Hurricane Eta
Oct 31, 2020 to Nov 14, 2020Peak 150 mph922 mb
Hurricane Eta passed within 50 miles of 46 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near Lee County, FL, as a tropical storm on November 11, 2020.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Eta · 2020
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
From space
Hurricane Eta on November 8, 2020, about 9 hours before landfall in Monroe County, FL.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- 150 mph, 130 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 922 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 46
- FL, GA, SC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 100
- 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.
| Bradford County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Duval County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Levy County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Nassau County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Alachua County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | GA | 2.0 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | FL | 2.8 | Tropical storm |
| Gilchrist County | FL | 3.6 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | FL | 4.2 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | FL | 6.7 | Tropical storm |
| Charlton County | GA | 9.8 | Tropical storm |
| Glynn County | GA | 10.8 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | FL | 12.6 | Tropical storm |
| Dixie County | FL | 14.4 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | FL | 14.8 | Tropical storm |
| Citrus County | FL | 14.9 | Tropical storm |
| Miami-Dade County | FL | 16.5 | Tropical storm |
| St. Johns County | FL | 18.0 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | FL | 19.3 | Tropical storm |
| McIntosh County | GA | 20.2 | Tropical storm |
| Suwannee County | FL | 24.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | FL | 25.3 | Tropical storm |
| Ware County | GA | 26.4 | Tropical storm |
| Hernando County | FL | 28.5 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | GA | 30.2 | Tropical storm |
| Pasco County | FL | 30.9 | Tropical storm |
| Pinellas County | FL | 32.0 | Tropical storm |
| Brantley County | GA | 33.3 | Tropical storm |
| Clinch County | GA | 36.5 | Tropical storm |
| Hamilton County | FL | 37.9 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | GA | 38.2 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | GA | 38.8 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | FL | 38.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bryan County | GA | 39.0 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | FL | 41.3 | Tropical storm |
| Hillsborough County | FL | 43.4 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | SC | 43.6 | Tropical storm |
| Echols County | GA | 44.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | SC | 44.7 | Tropical storm |
| Long County | GA | 45.9 | Tropical storm |
| Charleston County | SC | 46.5 | Tropical storm |
| Colleton County | SC | 47.3 | Tropical storm |
| Flagler County | FL | 47.8 | Tropical storm |
| Pierce County | GA | 49.2 | Tropical storm |
| Manatee County | FL | 49.8 | Tropical storm |
| Volusia County | FL | 54.4 | Tropical storm |
| Collier County | FL | 55.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lake County | FL | 56.7 | Tropical storm |
| Sarasota County | FL | 57.5 | Tropical storm |
| Berkeley County | SC | 57.5 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | FL | 58.8 | Tropical storm |
| Georgetown County | SC | 59.5 | Tropical storm |
| Appling County | GA | 63.4 | Tropical storm |
| Dorchester County | SC | 63.5 | Tropical storm |
| Effingham County | GA | 64.5 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | NC | 68.3 | Tropical storm |
| Bacon County | GA | 70.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | GA | 70.7 | Tropical storm |
| Carteret County | NC | 71.6 | Tropical storm |
| Broward County | FL | 72.0 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | FL | 72.7 | Tropical storm |
| Tattnall County | GA | 72.8 | Tropical storm |
| New Hanover County | NC | 73.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lanier County | GA | 74.3 | Tropical storm |
| Atkinson County | GA | 74.5 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton County | SC | 76.1 | Tropical storm |
| Bulloch County | GA | 76.1 | Tropical storm |
| Evans County | GA | 78.4 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | FL | 78.7 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | GA | 78.8 | Tropical storm |
| Charlotte County | FL | 78.9 | Tropical storm |
| Horry County | SC | 80.0 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | GA | 81.1 | Tropical storm |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 81.3 | Tropical storm |
| Hendry County | FL | 87.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | FL | 87.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pender County | NC | 87.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | FL | 88.3 | Tropical storm |
| Seminole County | FL | 88.3 | Tropical storm |
| Toombs County | GA | 88.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hardee County | FL | 89.4 | Tropical storm |
| Berrien County | GA | 89.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jeff Davis County | GA | 89.7 | Tropical storm |
| Onslow County | NC | 90.3 | Tropical storm |
| Craven County | NC | 92.3 | Tropical storm |
| Screven County | GA | 92.9 | Tropical storm |
| Wakulla County | FL | 93.3 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | SC | 93.5 | Tropical storm |
| DeSoto County | FL | 93.6 | Tropical storm |
| Columbus County | NC | 93.8 | Tropical storm |
| Osceola County | FL | 94.1 | Tropical storm |
| Orangeburg County | SC | 95.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cook County | GA | 95.7 | Tropical storm |
| Palm Beach County | FL | 96.2 | Tropical storm |
| Candler County | GA | 97.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bamberg County | SC | 99.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | NC | 99.2 | Tropical storm |
| Thomas County | GA | 99.5 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | FL | 99.8 | 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.