Hurricane Bonnie
Aug 19, 1998 to Aug 31, 1998Peak 115 mph954 mb
Hurricane Bonnie passed within 50 miles of 30 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near Georgetown County, SC, as a Category 3 on August 26, 1998.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Bonnie · 1998
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- 115 mph, 100 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 954 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 30
- NC, SC, VA
- Counties within 100 miles
- 72
- 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.
| Dare County | NC | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Craven County | NC | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Onslow County | NC | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Pender County | NC | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Pamlico County | NC | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Jones County | NC | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Hyde County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | NC | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| New Hanover County | NC | 0.6 | Category 2 |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 1.8 | Category 1 |
| Carteret County | NC | 2.9 | Category 1 |
| Washington County | NC | 11.1 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | NC | 12.8 | Category 2 |
| Currituck County | NC | 13.3 | Category 1 |
| Duplin County | NC | 17.6 | Category 2 |
| Camden County | NC | 22.2 | Category 1 |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 25.5 | Category 1 |
| Pitt County | NC | 26.2 | Category 1 |
| Martin County | NC | 26.3 | Tropical storm |
| Columbus County | NC | 26.5 | Category 2 |
| Perquimans County | NC | 26.8 | Category 1 |
| Bladen County | NC | 27.5 | Category 2 |
| Lenoir County | NC | 29.6 | Category 1 |
| Chowan County | NC | 30.7 | Tropical storm |
| Bertie County | NC | 31.5 | Tropical storm |
| Sampson County | NC | 31.7 | Category 2 |
| Greene County | NC | 39.4 | Category 1 |
| Virginia Beach city | VA | 43.2 | Category 1 |
| Wayne County | NC | 44.3 | Category 1 |
| Horry County | SC | 46.9 | Category 3 |
| Gates County | NC | 50.5 | Category 1 |
| Chesapeake city | VA | 50.6 | Category 1 |
| Edgecombe County | NC | 51.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hertford County | NC | 51.7 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | NC | 55.1 | Category 2 |
| Wilson County | NC | 58.5 | Category 1 |
| Halifax County | NC | 60.3 | Tropical storm |
| Suffolk city | VA | 61.5 | Category 1 |
| Robeson County | NC | 65.7 | Category 2 |
| Northampton County | NC | 65.8 | Tropical storm |
| Johnston County | NC | 65.8 | Category 1 |
| Norfolk city | VA | 69.1 | Category 1 |
| Portsmouth city | VA | 70.1 | Category 1 |
| Georgetown County | SC | 70.3 | Category 3 |
| Nash County | NC | 73.4 | Category 1 |
| Southampton County | VA | 74.7 | Tropical storm |
| Northampton County | VA | 77.3 | Category 1 |
| Harnett County | NC | 78.2 | Category 2 |
| Dillon County | SC | 78.3 | Category 2 |
| Isle of Wight County | VA | 79.8 | Category 1 |
| Franklin city | VA | 80.4 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton city | VA | 81.2 | Category 1 |
| Marion County | SC | 81.5 | Category 2 |
| Newport News city | VA | 83.2 | Category 1 |
| Hoke County | NC | 85.0 | Category 2 |
| Charleston County | SC | 85.0 | Category 3 |
| Greensville County | VA | 87.1 | Tropical storm |
| Accomack County | VA | 88.1 | Category 1 |
| Poquoson city | VA | 88.5 | Category 1 |
| Florence County | SC | 90.2 | Category 3 |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 90.3 | Category 3 |
| Franklin County | NC | 90.5 | Category 1 |
| York County | VA | 90.7 | Category 1 |
| Wake County | NC | 90.9 | Category 1 |
| Berkeley County | SC | 95.3 | Category 3 |
| Moore County | NC | 95.7 | Category 2 |
| Warren County | NC | 96.2 | Tropical storm |
| Scotland County | NC | 96.3 | Category 2 |
| Surry County | VA | 97.3 | Category 1 |
| Sussex County | VA | 98.4 | Category 1 |
| Mathews County | VA | 99.6 | Category 1 |
| Gloucester County | VA | 99.7 | Category 1 |
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.