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Hurricane Iselle

Jul 30, 2014 to Aug 10, 2014Peak 138 mph947 mb

Hurricane Iselle passed within 50 miles of 1 county in HI. It was strongest near Hawaii County, HI, as a tropical storm on August 8, 2014.

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Watch how it happened

Hurricane Iselle · 2014

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

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From space

Hurricane Iselle on August 7, 2014, about 13 hours before landfall in Hawaii County, HI.

Hurricane Iselle on August 7, 2014, about 13 hours before landfall in Hawaii County, HI.
True-colour image from MODIS, aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite, with the gaps between its orbits filled from Terra, on its early-afternoon pass, around 23:42 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
138 mph, 120 kt
Lowest pressure
947 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
1
HI
Counties within 100 miles
2
HI
Strongest near the U.S.
Tropical storm
Hawaii County, HI, 0.0 mi, Aug 8, 2014
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
Hawaii CountyHI0.0Tropical stormAug 8, 2014
Maui CountyHI80.8Tropical stormAug 8, 2014

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.