Hurricane Idalia
Aug 26, 2023 to Sep 8, 2023Peak 132 mph942 mb
Hurricane Idalia passed within 50 miles of 86 counties in 4 states. It was strongest near Pasco County, FL, as a Category 3 on August 30, 2023.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Idalia · 2023
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
From space
Hurricane Idalia on August 29, 2023, about 17 hours before landfall in Taylor County, FL.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- 132 mph, 115 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 942 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 86
- FL, GA, NC, SC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 158
- FL, GA, NC, SC
- Landfalls recorded
- 2
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Hamilton County | FL | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Tattnall County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | FL | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Appling County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Georgetown County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Colleton County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | FL | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Dorchester County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Ware County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Effingham County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Berkeley County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bryan County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Echols County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Bacon County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Clinch County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Liberty County | GA | 0.6 | Tropical storm |
| Evans County | GA | 1.3 | Tropical storm |
| Atkinson County | GA | 2.6 | Category 1 |
| Bulloch County | GA | 2.7 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | SC | 3.2 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | FL | 3.9 | Category 2 |
| Long County | GA | 4.2 | Tropical storm |
| Charleston County | SC | 4.5 | Tropical storm |
| Suwannee County | FL | 4.8 | Category 2 |
| Coffee County | GA | 6.1 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | GA | 6.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lanier County | GA | 6.6 | Category 1 |
| Lowndes County | GA | 7.0 | Category 1 |
| Pierce County | GA | 7.5 | Tropical storm |
| Horry County | SC | 7.7 | Tropical storm |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 8.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jeff Davis County | GA | 12.0 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | GA | 12.6 | Category 2 |
| Chatham County | GA | 14.3 | Tropical storm |
| Screven County | GA | 14.5 | Tropical storm |
| Toombs County | GA | 14.7 | Tropical storm |
| Berrien County | GA | 15.9 | Category 1 |
| Dixie County | FL | 16.4 | Category 3 |
| Brunswick County | NC | 16.8 | Tropical storm |
| Candler County | GA | 19.6 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | FL | 20.8 | Category 1 |
| Allendale County | SC | 21.1 | Tropical storm |
| Orangeburg County | SC | 21.2 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | SC | 21.9 | Tropical storm |
| Charlton County | GA | 22.1 | Category 1 |
| Brantley County | GA | 22.6 | Category 1 |
| New Hanover County | NC | 22.8 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | GA | 22.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bamberg County | SC | 24.8 | Tropical storm |
| Wheeler County | GA | 25.6 | Tropical storm |
| Cook County | GA | 25.9 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson County | FL | 26.4 | Category 2 |
| Clarendon County | SC | 28.1 | Tropical storm |
| Telfair County | GA | 28.5 | Tropical storm |
| Columbus County | NC | 28.7 | Tropical storm |
| McIntosh County | GA | 30.2 | Tropical storm |
| Florence County | SC | 30.3 | Tropical storm |
| Irwin County | GA | 30.9 | Category 1 |
| Ben Hill County | GA | 31.7 | Tropical storm |
| Emanuel County | GA | 32.8 | Tropical storm |
| Barnwell County | SC | 33.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jenkins County | GA | 33.9 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | FL | 34.1 | Category 1 |
| Wakulla County | FL | 35.1 | Category 3 |
| Thomas County | GA | 36.0 | Category 2 |
| Gilchrist County | FL | 36.3 | Category 3 |
| Glynn County | GA | 36.8 | Tropical storm |
| Leon County | FL | 39.2 | Category 3 |
