Hurricane Charley
Aug 9, 2004 to Aug 15, 2004Peak 150 mph941 mb
Hurricane Charley passed within 50 miles of 90 counties in 4 states. It was strongest near Lee County, FL, as a Category 4 on August 13, 2004.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Charley · 2004
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
From space
Hurricane Charley on August 13, 2004, about 4 hours before landfall in Lee County, FL.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- 150 mph, 130 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 941 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 90
- FL, NC, SC, VA
- Counties within 100 miles
- 160
- FL, GA, NC, SC, VA
- 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.
| Seminole County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Craven County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pender County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | FL | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Orange County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Camden County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Charlotte County | FL | 0.0 | Category 4 |
| Chowan County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Volusia County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Hardee County | FL | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Duplin County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Horry County | SC | 0.6 | Category 1 |
| Charleston County | SC | 0.8 | Category 1 |
| Columbus County | NC | 1.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | FL | 1.5 | Category 4 |
| Pitt County | NC | 2.1 | Tropical storm |
| Flagler County | FL | 2.2 | Category 1 |
| DeSoto County | FL | 2.8 | Category 4 |
| Sarasota County | FL | 2.8 | Category 4 |
| Beaufort County | NC | 3.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lenoir County | NC | 3.5 | Tropical storm |
| Perquimans County | NC | 3.5 | Tropical storm |
| Currituck County | NC | 4.3 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | FL | 4.8 | Category 3 |
| Georgetown County | SC | 4.9 | Category 1 |
| Onslow County | NC | 4.9 | Tropical storm |
| Bladen County | NC | 5.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lake County | FL | 5.1 | Category 1 |
| Osceola County | FL | 5.5 | Category 1 |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 5.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | NC | 6.1 | Tropical storm |
| Bertie County | NC | 7.3 | Tropical storm |
| Chesapeake city | VA | 8.7 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | NC | 8.7 | Tropical storm |
| Sampson County | NC | 9.5 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | NC | 10.7 | Tropical storm |
| New Hanover County | NC | 10.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hertford County | NC | 11.1 | Tropical storm |
| Berkeley County | SC | 12.4 | Category 1 |
| Gates County | NC | 12.5 | Tropical storm |
| Suffolk city | VA | 13.0 | Tropical storm |
| Highlands County | FL | 13.0 | Category 2 |
| Manatee County | FL | 14.0 | Category 3 |
| St. Johns County | FL | 18.0 | Category 1 |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 19.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hillsborough County | FL | 19.3 | Category 2 |
| Wayne County | NC | 19.3 | Tropical storm |
| Hyde County | NC | 20.3 | Tropical storm |
| Portsmouth city | VA | 20.7 | Tropical storm |
| Edgecombe County | NC | 21.3 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | FL | 22.2 | Category 1 |
| Brevard County | FL | 22.2 | Category 1 |
| Marion County | SC | 22.6 | Category 1 |
| Pamlico County | NC | 23.6 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | FL | 23.8 | Category 1 |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 25.2 | Category 1 |
| Sumter County | FL | 26.1 | Category 1 |
| Collier County | FL | 27.5 | Category 4 |
| Pasco County | FL | 29.8 | Category 1 |
| Glades County | FL | 30.8 | Category 4 |
| Halifax County | NC | 30.9 | Tropical storm |
| Wilson County | NC | 30.9 | Tropical storm |
| Isle of Wight County | VA | 31.4 | Tropical storm |
| Florence County | SC | 31.6 | Category 1 |
| Dare County | NC | 32.3 | Tropical storm |
| Carteret County | NC | 33.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | NC | 33.3 | Tropical storm |
| Northampton County | NC | 33.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hendry County | FL | 34.2 | Category 4 |
