Hurricane Abby
Jun 1, 1968 to Jun 13, 1968Peak 75 mph992 mb
Hurricane Abby passed within 50 miles of 53 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Seminole County, FL, as a tropical storm on June 6, 1968.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Abby · 1968
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- 75 mph, 65 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 992 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 53
- FL, GA
- Counties within 100 miles
- 83
- FL, GA, SC
- Landfalls recorded
- 3
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Brevard County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Duval County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tattnall County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Nassau County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Osceola County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| DeSoto County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Charlotte County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Long County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Glynn County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hardee County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sarasota County | FL | 1.3 | Tropical storm |
| St. Johns County | FL | 2.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | FL | 2.4 | Tropical storm |
| Brantley County | GA | 2.5 | Tropical storm |
| Highlands County | FL | 3.2 | Tropical storm |
| Manatee County | FL | 6.2 | Tropical storm |
| Appling County | GA | 7.0 | Tropical storm |
| Flagler County | FL | 8.8 | Tropical storm |
| McIntosh County | GA | 10.0 | Tropical storm |
| Volusia County | FL | 10.2 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | GA | 10.3 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | FL | 10.9 | Tropical storm |
| Pierce County | GA | 13.0 | Tropical storm |
| Charlton County | GA | 13.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bryan County | GA | 14.2 | Tropical storm |
| Okeechobee County | FL | 15.9 | Tropical storm |
| Indian River County | FL | 17.8 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | FL | 20.5 | Tropical storm |
| Bacon County | GA | 21.7 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | FL | 21.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hillsborough County | FL | 23.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jeff Davis County | GA | 25.4 | Tropical storm |
| Glades County | FL | 26.2 | Tropical storm |
| Ware County | GA | 26.9 | Tropical storm |
| Seminole County | FL | 27.7 | Tropical storm |
| Wheeler County | GA | 31.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hendry County | FL | 35.6 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | GA | 36.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lake County | FL | 36.6 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | FL | 36.6 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | FL | 36.8 | Tropical storm |
| Collier County | FL | 37.5 | Tropical storm |
| Telfair County | GA | 38.3 | Tropical storm |
| St. Lucie County | FL | 39.8 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | FL | 41.5 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | GA | 41.7 | Tropical storm |
| Bradford County | FL | 42.6 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | FL | 47.7 | Tropical storm |
| Atkinson County | GA | 47.8 | Tropical storm |
| Clinch County | GA | 48.2 | Tropical storm |
| Pasco County | FL | 51.4 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | FL | 51.8 | Tropical storm |
| Alachua County | FL | 52.1 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | FL | 54.7 | Tropical storm |
| Pinellas County | FL | 54.7 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | FL | 57.4 | Tropical storm |
| Echols County | GA | 59.1 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | SC | 59.4 | Tropical storm |
| Ben Hill County | GA | 60.3 | Tropical storm |
| Palm Beach County | FL | 60.9 | Tropical storm |
| Irwin County | GA | 62.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hernando County | FL | 64.3 | Tropical storm |
| Hamilton County | FL | 67.3 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | GA | 69.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lanier County | GA | 70.6 | Tropical storm |
| Berrien County | GA | 72.4 | Tropical storm |
| Levy County | FL | 77.9 | Tropical storm |
| Suwannee County | FL | 79.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | GA | 79.2 | Tropical storm |
| Citrus County | FL | 82.4 | Tropical storm |
| Gilchrist County | FL | 84.1 | Tropical storm |
| Tift County | GA | 85.6 | Tropical storm |
| Turner County | GA | 86.7 | Tropical storm |
| Broward County | FL | 87.5 | Tropical storm |
| Cook County | GA | 90.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | FL | 95.5 | Tropical storm |
| Dixie County | FL | 98.0 | Tropical storm |
| Colquitt County | GA | 98.4 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | GA | 98.7 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | FL | 99.1 | 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.