Hurricane Diana
Sep 8, 1984 to Sep 16, 1984Peak 132 mph949 mb
Hurricane Diana passed within 50 miles of 44 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near Berkeley County, SC, as a Category 3 on September 11, 1984.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Diana · 1984
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- 132 mph, 115 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 949 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 44
- FL, NC, SC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 111
- FL, GA, NC, SC, VA
- 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.
| Columbus County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dare County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sampson County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Craven County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hyde County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | NC | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Bladen County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lenoir County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Duplin County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | NC | 2.9 | Tropical storm |
| New Hanover County | NC | 2.9 | Category 1 |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 3.8 | Tropical storm |
| Pamlico County | NC | 6.7 | Tropical storm |
| Pitt County | NC | 7.1 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | NC | 7.1 | Tropical storm |
| Onslow County | NC | 8.7 | Tropical storm |
| Pender County | NC | 9.8 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | NC | 12.5 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | NC | 13.8 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | NC | 15.5 | Tropical storm |
| Horry County | SC | 17.3 | Category 1 |
| Robeson County | NC | 18.4 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | NC | 21.7 | Tropical storm |
| Johnston County | NC | 25.7 | Tropical storm |
| Carteret County | NC | 26.2 | Tropical storm |
| Currituck County | NC | 26.3 | Tropical storm |
| Bertie County | NC | 30.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dillon County | SC | 32.6 | Tropical storm |
| Wilson County | NC | 33.2 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | NC | 33.7 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | SC | 35.9 | Tropical storm |
| Edgecombe County | NC | 36.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 36.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chowan County | NC | 36.0 | Tropical storm |
| Harnett County | NC | 36.5 | Tropical storm |
| Perquimans County | NC | 36.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hoke County | NC | 39.1 | Tropical storm |
| Volusia County | FL | 46.2 | Tropical storm |
| Flagler County | FL | 46.2 | Tropical storm |
| Scotland County | NC | 48.7 | Tropical storm |
| St. Johns County | FL | 48.8 | Tropical storm |
| Brevard County | FL | 48.9 | Tropical storm |
| Georgetown County | SC | 50.0 | Category 1 |
| Nash County | NC | 50.3 | Tropical storm |
| Halifax County | NC | 51.6 | Tropical storm |
| Moore County | NC | 52.1 | Tropical storm |
| Wake County | NC | 53.7 | Tropical storm |
| Marlboro County | SC | 54.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hertford County | NC | 55.1 | Tropical storm |
| Virginia Beach city | VA | 56.5 | Tropical storm |
| Florence County | SC | 56.7 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | NC | 57.8 | Tropical storm |
| Gates County | NC | 58.0 | Tropical storm |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 58.1 | Tropical storm |
| Northampton County | NC | 60.3 | Tropical storm |
| Charleston County | SC | 60.7 | Category 3 |
| Lee County | NC | 62.0 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | NC | 62.4 | Tropical storm |
| Chesapeake city | VA | 62.6 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | NC | 64.1 | Tropical storm |
| Duval County | FL | 65.3 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | FL | 65.5 | Tropical storm |
| Darlington County | SC | 66.0 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | FL | 68.3 | Tropical storm |
| Indian River County | FL | 68.4 | Tropical storm |
| Seminole County | FL | 70.1 | Tropical storm |
| Suffolk city | VA | 71.2 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | FL | 71.5 | Tropical storm |
| Osceola County | FL | 71.7 | Tropical storm |
| Berkeley County | SC | 72.4 | Category 3 |
| Chesterfield County | SC | 72.7 | Tropical storm |
| Nassau County | FL | 73.8 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | NC | 74.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lake County | FL | 75.8 | Tropical storm |
| Durham County | NC | 76.0 | Tropical storm |
| Granville County | NC | 77.0 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | NC | 77.1 | Tropical storm |
| Southampton County | VA | 78.3 | Tropical storm |
| Anson County | NC | 79.4 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | FL | 79.6 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | GA | 80.1 | Tropical storm |
| St. Lucie County | FL | 81.4 | Tropical storm |
| Norfolk city | VA | 81.9 | Tropical storm |
| Portsmouth city | VA | 82.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | SC | 82.5 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | NC | 82.6 | Tropical storm |
| Vance County | NC | 83.4 | Tropical storm |
| Clarendon County | SC | 83.8 | Tropical storm |
| Isle of Wight County | VA | 84.4 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin city | VA | 84.9 | Tropical storm |
| Greensville County | VA | 85.1 | Tropical storm |
| Randolph County | NC | 87.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | SC | 87.5 | Tropical storm |
| Glynn County | GA | 90.4 | Tropical storm |
| Alamance County | NC | 90.5 | Tropical storm |
| Northampton County | VA | 92.3 | Tropical storm |
| Okeechobee County | FL | 93.2 | Tropical storm |
| McIntosh County | GA | 93.7 | Category 1 |
| Brunswick County | VA | 93.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton city | VA | 94.0 | Tropical storm |
| Newport News city | VA | 95.1 | Tropical storm |
| Person County | NC | 96.5 | Tropical storm |
| Stanly County | NC | 96.7 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | FL | 97.3 | Tropical storm |
| Emporia city | VA | 98.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sussex County | VA | 98.1 | Tropical storm |
| Bradford County | FL | 99.0 | Tropical storm |
| Alachua County | FL | 99.0 | Tropical storm |
| Mecklenburg County | VA | 99.7 | Tropical storm |
| Dorchester County | SC | 100.0 | Category 3 |
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.