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Hurricane Kyle

Sep 25, 2008 to Sep 30, 2008Peak 86 mph984 mb

Hurricane Kyle came within 100 miles of 2 U.S. counties without passing within 50.

  • Major hurricane
  • Hurricane
  • Tropical storm
  • Post-tropical
Watch how it happened

Hurricane Kyle · 2008

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

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Date and time (UTC)—Historical replay — not a forecast
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From space

Hurricane Kyle on September 28, 2008, about 8 hours before its closest pass to Washington County, ME.

Hurricane Kyle on September 28, 2008, about 8 hours before its closest pass to Washington County, ME.
True-colour image from MODIS, aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite, on its early-afternoon pass, around 17:56 UTC. Imagery: NASA Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System.

The storm

Peak strength
Category 1
86 mph, 75 kt
Lowest pressure
984 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
0
None
Counties within 100 miles
2
ME
Strongest near the U.S.
Category 1
Hancock County, ME, 96.6 mi, Sep 29, 2008
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
Washington CountyME63.5Tropical stormSep 29, 2008
Hancock CountyME96.6Category 1Sep 29, 2008

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.