Hurricane Andrew
Aug 16, 1992 to Aug 28, 1992Peak 173 mph922 mb
Hurricane Andrew passed within 50 miles of 40 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near Miami-Dade County, FL, as a Category 4 on August 24, 1992.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Andrew · 1992
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 5
- 173 mph, 150 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 922 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 40
- FL, LA, MS
- Counties within 100 miles
- 68
- FL, LA, MS
- Landfalls recorded
- 5
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Adams County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Miami-Dade County | FL | 0.0 | Category 4 |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Wilkinson County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Martin Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Franklin County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | FL | 0.0 | Category 4 |
| St. Mary Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Iberia Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| West Feliciana Parish | LA | 0.6 | Tropical storm |
| Iberville Parish | LA | 1.1 | Category 1 |
| St. Landry Parish | LA | 2.1 | Category 1 |
| Concordia Parish | LA | 3.9 | Tropical storm |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 3.9 | Category 4 |
| Amite County | MS | 7.6 | Tropical storm |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 10.0 | Category 1 |
| Avoyelles Parish | LA | 12.1 | Tropical storm |
| Collier County | FL | 12.1 | Category 4 |
| Lafayette Parish | LA | 12.8 | Category 1 |
| Vermilion Parish | LA | 16.6 | Category 1 |
| East Feliciana Parish | LA | 16.7 | Tropical storm |
| Tensas Parish | LA | 18.9 | Tropical storm |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 19.1 | Tropical storm |
| Assumption Parish | LA | 22.9 | Category 2 |
| Catahoula Parish | LA | 26.2 | Tropical storm |
| Acadia Parish | LA | 27.6 | Category 1 |
| Broward County | FL | 28.6 | Category 4 |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 30.4 | Category 3 |
| Pike County | MS | 31.8 | Tropical storm |
| Evangeline Parish | LA | 32.2 | Tropical storm |
| Ascension Parish | LA | 32.9 | Category 2 |
| St. Helena Parish | LA | 33.1 | Tropical storm |
| Rapides Parish | LA | 36.3 | Tropical storm |
| LaSalle Parish | LA | 36.8 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin Parish | LA | 37.8 | Tropical storm |
| Livingston Parish | LA | 38.7 | Tropical storm |
| St. James Parish | LA | 39.9 | Category 2 |
| Lee County | FL | 44.9 | Category 4 |
| Hendry County | FL | 45.3 | Category 4 |
| Tangipahoa Parish | LA | 45.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 50.3 | Category 4 |
| Grant Parish | LA | 52.0 | Tropical storm |
| Palm Beach County | FL | 53.1 | Category 4 |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | LA | 53.2 | Category 1 |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 54.4 | Category 3 |
| Cameron Parish | LA | 54.9 | Category 1 |
| Caldwell Parish | LA | 55.7 | Tropical storm |
| Allen Parish | LA | 55.7 | Category 1 |
| Washington Parish | LA | 56.3 | Tropical storm |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 61.3 | Category 3 |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 65.6 | Category 4 |
| Calcasieu Parish | LA | 71.0 | Category 1 |
| Vernon Parish | LA | 72.1 | Tropical storm |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 72.3 | Tropical storm |
| Winn Parish | LA | 72.4 | Tropical storm |
| Charlotte County | FL | 73.5 | Category 4 |
| Ouachita Parish | LA | 76.6 | Tropical storm |
| Glades County | FL | 78.0 | Category 4 |
| Natchitoches Parish | LA | 78.8 | Tropical storm |
| Beauregard Parish | LA | 79.4 | Category 1 |
| Jackson Parish | LA | 84.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sarasota County | FL | 84.0 | Category 4 |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 84.3 | Category 3 |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 90.1 | Category 4 |
| DeSoto County | FL | 92.2 | Category 4 |
| Martin County | FL | 95.9 | Category 4 |
| Okeechobee County | FL | 95.9 | Category 4 |
| Highlands County | FL | 95.9 | Category 4 |
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.