Hurricane Nate
Oct 3, 2017 to Oct 11, 2017Peak 92 mph981 mb
Hurricane Nate passed within 50 miles of 30 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near Plaquemines Parish, LA, as a Category 1 on October 8, 2017.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Nate · 2017
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
From space
Hurricane Nate on October 7, 2017, about 5 hours before landfall in Plaquemines Parish, LA.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- 92 mph, 80 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 981 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 30
- AL, LA, MS
- Counties within 100 miles
- 59
- AL, FL, LA, MS
- Landfalls recorded
- 3
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Choctaw County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Washington County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Marengo County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| George County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | AL | 1.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | MS | 5.4 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | MS | 5.9 | Tropical storm |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 7.6 | Category 1 |
| Perry County | MS | 10.1 | Tropical storm |
| Mobile County | AL | 10.5 | Tropical storm |
| Stone County | MS | 10.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | MS | 18.5 | Category 1 |
| Clarke County | MS | 19.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | AL | 22.5 | Tropical storm |
| Forrest County | MS | 24.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lauderdale County | MS | 25.3 | Tropical storm |
| Pearl River County | MS | 28.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | MS | 29.7 | Tropical storm |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 29.7 | Category 1 |
| Baldwin County | AL | 31.0 | Tropical storm |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 34.8 | Category 1 |
| Monroe County | AL | 36.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | MS | 38.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | MS | 38.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 44.7 | Category 1 |
| Escambia County | AL | 48.5 | Tropical storm |
| Newton County | MS | 49.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 50.8 | Category 1 |
| Covington County | MS | 53.6 | Tropical storm |
| Washington Parish | LA | 54.9 | Category 1 |
| Marion County | MS | 55.7 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | FL | 55.9 | Tropical storm |
| Conecuh County | AL | 57.4 | Tropical storm |
| Neshoba County | MS | 59.4 | Tropical storm |
| Smith County | MS | 59.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis County | MS | 63.6 | Tropical storm |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 64.6 | Category 1 |
| Walthall County | MS | 65.5 | Tropical storm |
| Butler County | AL | 66.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 66.6 | Category 1 |
| Tangipahoa Parish | LA | 67.3 | Category 1 |
| Scott County | MS | 71.9 | Tropical storm |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 72.4 | Category 1 |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 74.8 | Tropical storm |
| Simpson County | MS | 76.8 | Tropical storm |
| Leake County | MS | 81.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | MS | 82.9 | Tropical storm |
| Livingston Parish | LA | 86.9 | Category 1 |
| Pike County | MS | 87.8 | Category 1 |
| Rankin County | MS | 88.7 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | AL | 89.3 | Tropical storm |
| St. James Parish | LA | 94.1 | Category 1 |
| Ascension Parish | LA | 95.1 | Category 1 |
| St. Helena Parish | LA | 95.4 | Category 1 |
| Lincoln County | MS | 96.7 | Tropical storm |
| Okaloosa County | FL | 99.6 | Tropical storm |
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.