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Hurricane Earl

Aug 24, 2010 to Sep 6, 2010Peak 144 mph927 mb

Hurricane Earl came within 100 miles of 3 U.S. counties without passing within 50.

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

Hurricane Earl · 2010

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 Earl on September 3, 2010, about 11 hours before its closest pass to Nantucket County, MA.

Hurricane Earl on September 3, 2010, about 11 hours before its closest pass to Nantucket County, MA.
True-colour image from MODIS, aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite, on its early-afternoon pass, around 18:18 UTC. Imagery: NASA Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System.

The storm

Peak strength
Category 4
144 mph, 125 kt
Lowest pressure
927 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
0
None
Counties within 100 miles
3
MA, NC
Strongest near the U.S.
Category 2
Dare County, NC, 88.6 mi, Sep 3, 2010
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.

Counties within 100 miles
Nantucket CountyMA84.8Tropical stormSep 4, 2010
Dare CountyNC88.6Category 2Sep 3, 2010
Barnstable CountyMA100.0Tropical stormSep 4, 2010

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.