Hurricane Eloise
Sep 13, 1975 to Sep 24, 1975Peak 127 mph950 mb
Hurricane Eloise passed within 50 miles of 105 counties in 5 states. It was strongest near Okaloosa County, FL, as a Category 3 on September 23, 1975.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Eloise · 1975
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- 127 mph, 110 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 950 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 105
- AL, FL, GA, NC, TN
- Counties within 100 miles
- 192
- AL, FL, GA, NC, SC, TN
- Landfalls recorded
- 4
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Murray County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Walton County | FL | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Monroe County | TN | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Blount County | TN | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Randolph County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | AL | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Bullock County | AL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Haralson County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tallapoosa County | AL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Polk County | TN | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | AL | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Bartow County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Geneva County | AL | 0.1 | Category 2 |
| Carroll County | GA | 1.0 | Tropical storm |
| Fannin County | GA | 1.5 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | AL | 2.3 | Category 1 |
| Floyd County | GA | 2.4 | Tropical storm |
| Gordon County | GA | 3.6 | Tropical storm |
| McMinn County | TN | 5.2 | Tropical storm |
| Cherokee County | NC | 5.4 | Tropical storm |
| Whitfield County | GA | 5.5 | Tropical storm |
| Elmore County | AL | 5.7 | Category 1 |
| Paulding County | GA | 6.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | AL | 6.8 | Category 1 |
| Loudon County | TN | 6.9 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | AL | 7.8 | Tropical storm |
| Crenshaw County | AL | 8.0 | Category 2 |
| Okaloosa County | FL | 8.0 | Category 3 |
| Gilmer County | GA | 8.5 | Tropical storm |
| Bradley County | TN | 9.5 | Tropical storm |
| Chambers County | AL | 9.7 | Tropical storm |
| Graham County | NC | 10.2 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | AL | 10.2 | Category 1 |
| Swain County | NC | 10.3 | Tropical storm |
| Pickens County | GA | 11.0 | Tropical storm |
| Holmes County | FL | 11.1 | Category 3 |
| Cleburne County | AL | 11.5 | Tropical storm |
| Dale County | AL | 13.3 | Category 2 |
| Chattooga County | GA | 14.1 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | AL | 14.2 | Category 2 |
| Heard County | GA | 14.4 | Tropical storm |
| Cherokee County | AL | 14.5 | Tropical storm |
| Walker County | GA | 15.6 | Tropical storm |
| Barbour County | AL | 15.7 | Category 2 |
| Calhoun County | AL | 17.3 | Tropical storm |
| Bay County | FL | 18.2 | Category 3 |
| Coosa County | AL | 18.6 | Category 1 |
| Cherokee County | GA | 18.7 | Tropical storm |
| Catoosa County | GA | 19.0 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | FL | 19.3 | Category 3 |
| Hamilton County | TN | 20.5 | Tropical storm |
| Douglas County | GA | 20.8 | Tropical storm |
| Troup County | GA | 21.5 | Tropical storm |
| Talladega County | AL | 21.6 | Tropical storm |
| Cobb County | GA | 21.9 | Tropical storm |
| Roane County | TN | 23.1 | Tropical storm |
| Russell County | AL | 23.6 | Category 1 |
| Union County | GA | 24.0 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | AL | 24.0 | Category 2 |
| Coweta County | GA | 24.6 | Tropical storm |
| Butler County | AL | 25.6 | Category 2 |
| Dawson County | GA | 25.8 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | NC | 26.5 | Tropical storm |
| Meigs County | TN | 27.2 | Tropical storm |
| Fulton County | GA | 29.8 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | NC | 29.9 | Tropical storm |
| Etowah County | AL | 29.9 | Tropical storm |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 30.4 | Category 3 |
| Towns County | GA | 30.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | AL | 30.5 | Category 1 |
| Harris County | GA | 31.2 | Tropical storm |
| Rhea County | TN | 32.1 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | AL | 32.8 | Category 3 |
| DeKalb County | AL | 33.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lumpkin County | GA | 34.1 | Tropical storm |
| Conecuh County | AL | 34.5 | Category 2 |
| Henry County | AL | 35.4 | Category 2 |
| Chilton County | AL | 35.8 | Category 1 |
| Autauga County | AL | 36.5 | Category 1 |
| Escambia County | FL | 37.2 | Category 3 |
| Jackson County | FL | 37.5 | Category 3 |
| Forsyth County | GA | 37.7 | Tropical storm |
| Dade County | GA | 37.8 | Tropical storm |
| Meriwether County | GA | 39.1 | Tropical storm |
| St. Clair County | AL | 41.4 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | TN | 42.1 | Tropical storm |
| Muscogee County | GA | 42.3 | Category 1 |
