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Hurricane Walaka

Sep 26, 2018 to Oct 7, 2018Peak 161 mph921 mb

Hurricane Walaka passed within 50 miles of 1 county in HI. It was strongest near Honolulu County, HI, as a Category 3 on October 4, 2018.

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  • Post-tropical
Watch how it happened

Hurricane Walaka · 2018

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

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From space

Hurricane Walaka on October 4, 2018, about an hour before its closest pass to Honolulu County, HI.

Hurricane Walaka on October 4, 2018, about an hour before its closest pass to Honolulu County, HI.
True-colour image from VIIRS, aboard the Suomi NPP satellite, on its early-afternoon pass, around 00:41 UTC. Imagery: NASA Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System.

The storm

Peak strength
Category 5
161 mph, 140 kt
Lowest pressure
921 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
1
HI
Counties within 100 miles
1
HI
Strongest near the U.S.
Category 3
Honolulu County, HI, 39.7 mi, Oct 4, 2018
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.

Counties within 100 miles
Honolulu CountyHI39.7Category 3Oct 4, 2018

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.