL | 11.9 | Category 1 |
| Emanuel County | GA | 12.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dixie County | FL | 12.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | GA | 12.6 | Tropical storm |
| Orangeburg County | SC | 13.6 | Tropical storm |
| Allendale County | SC | 13.6 | Tropical storm |
| Dodge County | GA | 13.7 | Tropical storm |
| Grady County | GA | 14.0 | Tropical storm |
| Flagler County | FL | 14.8 | Category 2 |
| Calhoun County | FL | 15.3 | Tropical storm |
| Cook County | GA | 16.0 | Tropical storm |
| Terrell County | GA | 16.4 | Tropical storm |
| Crisp County | GA | 17.1 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | GA | 17.5 | Tropical storm |
| Bacon County | GA | 17.6 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | AL | 17.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bamberg County | SC | 18.5 | Tropical storm |
| Atkinson County | GA | 18.7 | Tropical storm |
| Treutlen County | GA | 18.7 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | GA | 19.0 | Tropical storm |
| Nassau County | FL | 19.1 | Category 1 |
| Long County | GA | 19.8 | Tropical storm |
| Randolph County | GA | 20.4 | Tropical storm |
| Jenkins County | GA | 20.5 | Tropical storm |
| Clarendon County | SC | 20.8 | Tropical storm |
| Laurens County | GA | 21.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hamilton County | FL | 22.0 | Tropical storm |
| Thomas County | GA | 22.8 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | GA | 22.8 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | GA | 22.8 | Tropical storm |
| Charlton County | GA | 25.0 | Category 1 |
| Franklin County | FL | 25.5 | Tropical storm |
| Henry County | AL | 26.7 | Tropical storm |
| Levy County | FL | 28.3 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | GA | 29.2 | Tropical storm |
| Ware County | GA | 29.4 | Tropical storm |
| Pulaski County | GA | 29.7 | Tropical storm |
| Volusia County | FL | 30.4 | Category 2 |
| Marion County | FL | 30.8 | Category 1 |
| Barnwell County | SC | 31.0 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | GA | 31.8 | Tropical storm |
| Dooly County | GA | 32.0 | Tropical storm |
| Johnson County | GA | 33.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lanier County | GA | 34.2 | Tropical storm |
| Burke County | GA | 34.3 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | SC | 34.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | GA | 36.4 | Tropical storm |
| Pierce County | GA | 36.8 | Tropical storm |
| Clinch County | GA | 37.4 | Tropical storm |
| Quitman County | GA | 37.7 | Tropical storm |
| Webster County | GA | 38.6 | Tropical storm |
| Bleckley County | GA | 39.5 | Tropical storm |
| Echols County | GA | 39.7 | Tropical storm |
| Gulf County | FL | 41.3 | Tropical storm |
| Bay County | FL | 41.7 | Tropical storm |
| Stewart County | GA | 42.1 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | SC | 42.3 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | FL | 43.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | GA | 43.7 | Tropical storm |
| Dale County | AL | 44.3 | Tropical storm |
| Barbour County | AL | 44.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lake County | FL | 45.6 | Category 2 |
| Geneva County | AL | 46.7 | Tropical storm |
| McIntosh County | GA | 46.9 | Tropical storm |
| Holmes County | FL | 47.3 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | GA | 47.9 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | GA | 48.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | SC | 49.0 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | GA | 50.0 | Tropical storm |
| Schley County | GA | 50.0 | Tropical storm |
| Richland County | SC | 51.1 | Tropical storm |
| Brantley County | GA | 51.5 | Tropical storm |
| Aiken County | SC | 51.8 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | GA | 52.5 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | GA | 53.2 | Category 1 |
| Twiggs County | GA | 54.6 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkinson County | GA | 55.2 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | GA | 57.1 | Tropical storm |
| Glynn County | GA | 58.2 | Tropical storm |
| Russell County | AL | 59.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lexington County | SC | 60.4 | Tropical storm |
| Peach County | GA | 62.7 | Tropical storm |
| Chattahoochee County | GA | 62.8 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | AL | 64.9 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | GA | 65.3 | Tropical storm |
| Citrus County | FL | 65.8 | Tropical storm |
| Walton County | FL | 68.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bullock County | AL | 69.4 | Tropical storm |
| Glascock County | GA | 69.8 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | FL | 69.9 | Category 1 |
| Brevard County | FL | 70.0 | Category 2 |
| Bibb County | GA | 70.2 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | AL | 70.2 | Tropical storm |
| Seminole County | FL | 70.3 | Category 2 |
| Kershaw County | SC | 71.2 | Tropical storm |
| Crawford County | GA | 71.6 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | GA | 72.8 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | GA | 74.9 | Tropical storm |
| McDuffie County | GA | 75.6 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | GA | 75.8 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | FL | 77.1 | Category 2 |
| Muscogee County | GA | 77.1 | Tropical storm |
| Edgefield County | SC | 78.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | GA | 79.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | GA | 79.2 | Tropical storm |
| Talbot County | GA | 80.5 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | AL | 81.0 | Tropical storm |
| McCormick County | SC | 85.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | AL | 85.4 | Tropical storm |
| Upson County | GA | 85.5 | Tropical storm |
| Saluda County | SC | 85.7 | Tropical storm |
| Harris County | GA | 86.7 | Tropical storm |
| Fairfield County | SC | 87.8 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | AL | 88.1 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | GA | 89.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hernando County | FL | 90.2 | Tropical storm |
| Crenshaw County | AL | 90.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lancaster County | SC | 93.0 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | GA | 93.1 | Tropical storm |
| Newberry County | SC | 93.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | GA | 93.7 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | AL | 94.2 | Tropical storm |
| Taliaferro County | GA | 96.8 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkes County | GA | 98.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | GA | 99.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | GA | 99.7 | 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.