Hurricane Earl
Aug 31, 1998 to Sep 8, 1998Peak 98 mph964 mb
Hurricane Earl passed within 50 miles of 65 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near St. Bernard Parish, LA, as a Category 1 on September 2, 1998.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Earl · 1998
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- 98 mph, 85 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 964 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 65
- AL, FL, GA
- Counties within 100 miles
- 115
- AL, FL, GA, LA
- 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.
| Calhoun County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Mitchell County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wheeler County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Telfair County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Gadsden County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bay County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Decatur County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Worth County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Irwin County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | FL | 0.5 | Tropical storm |
| Ben Hill County | GA | 1.0 | Tropical storm |
| Seminole County | GA | 1.1 | Tropical storm |
| Turner County | GA | 2.0 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | GA | 2.3 | Tropical storm |
| Colquitt County | GA | 2.4 | Tropical storm |
| Dodge County | GA | 3.5 | Tropical storm |
| Tift County | GA | 4.0 | Tropical storm |
| Grady County | GA | 5.7 | Tropical storm |
| Laurens County | GA | 6.3 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | FL | 6.8 | Tropical storm |
| Gulf County | FL | 7.0 | Category 1 |
| Baker County | GA | 9.8 | Tropical storm |
| Dougherty County | GA | 9.9 | Tropical storm |
| Thomas County | GA | 10.0 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | FL | 10.4 | Category 1 |
| Miller County | GA | 12.5 | Tropical storm |
| Crisp County | GA | 12.8 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | GA | 12.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jeff Davis County | GA | 15.0 | Tropical storm |
| Berrien County | GA | 15.1 | Tropical storm |
| Cook County | GA | 16.9 | Tropical storm |
| Pulaski County | GA | 19.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | GA | 20.3 | Tropical storm |
| Walton County | FL | 20.9 | Category 1 |
| Leon County | FL | 21.9 | Tropical storm |
| Appling County | GA | 22.1 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | AL | 23.1 | Tropical storm |
| Early County | GA | 23.8 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | GA | 23.9 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | GA | 24.8 | Tropical storm |
| Atkinson County | GA | 25.7 | Tropical storm |
| Dooly County | GA | 26.3 | Tropical storm |
| Terrell County | GA | 28.3 | Tropical storm |
| Wakulla County | FL | 28.6 | Tropical storm |
| Bleckley County | GA | 28.7 | Tropical storm |
| Bacon County | GA | 30.7 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | FL | 31.4 | Category 1 |
| Sumter County | GA | 31.5 | Tropical storm |
| Holmes County | FL | 32.9 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson County | FL | 33.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | GA | 34.7 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkinson County | GA | 38.0 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | GA | 38.9 | Tropical storm |
| Randolph County | GA | 39.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lanier County | GA | 40.1 | Tropical storm |
| Geneva County | AL | 40.3 | Tropical storm |
| Okaloosa County | FL | 40.5 | Category 1 |
| Twiggs County | GA | 41.4 | Tropical storm |
| Henry County | AL | 41.8 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | GA | 42.1 | Tropical storm |
| Ware County | GA | 42.7 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | GA | 43.7 | Tropical storm |
| Clinch County | GA | 44.3 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | GA | 48.0 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | FL | 50.4 | Tropical storm |
| Webster County | GA | 50.4 | Tropical storm |
| Pierce County | GA | 52.1 | Tropical storm |
| Dale County | AL | 52.6 | Tropical storm |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 52.8 | Category 1 |
| Schley County | GA | 53.6 | Tropical storm |
| Peach County | GA | 54.1 | Tropical storm |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 54.9 | Category 1 |
| Stewart County | GA | 57.7 | Tropical storm |
| Echols County | GA | 58.1 | Tropical storm |
| Bibb County | GA | 58.4 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | FL | 58.7 | Category 1 |
| Taylor County | FL | 59.5 | Tropical storm |
| Quitman County | GA | 59.6 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | GA | 60.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hamilton County | FL | 61.6 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | AL | 62.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | GA | 63.4 | Tropical storm |
| Crawford County | GA | 63.8 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | GA | 65.5 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | AL | 66.3 | Category 1 |
| Barbour County | AL | 67.4 | Tropical storm |
| Brantley County | GA | 67.7 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | AL | 73.5 | Category 1 |
| Charlton County | GA | 74.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chattahoochee County | GA | 75.0 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | GA | 78.5 | Tropical storm |
| Suwannee County | FL | 79.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | FL | 79.5 | Tropical storm |
| Russell County | AL | 80.6 | Tropical storm |
| Upson County | GA | 82.5 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | AL | 82.7 | Tropical storm |
| Talbot County | GA | 82.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | GA | 83.5 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | AL | 84.7 | Category 1 |
| Columbia County | FL | 87.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 87.8 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | GA | 88.3 | Tropical storm |
| Muscogee County | GA | 88.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 89.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | GA | 89.8 | Tropical storm |
| Crenshaw County | AL | 90.4 | Tropical storm |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 91.5 | Tropical storm |
| Bullock County | AL | 92.3 | Tropical storm |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 92.3 | Category 1 |
| Mobile County | AL | 92.5 | Category 1 |
| Harris County | GA | 94.6 | Tropical storm |
| Butts County | GA | 94.6 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | FL | 95.6 | Tropical storm |
| Conecuh County | AL | 96.1 | 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.