| Southampton County | VA | 34.5 | Tropical storm |
| Robeson County | NC | 35.1 | Tropical storm |
| Dorchester County | SC | 35.8 | Category 1 |
| Okeechobee County | FL | 35.9 | Category 2 |
| Hernando County | FL | 35.9 | Category 1 |
| Colleton County | SC | 36.1 | Category 1 |
| Duval County | FL | 36.2 | Category 1 |
| Franklin city | VA | 37.1 | Tropical storm |
| Johnston County | NC | 39.1 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | FL | 39.2 | Category 1 |
| Dillon County | SC | 39.7 | Category 1 |
| Beaufort County | SC | 42.8 | Category 1 |
| Surry County | VA | 45.4 | Tropical storm |
| Nash County | NC | 45.8 | Tropical storm |
| Nassau County | FL | 47.8 | Category 1 |
| Indian River County | FL | 47.9 | Category 1 |
| Greensville County | VA | 48.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sussex County | VA | 48.9 | Tropical storm |
| Citrus County | FL | 49.2 | Category 1 |
| Pinellas County | FL | 50.7 | Category 3 |
| Camden County | GA | 52.0 | Category 1 |
| Clarendon County | SC | 53.0 | Category 1 |
| Orangeburg County | SC | 53.5 | Category 1 |
| Harnett County | NC | 53.8 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | GA | 54.5 | Category 1 |
| Alachua County | FL | 56.7 | Category 1 |
| Glynn County | GA | 57.3 | Category 1 |
| Jasper County | SC | 58.3 | Category 1 |
| McIntosh County | GA | 59.0 | Category 1 |
| Liberty County | GA | 59.5 | Category 1 |
| Franklin County | NC | 61.5 | Tropical storm |
| Hoke County | NC | 61.7 | Tropical storm |
| Wake County | NC | 61.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bradford County | FL | 62.2 | Category 1 |
| Sumter County | SC | 63.3 | Category 1 |
| Emporia city | VA | 63.4 | Tropical storm |
| Marlboro County | SC | 63.6 | Category 1 |
| Bryan County | GA | 64.5 | Category 1 |
| Darlington County | SC | 65.1 | Category 1 |
| Warren County | NC | 66.1 | Tropical storm |
| St. Lucie County | FL | 66.8 | Category 2 |
| Scotland County | NC | 68.3 | Tropical storm |
| Palm Beach County | FL | 68.7 | Category 3 |
| Martin County | FL | 68.7 | Category 3 |
| Lee County | SC | 70.1 | Category 1 |
| Brunswick County | VA | 70.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton County | SC | 71.3 | Category 1 |
| Dinwiddie County | VA | 71.3 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | FL | 71.7 | Category 1 |
| Levy County | FL | 71.7 | Category 1 |
| Moore County | NC | 73.3 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | SC | 73.7 | Category 1 |
| Petersburg city | VA | 75.7 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | FL | 76.3 | Category 1 |
| Effingham County | GA | 76.4 | Category 1 |
| Charlton County | GA | 76.7 | Category 1 |
| Hopewell city | VA | 77.3 | Tropical storm |
| Chesterfield County | VA | 79.4 | Tropical storm |
| Colonial Heights city | VA | 80.2 | Tropical storm |
| Long County | GA | 80.9 | Category 1 |
| Bamberg County | SC | 81.0 | Category 1 |
| Chatham County | NC | 81.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | NC | 81.9 | Tropical storm |
| Chesterfield County | SC | 82.0 | Category 1 |
| Brantley County | GA | 82.3 | Category 1 |
| Wayne County | GA | 82.4 | Category 1 |
| Mecklenburg County | VA | 82.5 | Tropical storm |
| Vance County | NC | 82.8 | Tropical storm |
| Granville County | NC | 82.9 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | NC | 83.0 | Tropical storm |
| Broward County | FL | 83.4 | Category 4 |
| Richland County | SC | 87.1 | Category 1 |
| Durham County | NC | 88.5 | Tropical storm |
| Ware County | GA | 90.4 | Category 1 |
| Lunenburg County | VA | 90.5 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond city | VA | 91.2 | Tropical storm |
| Miami-Dade County | FL | 92.0 | Category 4 |
| Amelia County | VA | 92.5 | Tropical storm |
| Allendale County | SC | 92.7 | Category 1 |
| Bulloch County | GA | 92.8 | Category 1 |
| Nottoway County | VA | 92.9 | Tropical storm |
| Gilchrist County | FL | 93.4 | Category 1 |
| Columbia County | FL | 94.2 | Category 1 |
| Kershaw County | SC | 97.4 | Category 1 |
| Montgomery County | NC | 97.4 | Tropical storm |
| Anson County | NC | 97.5 | Tropical storm |
| Pierce County | GA | 97.8 | Category 1 |
| Orange County | NC | 98.2 | Tropical storm |
| Screven County | GA | 99.2 | 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.