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Hurricane Darby

Jul 9, 2022 to Jul 17, 2022Peak 138 mph953 mb

Hurricane Darby came within 100 miles of 1 U.S. county without passing within 50.

  • Major hurricane
  • Hurricane
  • Tropical storm
  • Post-tropical
Watch how it happened

Hurricane Darby · 2022

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

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From space

Hurricane Darby on July 15, 2022, about 23 hours before its closest pass to Hawaii County, HI.

Hurricane Darby on July 15, 2022, about 23 hours before its closest pass to Hawaii County, HI.
True-colour image from VIIRS, aboard the Suomi NPP satellite, on its early-afternoon pass, around 23:23 UTC. Imagery: NASA Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System.

The storm

Peak strength
Category 4
138 mph, 120 kt
Lowest pressure
953 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
0
None
Counties within 100 miles
1
HI
Strongest near the U.S.
Tropical storm
Hawaii County, HI, 84.2 mi, Jul 16, 2022
Landfalls recorded
0
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
Hawaii CountyHI84.2Tropical stormJul 16, 2022

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.