Hurricane Bob
Aug 16, 1991 to Aug 29, 1991Peak 115 mph950 mb
Hurricane Bob passed within 50 miles of 40 counties in 7 states. It was strongest near Norfolk city, VA, as a Category 3 on August 19, 1991.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Bob · 1991
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- 115 mph, 100 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 950 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 40
- CT, MA, ME, NC, NH, NY, RI
- Counties within 100 miles
- 90
- CT, DE, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, RI, VA, VT
- 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.
| Washington County | ME | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | ME | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Plymouth County | MA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Knox County | ME | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bristol County | MA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Hancock County | ME | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Penobscot County | ME | 0.3 | Tropical storm |
| Waldo County | ME | 0.4 | Tropical storm |
| Norfolk County | MA | 1.4 | Category 1 |
| Washington County | RI | 2.8 | Category 2 |
| Newport County | RI | 3.4 | Category 2 |
| Essex County | MA | 4.5 | Category 1 |
| Sagadahoc County | ME | 6.2 | Tropical storm |
| Bristol County | RI | 8.9 | Category 1 |
| Suffolk County | NY | 8.9 | Category 2 |
| Suffolk County | MA | 10.3 | Category 1 |
| Providence County | RI | 11.3 | Category 1 |
| Aroostook County | ME | 11.4 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | ME | 13.5 | Tropical storm |
| Kent County | RI | 14.5 | Category 1 |
| Middlesex County | MA | 17.8 | Category 1 |
| York County | ME | 20.3 | Category 1 |
| New London County | CT | 20.3 | Category 2 |
| Rockingham County | NH | 20.8 | Category 1 |
| Kennebec County | ME | 21.1 | Tropical storm |
| Dukes County | MA | 23.4 | Category 2 |
| Barnstable County | MA | 24.0 | Category 1 |
| Androscoggin County | ME | 24.8 | Tropical storm |
| Worcester County | MA | 25.4 | Category 1 |
| Windham County | CT | 26.0 | Category 2 |
| Dare County | NC | 27.7 | Category 3 |
| Piscataquis County | ME | 32.2 | Tropical storm |
| Strafford County | NH | 32.4 | Category 1 |
| Somerset County | ME | 33.8 | Tropical storm |
| Middlesex County | CT | 37.1 | Category 2 |
| Hyde County | NC | 39.1 | Category 2 |
| Hillsborough County | NH | 39.1 | Category 1 |
| Oxford County | ME | 45.8 | Tropical storm |
| Tolland County | CT | 46.1 | Category 2 |
| New Haven County | CT | 46.2 | Category 2 |
| Carteret County | NC | 50.3 | Category 2 |
| Franklin County | ME | 51.0 | Tropical storm |
| Nantucket County | MA | 52.2 | Category 1 |
| Hartford County | CT | 52.9 | Category 2 |
| Carroll County | NH | 53.2 | Category 1 |
| Merrimack County | NH | 53.3 | Category 1 |
| Belknap County | NH | 54.2 | Category 1 |
| Hampden County | MA | 55.6 | Category 1 |
| Currituck County | NC | 59.1 | Category 3 |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 64.3 | Category 3 |
| Hampshire County | MA | 64.8 | Category 1 |
| Camden County | NC | 67.3 | Category 3 |
| Cheshire County | NH | 67.6 | Category 1 |
| Nassau County | NY | 69.9 | Category 2 |
| Fairfield County | CT | 70.4 | Category 2 |
| Franklin County | MA | 72.5 | Category 1 |
| Virginia Beach city | VA | 73.2 | Category 3 |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 74.8 | Category 3 |
| Pamlico County | NC | 77.3 | Category 2 |
| Coos County | NH | 77.6 | Tropical storm |
| Ocean County | NJ | 78.3 | Category 2 |
| Litchfield County | CT | 78.4 | Category 2 |
| Craven County | NC | 80.2 | Category 2 |
| Atlantic County | NJ | 80.5 | Category 2 |
| Grafton County | NH | 81.3 | Category 1 |
| Perquimans County | NC | 81.4 | Category 3 |
| Worcester County | MD | 83.3 | Category 3 |
| Washington County | NC | 83.6 | Category 3 |
| Beaufort County | NC | 83.9 | Category 3 |
| Accomack County | VA | 84.0 | Category 3 |
| Queens County | NY | 84.8 | Category 2 |
| Monmouth County | NJ | 85.8 | Category 2 |
| Sullivan County | NH | 86.0 | Category 1 |
| Northampton County | VA | 86.3 | Category 3 |
| Chesapeake city | VA | 86.6 | Category 3 |
| Sussex County | DE | 87.5 | Category 3 |
| Cape May County | NJ | 87.6 | Category 2 |
| Burlington County | NJ | 88.2 | Category 2 |
| Westchester County | NY | 89.7 | Category 2 |
| Kings County | NY | 90.4 | Category 2 |
| Chowan County | NC | 91.8 | Category 3 |
| Windham County | VT | 92.0 | Category 1 |
| Bronx County | NY | 93.0 | Category 2 |
| Berkshire County | MA | 96.0 | Category 2 |
| Wicomico County | MD | 96.1 | Category 3 |
| Norfolk city | VA | 96.2 | Category 3 |
| Onslow County | NC | 96.7 | Category 2 |
| Putnam County | NY | 97.7 | Category 2 |
| Jones County | NC | 98.2 | Category 2 |
| New York County | NY | 98.3 | Category 2 |
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.