| Colquitt County | GA | 39.3 | Category 1 |
| Franklin County | FL | 39.8 | Category 3 |
| Treutlen County | GA | 40.7 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | SC | 41.1 | Tropical storm |
| Tift County | GA | 42.2 | Category 1 |
| Levy County | FL | 43.5 | Category 3 |
| Burke County | GA | 43.5 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | GA | 44.4 | Tropical storm |
| Pender County | NC | 45.9 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | GA | 46.6 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | FL | 48.3 | Category 2 |
| Alachua County | FL | 49.7 | Category 2 |
| Nassau County | FL | 49.8 | Category 1 |
| Laurens County | GA | 49.8 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | SC | 49.9 | Tropical storm |
| Dodge County | GA | 49.9 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | FL | 53.4 | Category 3 |
| Grady County | GA | 53.5 | Category 2 |
| Dillon County | SC | 53.6 | Tropical storm |
| Worth County | GA | 53.6 | Category 1 |
| Turner County | GA | 54.6 | Category 1 |
| Onslow County | NC | 54.7 | Tropical storm |
| Bladen County | NC | 55.5 | Tropical storm |
| Johnson County | GA | 55.9 | Tropical storm |
| Robeson County | NC | 56.1 | Tropical storm |
| Richland County | SC | 58.4 | Tropical storm |
| Aiken County | SC | 59.2 | Tropical storm |
| Bradford County | FL | 59.2 | Category 2 |
| Lee County | SC | 59.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | GA | 62.0 | Tropical storm |
| Gadsden County | FL | 63.1 | Category 3 |
| Mitchell County | GA | 63.6 | Category 1 |
| Pulaski County | GA | 64.4 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | GA | 65.2 | Tropical storm |
| Duval County | FL | 65.5 | Category 1 |
| Darlington County | SC | 65.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lexington County | SC | 67.0 | Tropical storm |
| Crisp County | GA | 67.6 | Category 1 |
| Sampson County | NC | 68.2 | Tropical storm |
| Marlboro County | SC | 68.3 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | FL | 68.7 | Category 1 |
| Washington County | GA | 69.2 | Tropical storm |
| Decatur County | GA | 69.4 | Category 2 |
| Gulf County | FL | 72.5 | Category 3 |
| Bleckley County | GA | 72.9 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | FL | 74.6 | Category 3 |
| Dooly County | GA | 74.7 | Tropical storm |
| Dougherty County | GA | 75.1 | Category 1 |
| Citrus County | FL | 75.2 | Category 3 |
| Duplin County | NC | 75.2 | Tropical storm |
| Kershaw County | SC | 79.4 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkinson County | GA | 80.4 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | GA | 82.2 | Category 1 |
| Lee County | GA | 83.1 | Category 1 |
| Twiggs County | GA | 84.3 | Tropical storm |
| Scotland County | NC | 84.5 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | FL | 84.8 | Category 2 |
| Houston County | GA | 85.1 | Tropical storm |
| Chesterfield County | SC | 86.2 | Tropical storm |
| Edgefield County | SC | 86.3 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | GA | 86.8 | Category 1 |
| Glascock County | GA | 87.2 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | GA | 87.6 | Tropical storm |
| McDuffie County | GA | 88.1 | Tropical storm |
| Saluda County | SC | 88.4 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | FL | 88.8 | Category 3 |
| Warren County | GA | 88.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hernando County | FL | 89.2 | Category 3 |
| St. Johns County | FL | 89.8 | Category 1 |
| Cumberland County | NC | 90.0 | Tropical storm |
| Miller County | GA | 90.9 | Category 2 |
| McCormick County | SC | 93.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hoke County | NC | 93.6 | Tropical storm |
| Pasco County | FL | 94.2 | Category 3 |
| Jackson County | FL | 94.2 | Category 3 |
| Seminole County | GA | 94.5 | Category 2 |
| Lenoir County | NC | 95.2 | Tropical storm |
| Bay County | FL | 95.7 | Category 3 |
| Pinellas County | FL | 96.0 | Category 3 |
| Macon County | GA | 96.1 | Tropical storm |
| Fairfield County | SC | 96.2 | Tropical storm |
| Terrell County | GA | 96.5 | Category 1 |
| Baldwin County | GA | 96.8 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | GA | 96.8 | Category 1 |
| Newberry County | SC | 98.2 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | FL | 99.2 | Category 3 |
| Richmond County | NC | 99.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | GA | 99.7 | 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.