Hurricane Michael
Oct 6, 2018 to Oct 15, 2018Peak 161 mph919 mb
Hurricane Michael passed within 50 miles of 167 counties in 6 states. It was strongest near Franklin County, FL, as a Category 5 on October 10, 2018.
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- Hurricane
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- Post-tropical
Hurricane Michael · 2018
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
From space
Hurricane Michael on October 9, 2018, about 22 hours before landfall in Bay County, FL.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 5
- 161 mph, 140 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 919 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 167
- AL, FL, GA, NC, SC, VA
- Counties within 100 miles
- 302
- AL, FL, GA, NC, SC, VA
- Landfalls recorded
- 1
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Jackson County | FL | 0.0 | Category 4 |
| Twiggs County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Stanly County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Vance County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chester County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Saluda County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Newberry County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkinson County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lancaster County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Edgefield County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Glascock County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Randolph County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| McDuffie County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Durham County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dooly County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Calhoun County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Calhoun County | FL | 0.0 | Category 4 |
| Sumter County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Early County | GA | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| McCormick County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bay County | FL | 0.0 | Category 4 |
| Seminole County | GA | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Gulf County | FL | 0.6 | Category 4 |
| York County | SC | 0.9 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | GA | 1.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | GA | 1.7 | Tropical storm |
| Terrell County | GA | 1.8 | Category 1 |
| Baker County | GA | 1.8 | Category 2 |
| Chatham County | NC | 1.8 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | NC | 1.8 | Tropical storm |
| Alamance County | NC | 2.1 | Tropical storm |
| Granville County | NC | 2.4 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | GA | 2.8 | Tropical storm |
| Decatur County | GA | 3.3 | Category 3 |
| Pulaski County | GA | 3.8 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | GA | 3.9 | Tropical storm |
| Wake County | NC | 5.5 | Tropical storm |
| Fairfield County | SC | 5.9 | Tropical storm |
| Dougherty County | GA | 6.0 | Category 1 |
| Baldwin County | GA | 6.1 | Tropical storm |
| Greenwood County | SC | 6.3 | Tropical storm |
| Cabarrus County | NC | 6.8 | Tropical storm |
| Miller County | GA | 6.9 | Category 2 |
| Davidson County | NC | 7.5 | Tropical storm |
| Mecklenburg County | NC | 7.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | GA | 7.7 | Tropical storm |
| Bleckley County | GA | 8.5 | Tropical storm |
| Crisp County | GA | 8.7 | Category 1 |
| Randolph County | GA | 8.8 | Category 1 |
| Liberty County | FL | 8.8 | Category 4 |
| Worth County | GA | 9.1 | Category 1 |
| Richland County | SC | 9.5 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | GA | 9.5 | Category 1 |
| Union County | SC | 9.7 | Tropical storm |
| Anson County | NC | 9.7 | Tropical storm |
| Gadsden County | FL | 10.2 | Category 4 |
| Richmond County | GA | 11.0 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | NC | 11.0 | Tropical storm |
