Hurricane Gustav
Sep 8, 2002 to Sep 15, 2002Peak 98 mph960 mb
Hurricane Gustav passed within 50 miles of 3 counties in NC. It was strongest near Dare County, NC, as a tropical storm on September 10, 2002.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Gustav · 2002
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
From space
Hurricane Gustav on September 10, 2002, about 3 hours before its closest pass to Dare County, NC.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- 98 mph, 85 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 960 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 3
- NC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 18
- NC, VA
- Landfalls recorded
- 2
- 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 | 17.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hyde County | NC | 24.8 | Tropical storm |
| Carteret County | NC | 36.3 | Tropical storm |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 58.6 | Tropical storm |
| Pamlico County | NC | 63.0 | Tropical storm |
| Currituck County | NC | 70.4 | Tropical storm |
| Craven County | NC | 71.1 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | NC | 71.1 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | NC | 74.4 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | NC | 79.5 | Tropical storm |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 84.1 | Tropical storm |
| Perquimans County | NC | 86.8 | Tropical storm |
| Chowan County | NC | 92.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | NC | 93.5 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | NC | 95.1 | Tropical storm |
| Bertie County | NC | 96.7 | Tropical storm |
| Onslow County | NC | 97.0 | Tropical storm |
| Virginia Beach city | VA | 97.6 | 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.