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Tropical Storm Alberto

Aug 5, 1988 to Aug 8, 1988Peak 40 mph1002 mb

Tropical Storm Alberto came within 100 miles of 3 U.S. counties without passing within 50.

  • Major hurricane
  • Hurricane
  • Tropical storm
  • Post-tropical
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Tropical Storm Alberto · 1988

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

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Date and time (UTC)—Historical replay — not a forecast
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The storm

Peak strength
Tropical storm
40 mph, 35 kt
Lowest pressure
1002 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
0
None
Counties within 100 miles
3
ME
Strongest near the U.S.
Tropical storm
Washington County, ME, 51.0 mi, Aug 7, 1988
Landfalls recorded
0
Anywhere on the track

Every county it passed

Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.

Counties within 100 miles
Washington CountyME51.0Tropical stormAug 7, 1988
Hancock CountyME74.9Tropical stormAug 7, 1988
Knox CountyME84.8Tropical stormAug 7, 1988

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.