| Nash County | NC | 11.0 | Tropical storm |
| Peach County | GA | 11.1 | Tropical storm |
| Laurens County | GA | 11.1 | Tropical storm |
| Guilford County | NC | 11.2 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | AL | 11.4 | Category 3 |
| Lexington County | SC | 11.4 | Tropical storm |
| Rowan County | NC | 11.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bibb County | GA | 12.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | GA | 12.6 | Tropical storm |
| Person County | NC | 13.1 | Tropical storm |
| Mitchell County | GA | 13.2 | Category 2 |
| Wilkes County | GA | 13.2 | Tropical storm |
| Mecklenburg County | VA | 13.6 | Tropical storm |
| Aiken County | SC | 14.2 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | FL | 14.2 | Category 4 |
| Wilcox County | GA | 14.3 | Category 1 |
| Moore County | NC | 14.4 | Tropical storm |
| Johnson County | GA | 15.0 | Tropical storm |
| Laurens County | SC | 15.7 | Tropical storm |
| Chesterfield County | SC | 16.4 | Tropical storm |
| Burke County | GA | 16.4 | Tropical storm |
| Taliaferro County | GA | 16.8 | Tropical storm |
| Dodge County | GA | 16.8 | Tropical storm |
| Schley County | GA | 17.0 | Category 1 |
| Webster County | GA | 17.2 | Category 1 |
| Kershaw County | SC | 17.5 | Tropical storm |
| Turner County | GA | 17.9 | Category 1 |
| Clay County | GA | 18.1 | Category 2 |
| Crawford County | GA | 18.2 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | NC | 18.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | NC | 19.8 | Tropical storm |
| Grady County | GA | 21.5 | Category 2 |
| Caswell County | NC | 21.5 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | GA | 22.2 | Tropical storm |
| Gaston County | NC | 22.8 | Tropical storm |
| Henry County | AL | 23.8 | Category 3 |
| Taylor County | GA | 24.1 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | GA | 24.2 | Tropical storm |
| Abbeville County | SC | 24.4 | Tropical storm |
| Cherokee County | SC | 24.7 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | GA | 25.5 | Category 1 |
| Franklin County | FL | 25.9 | Category 5 |
| Stewart County | GA | 26.0 | Category 1 |
| Davie County | NC | 27.6 | Tropical storm |
| Iredell County | NC | 27.7 | Tropical storm |
| Halifax County | VA | 27.9 | Tropical storm |
| Harnett County | NC | 28.2 | Tropical storm |
| Forsyth County | NC | 28.5 | Tropical storm |
| Elbert County | GA | 28.9 | Tropical storm |
| Rockingham County | NC | 28.9 | Tropical storm |
| Johnston County | NC | 28.9 | Tropical storm |
| Spartanburg County | SC | 30.0 | Tropical storm |
| Ben Hill County | GA | 30.1 | Category 1 |
| Lincoln County | NC | 30.2 | Tropical storm |
| Quitman County | GA | 30.8 | Category 1 |
| Leon County | FL | 30.9 | Category 4 |
| Monroe County | GA | 31.2 | Tropical storm |
| Colquitt County | GA | 31.2 | Category 1 |
| Holmes County | FL | 31.5 | Category 4 |
| Wakulla County | FL | 32.3 | Category 4 |
| Jasper County | GA | 32.6 | Tropical storm |
| Emanuel County | GA | 33.4 | Tropical storm |
| Geneva County | AL | 33.5 | Category 3 |
| Tift County | GA | 33.8 | Category 1 |
| Walton County | FL | 34.0 | Category 4 |
| Thomas County | GA | 34.6 | Category 2 |
| Cleveland County | NC | 34.7 | Tropical storm |
| Oglethorpe County | GA | 34.8 | Tropical storm |
| Irwin County | GA | 35.7 | Category 1 |
| Wilson County | NC | 35.9 | Tropical storm |
| Charlotte County | VA | 35.9 | Tropical storm |
| Morgan County | GA | 37.5 | Tropical storm |
| Treutlen County | GA | 37.5 | Tropical storm |
| Catawba County | NC | 38.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dale County | AL | 39.5 | Category 3 |
| Calhoun County | SC | 39.6 | Tropical storm |
| Pittsylvania County | VA | 39.7 | Tropical storm |
| Upson County | GA | 40.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chattahoochee County | GA | 40.4 | Category 1 |
| Telfair County | GA | 40.9 | Tropical storm |
| Wheeler County | GA | 41.0 | Tropical storm |
| Barbour County | AL | 41.1 | Category 1 |
| Jenkins County | GA | 41.2 | Tropical storm |
