Hurricane Matthew
Sep 28, 2016 to Oct 10, 2016Peak 167 mph934 mb
Hurricane Matthew passed within 50 miles of 47 counties in 4 states. It was strongest near Miami-Dade County, FL, as a Category 4 on October 7, 2016.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Matthew · 2016
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
From space
Hurricane Matthew on October 7, 2016, about 20 hours before landfall in Charleston County, SC.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 5
- 167 mph, 145 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 934 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 47
- FL, GA, NC, SC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 113
- FL, GA, NC, SC
- Landfalls recorded
- 4
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Georgetown County | SC | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Charleston County | SC | 1.2 | Category 1 |
| Horry County | SC | 5.0 | Category 1 |
| Berkeley County | SC | 7.3 | Category 1 |
| Brunswick County | NC | 7.5 | Category 1 |
| Beaufort County | SC | 10.8 | Category 2 |
| New Hanover County | NC | 11.9 | Category 1 |
| Carteret County | NC | 12.4 | Category 1 |
| Colleton County | SC | 14.6 | Category 1 |
| Marion County | SC | 17.9 | Category 1 |
| Chatham County | GA | 18.6 | Category 2 |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 22.0 | Category 1 |
| Jasper County | SC | 22.1 | Category 2 |
| Brevard County | FL | 24.0 | Category 3 |
| Dorchester County | SC | 24.5 | Category 1 |
| Columbus County | NC | 24.8 | Category 1 |
| Hyde County | NC | 25.6 | Category 1 |
| Volusia County | FL | 27.3 | Category 3 |
| Florence County | SC | 27.6 | Category 1 |
| Dare County | NC | 29.6 | Category 1 |
| Flagler County | FL | 29.8 | Category 3 |
| St. Johns County | FL | 30.9 | Category 3 |
| Liberty County | GA | 31.2 | Category 2 |
| Pender County | NC | 32.8 | Category 1 |
| Craven County | NC | 33.5 | Category 1 |
| Bryan County | GA | 33.8 | Category 2 |
| McIntosh County | GA | 34.4 | Category 2 |
| Onslow County | NC | 35.4 | Category 1 |
| Indian River County | FL | 37.3 | Category 3 |
| Effingham County | GA | 38.5 | Category 2 |
| St. Lucie County | FL | 39.3 | Category 3 |
| Glynn County | GA | 39.6 | Category 2 |
| Pamlico County | NC | 41.3 | Category 1 |
| Martin County | FL | 42.2 | Category 3 |
| Jones County | NC | 42.7 | Category 1 |
| Hampton County | SC | 43.0 | Category 2 |
| Orange County | FL | 43.5 | Category 3 |
| Duval County | FL | 43.7 | Category 3 |
| Seminole County | FL | 45.2 | Category 3 |
| Palm Beach County | FL | 46.6 | Category 3 |
| Osceola County | FL | 47.0 | Category 3 |
| Bladen County | NC | 47.3 | Category 1 |
| Camden County | GA | 47.8 | Category 2 |
| Orangeburg County | SC | 48.2 | Category 1 |
| Clarendon County | SC | 48.6 | Category 1 |
| Putnam County | FL | 48.8 | Category 3 |
| Nassau County | FL | 48.9 | Category 2 |
| Beaufort County | NC | 51.5 | Category 1 |
| Dillon County | SC | 52.5 | Category 1 |
| Long County | GA | 52.9 | Category 2 |
| Clay County | FL | 53.7 | Category 3 |
| Robeson County | NC | 54.5 | Category 1 |
| Bulloch County | GA | 55.5 | Category 2 |
| Lake County | FL | 56.0 | Category 3 |
| Duplin County | NC | 58.4 | Category 1 |
| Sampson County | NC | 58.7 | Category 1 |
| Okeechobee County | FL | 58.7 | Category 3 |
| Wayne County | GA | 59.7 | Category 2 |
| Sumter County | SC | 61.4 | Category 1 |
| Screven County | GA | 62.2 | Category 2 |
| Marion County | FL | 62.5 | Category 3 |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 63.2 | Category 1 |
| Marlboro County | SC | 66.0 | Category 1 |
| Bamberg County | SC | 66.7 | Category 1 |
| Brantley County | GA | 66.8 | Category 2 |
| Darlington County | SC | 67.0 | Category 1 |
| Allendale County | SC | 67.3 | Category 2 |
| Lee County | SC | 68.0 | Category 1 |
| Calhoun County | SC | 68.8 | Category 1 |
| Broward County | FL | 70.2 | Category 4 |
| Evans County | GA | 70.3 | Category 2 |
| Tattnall County | GA | 72.4 | Category 2 |
| Washington County | NC | 72.6 | Category 1 |
| Lenoir County | NC | 75.2 | Category 1 |
| Charlton County | GA | 76.6 | Category 2 |
| Pitt County | NC | 78.7 | Category 1 |
| Barnwell County | SC | 80.2 | Category 2 |
| Polk County | FL | 80.7 | Category 3 |
| Alachua County | FL | 81.0 | Category 3 |
| Bradford County | FL | 81.0 | Category 3 |
| Glades County | FL | 81.1 | Category 3 |
| Pierce County | GA | 82.2 | Category 2 |
| Highlands County | FL | 82.2 | Category 3 |
| Cumberland County | NC | 82.3 | Category 1 |
| Scotland County | NC | 82.4 | Category 1 |
| Richland County | SC | 82.5 | Category 1 |
| Baker County | FL | 83.0 | Category 3 |
| Chesterfield County | SC | 85.2 | Category 1 |
| Martin County | NC | 85.3 | Category 1 |
| Miami-Dade County | FL | 85.4 | Category 4 |
| Candler County | GA | 85.7 | Category 2 |
| Appling County | GA | 86.6 | Category 2 |
| Jenkins County | GA | 87.0 | Category 2 |
| Union County | FL | 88.4 | Category 3 |
| Wayne County | NC | 88.9 | Category 1 |
| Hendry County | FL | 89.0 | Category 3 |
| Burke County | GA | 89.2 | Category 2 |
| Sumter County | FL | 89.8 | Category 3 |
| Currituck County | NC | 89.8 | Category 1 |
| Greene County | NC | 90.5 | Category 1 |
| Ware County | GA | 90.7 | Category 2 |
| Bertie County | NC | 91.2 | Category 1 |
| Hoke County | NC | 91.7 | Category 1 |
| Emanuel County | GA | 94.4 | Category 2 |
| Kershaw County | SC | 94.7 | Category 1 |
| Chowan County | NC | 94.8 | Category 1 |
| Bacon County | GA | 95.9 | Category 2 |
| Perquimans County | NC | 97.0 | Category 1 |
| Camden County | NC | 97.2 | Category 1 |
| Richmond County | NC | 97.4 | Category 1 |
| Lexington County | SC | 97.4 | Category 1 |
| Toombs County | GA | 97.9 | Category 2 |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 98.2 | Category 1 |
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.