Hurricane Darby

Jul 11, 2016 to Jul 26, 2016Peak 121 mph958 mb

Hurricane Darby passed within 50 miles of 1 county in HI. It was strongest near Hawaii County, HI, as a tropical storm on July 24, 2016.

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

Hurricane Darby · 2016

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

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

Hurricane Darby on July 23, 2016, about an hour before its closest pass to Hawaii County, HI.

Hurricane Darby on July 23, 2016, about an hour before its closest pass to Hawaii County, HI.
True-colour image from VIIRS, aboard the Suomi NPP satellite, on its early-afternoon pass, around 23:51 UTC. Imagery: NASA Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System.

The storm

Peak strength
Category 3
121 mph, 105 kt
Lowest pressure
958 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
1
HI
Counties within 100 miles
1
HI
Strongest near the U.S.
Tropical storm
Hawaii County, HI, 0.0 mi, Jul 24, 2016
Landfalls recorded
0
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 stormJul 24, 2016

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.