| Marlboro County | SC | 41.3 | Tropical storm |
| Yadkin County | NC | 41.5 | Tropical storm |
| Barnwell County | SC | 41.6 | Tropical storm |
| Stokes County | NC | 42.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hoke County | NC | 42.6 | Tropical storm |
| Orangeburg County | SC | 42.7 | Tropical storm |
| Greenville County | SC | 42.9 | Tropical storm |
| Talbot County | GA | 43.3 | Category 1 |
| Danville city | VA | 43.7 | Tropical storm |
| Anderson County | SC | 44.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | GA | 44.2 | Tropical storm |
| Butts County | GA | 44.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | SC | 44.8 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | SC | 44.9 | Tropical storm |
| Darlington County | SC | 46.3 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | GA | 46.8 | Tropical storm |
| Scotland County | NC | 47.1 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | NC | 47.5 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | NC | 48.4 | Tropical storm |
| Oconee County | GA | 48.6 | Tropical storm |
| Russell County | AL | 50.8 | Category 1 |
| Madison County | GA | 50.9 | Tropical storm |
| Surry County | NC | 51.1 | Tropical storm |
| Allendale County | SC | 51.7 | Tropical storm |
| Henry County | VA | 51.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bamberg County | SC | 51.8 | Tropical storm |
| Berrien County | GA | 52.2 | Category 1 |
| Cook County | GA | 52.8 | Category 1 |
| Greene County | NC | 52.9 | Tropical storm |
| Newton County | GA | 53.0 | Tropical storm |
| Muscogee County | GA | 53.1 | Category 1 |
| Sampson County | NC | 53.6 | Tropical storm |
| Rutherford County | NC | 53.9 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | GA | 53.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hart County | GA | 54.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | FL | 54.3 | Category 3 |
| Screven County | GA | 54.3 | Tropical storm |
| Alexander County | NC | 54.9 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | GA | 55.1 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | GA | 55.3 | Category 1 |
| Coffee County | AL | 55.3 | Category 3 |
| Toombs County | GA | 55.4 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | GA | 56.9 | Tropical storm |
| Harris County | GA | 57.7 | Category 1 |
| Candler County | GA | 57.8 | Tropical storm |
| Spalding County | GA | 58.1 | Tropical storm |
| Walton County | GA | 58.2 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkes County | NC | 58.6 | Tropical storm |
| Okaloosa County | FL | 59.0 | Category 5 |
| Bulloch County | GA | 59.3 | Tropical storm |
| Henry County | GA | 59.5 | Tropical storm |
| Patrick County | VA | 59.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jeff Davis County | GA | 60.2 | Tropical storm |
| Martinsville city | VA | 61.3 | Tropical storm |
| Campbell County | VA | 61.8 | Tropical storm |
| Meriwether County | GA | 61.9 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | NC | 62.4 | Tropical storm |
| Burke County | NC | 62.8 | Tropical storm |
| Robeson County | NC | 63.5 | Tropical storm |
| Tattnall County | GA | 63.9 | Tropical storm |
| Caldwell County | NC | 64.4 | Tropical storm |
| Atkinson County | GA | 65.0 | Category 1 |
| Bullock County | AL | 65.1 | Category 1 |
| Jackson County | GA | 66.3 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | GA | 67.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pickens County | SC | 67.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | GA | 67.1 | Category 1 |
| Lee County | AL | 67.6 | Category 1 |
| Pike County | AL | 67.7 | Category 3 |
| Franklin County | VA | 68.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lenoir County | NC | 68.3 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | AL | 68.5 | Category 4 |
| Dillon County | SC | 69.0 | Tropical storm |
| Florence County | SC | 69.0 | Tropical storm |
| Clarendon County | SC | 69.4 | Tropical storm |
| Rockdale County | GA | 69.8 | Tropical storm |
| Barrow County | GA | 69.9 | Tropical storm |
