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Hurricane Lester

Aug 24, 2016 to Sep 8, 2016Peak 144 mph944 mb

Hurricane Lester came within 100 miles of 1 U.S. county without passing within 50.

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  • Post-tropical
Watch how it happened

Hurricane Lester · 2016

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 Lester on September 3, 2016, about 6 hours before its closest pass to Honolulu County, HI.

Hurricane Lester on September 3, 2016, about 6 hours before its closest pass to Honolulu County, HI.
True-colour image from VIIRS, aboard the Suomi NPP satellite, on its early-afternoon pass, around 23:54 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
944 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
0
None
Counties within 100 miles
1
HI
Strongest near the U.S.
Tropical storm
Honolulu County, HI, 98.8 mi, Sep 4, 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
Honolulu CountyHI98.8Tropical stormSep 4, 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.