| Marion County | TN | 42.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bledsoe County | TN | 43.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sequatchie County | TN | 43.0 | Tropical storm |
| Fayette County | GA | 43.1 | Tropical storm |
| Shelby County | AL | 43.2 | Tropical storm |
| DeKalb County | GA | 43.8 | Tropical storm |
| White County | GA | 45.5 | Tropical storm |
| Clayton County | GA | 46.6 | Tropical storm |
| Gwinnett County | GA | 47.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | AL | 47.3 | Tropical storm |
| Rabun County | GA | 47.3 | Tropical storm |
| Quitman County | GA | 47.5 | Category 1 |
| Hall County | GA | 48.7 | Tropical storm |
| Chattahoochee County | GA | 48.7 | Category 1 |
| Stewart County | GA | 49.6 | Category 1 |
| Habersham County | GA | 49.8 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | GA | 50.0 | Category 1 |
| Calhoun County | FL | 51.2 | Category 3 |
| Monroe County | AL | 53.0 | Category 2 |
| Dallas County | AL | 53.5 | Category 1 |
| Wilcox County | AL | 54.1 | Category 2 |
| Gulf County | FL | 54.8 | Category 3 |
| Henry County | GA | 55.5 | Tropical storm |
| Spalding County | GA | 55.7 | Tropical storm |
| Marshall County | AL | 56.2 | Tropical storm |
| Early County | GA | 56.7 | Category 2 |
| Grundy County | TN | 56.8 | Tropical storm |
| Talbot County | GA | 58.1 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | GA | 58.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | AL | 59.2 | Tropical storm |
| Randolph County | GA | 59.9 | Category 1 |
| Blount County | AL | 59.9 | Tropical storm |
| Rockdale County | GA | 60.6 | Tropical storm |
| Van Buren County | TN | 60.8 | Tropical storm |
| White County | TN | 61.8 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | AL | 62.2 | Category 3 |
| Upson County | GA | 62.3 | Tropical storm |
| Seminole County | GA | 64.9 | Category 2 |
| Warren County | TN | 65.4 | Tropical storm |
| Bibb County | AL | 65.4 | Category 1 |
| Franklin County | TN | 65.7 | Tropical storm |
| Oconee County | SC | 66.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | GA | 66.5 | Tropical storm |
| Barrow County | GA | 66.5 | Tropical storm |
| Banks County | GA | 66.7 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | GA | 66.9 | Category 1 |
| Walton County | GA | 67.9 | Tropical storm |
| Stephens County | GA | 69.0 | Tropical storm |
| Miller County | GA | 69.9 | Category 2 |
| Liberty County | FL | 69.9 | Category 3 |
| Calhoun County | GA | 70.3 | Category 2 |
| Putnam County | TN | 70.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | GA | 70.7 | Tropical storm |
| Webster County | GA | 70.8 | Category 1 |
| Newton County | GA | 71.1 | Tropical storm |
| Overton County | TN | 71.5 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | AL | 71.7 | Category 1 |
| Pickens County | SC | 74.0 | Tropical storm |
| Butts County | GA | 75.3 | Tropical storm |
| Cullman County | AL | 76.1 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | TN | 76.3 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | AL | 76.3 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | FL | 77.1 | Category 3 |
| Gadsden County | FL | 77.2 | Category 3 |
| Terrell County | GA | 77.6 | Category 1 |
| Franklin County | GA | 77.7 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | GA | 78.7 | Category 1 |
| Decatur County | GA | 80.2 | Category 3 |
| Tuscaloosa County | AL | 80.8 | Tropical storm |
| Oconee County | GA | 81.0 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | GA | 81.1 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | GA | 82.3 | Category 2 |
| DeKalb County | TN | 82.5 | Tropical storm |
| Schley County | GA | 83.0 | Category 1 |
| Morgan County | AL | 84.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | GA | 84.4 | Category 1 |
| Madison County | GA | 85.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | GA | 85.2 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | GA | 85.6 | Tropical storm |
| Crawford County | GA | 87.3 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | AL | 87.6 | Category 2 |
| Morgan County | GA | 88.7 | Tropical storm |
| Walker County | AL | 88.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | TN | 89.3 | Tropical storm |
| Cannon County | TN | 90.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hart County | GA | 90.8 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | GA | 91.3 | Category 1 |
| Dougherty County | GA | 91.6 | Category 2 |
| Marengo County | AL | 92.2 | Category 1 |
| Moore County | TN | 92.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | GA | 92.9 | Category 1 |
| Wakulla County | FL | 93.3 | Category 3 |
| Leon County | FL | 93.9 | Category 3 |
| Anderson County | SC | 94.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | TN | 94.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | GA | 95.0 | Tropical storm |
| Mobile County | AL | 95.2 | Category 3 |
| Clay County | TN | 95.2 | Tropical storm |
| Mitchell County | GA | 95.3 | Category 2 |
| Hale County | AL | 96.0 | Category 1 |
| Bedford County | TN | 97.4 | Tropical storm |
| Oglethorpe County | GA | 97.9 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | GA | 99.6 | Tropical storm |
| Bibb County | GA | 99.8 | 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.