Hurricane Georges
Sep 15, 1998 to Oct 1, 1998Peak 155 mph937 mb
Hurricane Georges passed within 50 miles of 17 counties in 4 states. It was strongest near Plaquemines Parish, LA, as a Category 2 on September 28, 1998.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Georges · 1998
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- 155 mph, 135 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 937 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 17
- AL, FL, LA, MS
- Counties within 100 miles
- 36
- AL, FL, LA, MS
- Landfalls recorded
- 7
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Mobile County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | MS | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Monroe County | FL | 0.4 | Category 2 |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 3.9 | Category 2 |
| Stone County | MS | 5.4 | Category 1 |
| George County | MS | 6.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pearl River County | MS | 20.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | MS | 20.6 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | MS | 21.5 | Tropical storm |
| Forrest County | MS | 22.9 | Tropical storm |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 31.5 | Category 2 |
| Lamar County | MS | 35.1 | Tropical storm |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 40.4 | Category 2 |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 46.3 | Category 2 |
| Marion County | MS | 47.7 | Tropical storm |
| Washington Parish | LA | 48.8 | Tropical storm |
| Walthall County | MS | 56.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | MS | 57.6 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | MS | 62.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis County | MS | 67.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 72.6 | Tropical storm |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 73.6 | Tropical storm |
| Tangipahoa Parish | LA | 73.6 | Tropical storm |
| Miami-Dade County | FL | 75.9 | Category 2 |
| Lawrence County | MS | 78.8 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | MS | 79.7 | Tropical storm |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 80.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 83.4 | Category 2 |
| Smith County | MS | 85.1 | Tropical storm |
| Livingston Parish | LA | 89.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | MS | 90.1 | Tropical storm |
| Simpson County | MS | 90.2 | Tropical storm |
| Collier County | FL | 92.9 | Category 2 |
| St. Helena Parish | LA | 93.2 | Tropical storm |
| Amite County | MS | 95.9 | Tropical storm |
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.