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Hurricane Madeline

Aug 26, 2016 to Sep 3, 2016Peak 132 mph950 mb

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

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

Hurricane Madeline · 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 Madeline on August 31, 2016, about an hour before its closest pass to Hawaii County, HI.

Hurricane Madeline on August 31, 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 23:48 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
132 mph, 115 kt
Lowest pressure
950 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
0
None
Counties within 100 miles
1
HI
Strongest near the U.S.
Tropical storm
Hawaii County, HI, 87.9 mi, Sep 1, 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 CountyHI87.9Tropical stormSep 1, 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.