| Appomattox County | VA | 70.1 | Tropical storm |
| Duplin County | NC | 70.9 | Tropical storm |
| Buckingham County | VA | 71.3 | Tropical storm |
| Appling County | GA | 71.6 | Tropical storm |
| Oconee County | SC | 71.9 | Tropical storm |
| McDowell County | NC | 73.7 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | FL | 73.9 | Category 3 |
| Evans County | GA | 74.1 | Tropical storm |
| Banks County | GA | 74.3 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | FL | 74.4 | Category 3 |
| Carroll County | VA | 74.5 | Tropical storm |
| Bedford County | VA | 74.7 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | AL | 74.7 | Category 1 |
| Hampton County | SC | 74.9 | Tropical storm |
| Bladen County | NC | 75.0 | Tropical storm |
| Fayette County | GA | 75.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lanier County | GA | 76.0 | Category 1 |
| Bacon County | GA | 76.0 | Tropical storm |
| Clayton County | GA | 76.0 | Tropical storm |
| Alleghany County | NC | 76.7 | Tropical storm |
| Coweta County | GA | 76.9 | Tropical storm |
| Troup County | GA | 77.1 | Category 1 |
| DeKalb County | GA | 77.3 | Tropical storm |
| Colleton County | SC | 77.5 | Tropical storm |
| Henderson County | NC | 78.8 | Tropical storm |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 79.1 | Category 4 |
| Stephens County | GA | 79.2 | Tropical storm |
| Craven County | NC | 79.4 | Tropical storm |
| Gwinnett County | GA | 79.5 | Tropical storm |
| Floyd County | VA | 80.9 | Tropical storm |
| Grayson County | VA | 81.1 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | SC | 82.3 | Tropical storm |
| Dorchester County | SC | 82.4 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | NC | 82.6 | Tropical storm |
| Clinch County | GA | 82.7 | Category 1 |
| Effingham County | GA | 83.8 | Tropical storm |
| Chambers County | AL | 83.9 | Category 1 |
| Crenshaw County | AL | 84.1 | Category 3 |
| Escambia County | FL | 84.5 | Category 4 |
| Ware County | GA | 85.6 | Tropical storm |
| Transylvania County | NC | 85.6 | Tropical storm |
| Buncombe County | NC | 86.8 | Tropical storm |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 86.8 | Tropical storm |
| Galax city | VA | 87.5 | Tropical storm |
| Watauga County | NC | 87.5 | Tropical storm |
| Ashe County | NC | 88.1 | Tropical storm |
| Amherst County | VA | 88.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lynchburg city | VA | 88.5 | Tropical storm |
| Fulton County | GA | 88.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hall County | GA | 89.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bryan County | GA | 90.5 | Tropical storm |
| Hamilton County | FL | 91.2 | Category 2 |
| Habersham County | GA | 91.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | SC | 91.6 | Tropical storm |
| Avery County | NC | 91.7 | Tropical storm |
| Nelson County | VA | 91.7 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | AL | 92.2 | Category 2 |
| Echols County | GA | 92.6 | Category 1 |
| Berkeley County | SC | 92.6 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | GA | 93.6 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | AL | 94.3 | Category 4 |
| Roanoke County | VA | 94.5 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | GA | 95.3 | Tropical storm |
| Long County | GA | 95.3 | Tropical storm |
| Onslow County | NC | 95.7 | Tropical storm |
| Mitchell County | NC | 95.8 | Tropical storm |
| Heard County | GA | 96.3 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | VA | 96.8 | Tropical storm |
| Pierce County | GA | 96.9 | Tropical storm |
| Columbus County | NC | 97.1 | Tropical storm |
| Pulaski County | VA | 97.2 | Tropical storm |
| Forsyth County | GA | 97.3 | Tropical storm |
| Yancey County | NC | 97.4 | Tropical storm |
| Wythe County | VA | 97.5 | Tropical storm |
| Rabun County | GA | 98.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | NC | 98.2 | Tropical storm |
| Roanoke city | VA | 99.0 | Tropical storm |
| Horry County | SC | 100.0 | 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.