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Tropical Storm Beryl

Jul 18, 2006 to Jul 22, 2006Peak 58 mph1000 mb

Tropical Storm Beryl passed within 50 miles of 7 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Atlantic County, NJ, as a tropical storm on July 20, 2006.

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Tropical Storm Beryl · 2006

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

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From space

Tropical Storm Beryl on July 20, 2006, about 15 hours before landfall in Nantucket County, MA.

Tropical Storm Beryl on July 20, 2006, about 15 hours before landfall in Nantucket County, MA.
True-colour image from MODIS, aboard NASA’s Terra satellite, on its late-morning pass, around 15:19 UTC. Imagery: NASA Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System.

The storm

Peak strength
Tropical storm
58 mph, 50 kt
Lowest pressure
1000 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
7
MA, RI
Counties within 100 miles
25
CT, MA, ME, NJ, NY, RI
Strongest near the U.S.
Tropical storm
Atlantic County, NJ, 98.6 mi, Jul 20, 2006
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.

Counties within 100 miles
Nantucket CountyMA0.0Tropical stormJul 21, 2006
Barnstable CountyMA13.2Tropical stormJul 21, 2006
Dukes CountyMA22.4Tropical stormJul 21, 2006
Plymouth CountyMA41.2Tropical stormJul 21, 2006
Bristol CountyMA42.7Tropical stormJul 21, 2006
Newport CountyRI47.1Tropical stormJul 21, 2006
Washington CountyRI49.7Tropical stormJul 21, 2006
Suffolk CountyNY58.2Tropical stormJul 21, 2006
Bristol CountyRI59.4Tropical stormJul 21, 2006
Kent CountyRI64.8Tropical stormJul 21, 2006
Providence CountyRI68.1Tropical stormJul 21, 2006
New London CountyCT69.0Tropical stormJul 21, 2006
Norfolk CountyMA71.9Tropical stormJul 21, 2006
Windham CountyCT80.1Tropical stormJul 21, 2006
Suffolk CountyMA81.4Tropical stormJul 21, 2006
Hancock CountyME83.6Tropical stormJul 21, 2006
Essex CountyMA85.7Tropical stormJul 21, 2006
Middlesex CountyCT86.5Tropical stormJul 21, 2006
Worcester CountyMA87.2Tropical stormJul 21, 2006
Knox CountyME87.6Tropical stormJul 21, 2006
Middlesex CountyMA88.2Tropical stormJul 21, 2006
New Haven CountyCT93.3Tropical stormJul 21, 2006
Ocean CountyNJ96.7Tropical stormJul 20, 2006
Atlantic CountyNJ98.6Tropical stormJul 20, 2006
Tolland CountyCT99.6Tropical stormJul 21, 2006

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.