Hurricane Ian
Sep 22, 2022 to Oct 1, 2022Peak 161 mph937 mb
Hurricane Ian passed within 50 miles of 35 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near Lee County, FL, as a Category 4 on September 28, 2022.
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- Hurricane
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- Post-tropical
Hurricane Ian · 2022
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
From space
Hurricane Ian on September 28, 2022, about an hour before landfall in Lee County, FL.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 5
- 161 mph, 140 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 937 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 35
- FL, NC, SC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 58
- FL, NC, SC
- Landfalls recorded
- 5
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Brevard County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Horry County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Osceola County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Charlotte County | FL | 0.0 | Category 4 |
| DeSoto County | FL | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Highlands County | FL | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Georgetown County | SC | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Lee County | FL | 1.3 | Category 4 |
| Monroe County | FL | 2.5 | Category 3 |
| Polk County | FL | 2.9 | Category 1 |
| Okeechobee County | FL | 3.8 | Category 1 |
| Florence County | SC | 3.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hardee County | FL | 4.3 | Category 2 |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 5.4 | Tropical storm |
| Indian River County | FL | 8.3 | Category 1 |
| Charleston County | SC | 10.2 | Category 1 |
| Orange County | FL | 11.8 | Tropical storm |
| Sarasota County | FL | 12.1 | Category 4 |
| Columbus County | NC | 13.5 | Tropical storm |
| Glades County | FL | 14.3 | Category 3 |
| Berkeley County | SC | 15.5 | Category 1 |
| Manatee County | FL | 18.6 | Category 3 |
| Hendry County | FL | 23.4 | Category 4 |
| Volusia County | FL | 23.9 | Tropical storm |
| St. Lucie County | FL | 27.3 | Category 1 |
| Seminole County | FL | 27.7 | Tropical storm |
| Collier County | FL | 33.0 | Category 4 |
| Brunswick County | NC | 35.1 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | SC | 36.0 | Tropical storm |
| Clarendon County | SC | 36.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hillsborough County | FL | 37.5 | Category 2 |
| Lee County | SC | 42.1 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | FL | 42.8 | Category 1 |
| Palm Beach County | FL | 46.4 | Category 1 |
| Lake County | FL | 52.6 | Tropical storm |
| Dorchester County | SC | 53.2 | Category 1 |
| Orangeburg County | SC | 58.1 | Category 1 |
| Flagler County | FL | 64.4 | Tropical storm |
| Pasco County | FL | 65.9 | Category 1 |
| Colleton County | SC | 66.3 | Category 1 |
| Sumter County | FL | 66.5 | Category 1 |
| Pinellas County | FL | 67.3 | Category 3 |
| New Hanover County | NC | 72.0 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | SC | 73.0 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | FL | 74.9 | Tropical storm |
| Broward County | FL | 75.3 | Category 4 |
| Richland County | SC | 76.4 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | SC | 77.5 | Category 1 |
| Hernando County | FL | 78.0 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | FL | 83.2 | Tropical storm |
| St. Johns County | FL | 85.6 | Category 1 |
| Miami-Dade County | FL | 90.3 | Category 4 |
| Bamberg County | SC | 92.7 | Category 1 |
| Citrus County | FL | 94.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lexington County | SC | 96.4 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton County | SC | 98.4 | Category 1 |
| Jasper County | SC | 99.1 | Category 1 |
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.