Hurricane Jeanne
Sep 13, 2004 to Sep 29, 2004Peak 121 mph950 mb
Hurricane Jeanne passed within 50 miles of 62 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Martin County, FL, as a Category 3 on September 26, 2004.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Jeanne · 2004
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
From space
Hurricane Jeanne on September 25, 2004, about 12 hours before landfall in Martin County, FL.

The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- 121 mph, 105 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 950 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 62
- FL, GA
- Counties within 100 miles
- 89
- AL, FL, GA
- 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.
| Hernando County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Levy County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hillsborough County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pasco County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Highlands County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Dixie County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Okeechobee County | FL | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| St. Lucie County | FL | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Madison County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Citrus County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Thomas County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Worth County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Colquitt County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | FL | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Jefferson County | FL | 1.3 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | FL | 2.0 | Tropical storm |
| Gilchrist County | FL | 2.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hardee County | FL | 4.3 | Category 1 |
| Suwannee County | FL | 4.5 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | FL | 5.5 | Tropical storm |
| Mitchell County | GA | 6.1 | Tropical storm |
| Osceola County | FL | 9.3 | Category 1 |
| Sumter County | FL | 9.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | GA | 11.1 | Tropical storm |
| Alachua County | FL | 11.2 | Tropical storm |
| Grady County | GA | 12.9 | Tropical storm |
| Indian River County | FL | 12.9 | Category 2 |
| Glades County | FL | 15.0 | Category 2 |
| Palm Beach County | FL | 15.0 | Category 3 |
| Hamilton County | FL | 15.2 | Tropical storm |
| Cook County | GA | 16.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lake County | FL | 17.0 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | GA | 18.7 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | FL | 19.3 | Tropical storm |
| Leon County | FL | 19.4 | Tropical storm |
| DeSoto County | FL | 21.8 | Category 1 |
| Manatee County | FL | 22.1 | Category 1 |
| Pinellas County | FL | 23.1 | Tropical storm |
| Berrien County | GA | 24.3 | Tropical storm |
| Echols County | GA | 25.3 | Tropical storm |
| Brevard County | FL | 26.4 | Category 2 |
| Decatur County | GA | 28.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hendry County | FL | 29.1 | Category 2 |
| Orange County | FL | 29.9 | Category 1 |
| Union County | FL | 32.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lanier County | GA | 33.4 | Tropical storm |
| Gadsden County | FL | 33.4 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | GA | 34.3 | Tropical storm |
| Wakulla County | FL | 36.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bradford County | FL | 37.4 | Tropical storm |
| Miller County | GA | 38.1 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | FL | 40.5 | Tropical storm |
| Charlotte County | FL | 41.1 | Category 1 |
| Clinch County | GA | 41.7 | Tropical storm |
| Sarasota County | FL | 43.5 | Category 1 |
| Baker County | FL | 43.7 | Tropical storm |
| Early County | GA | 45.2 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | FL | 48.7 | Tropical storm |
| Seminole County | GA | 49.2 | Tropical storm |
| Seminole County | FL | 52.7 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | GA | 57.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | FL | 58.0 | Category 2 |
| Broward County | FL | 58.7 | Category 3 |
| Volusia County | FL | 58.9 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | FL | 60.3 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | FL | 62.1 | Tropical storm |
| Ware County | GA | 62.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | FL | 63.1 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | AL | 65.4 | Tropical storm |
| Charlton County | GA | 66.0 | Tropical storm |
| Duval County | FL | 66.1 | Tropical storm |
| Collier County | FL | 66.4 | Category 2 |
| Nassau County | FL | 69.3 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | FL | 70.1 | Tropical storm |
| Flagler County | FL | 71.6 | Tropical storm |
| Henry County | AL | 71.7 | Tropical storm |
| St. Johns County | FL | 74.2 | Tropical storm |
| Miami-Dade County | FL | 83.2 | Category 3 |
| Brantley County | GA | 88.1 | Tropical storm |
| Dale County | AL | 90.6 | Tropical storm |
| Gulf County | FL | 92.9 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | FL | 93.4 | Tropical storm |
| Geneva County | AL | 94.0 | Tropical storm |
| Holmes County | FL | 94.9 | Tropical storm |
| Bay County | FL | 95.4 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | GA | 97.1 | 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.