Hurricane Kiko

Aug 31, 2025 to Sep 11, 2025Peak 144 mph945 mb

Hurricane Kiko came within 100 miles of 2 U.S. counties without passing within 50.

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

Hurricane Kiko · 2025

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

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From space

Hurricane Kiko on September 9, 2025, about 6 hours before its closest pass to Maui County, HI.

Hurricane Kiko on September 9, 2025, about 6 hours before its closest pass to Maui County, HI.
True-colour image from VIIRS, aboard the Suomi NPP satellite, on its early-afternoon pass, around 23:52 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
144 mph, 125 kt
Lowest pressure
945 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
0
None
Counties within 100 miles
2
HI
Strongest near the U.S.
Tropical storm
Maui County, HI, 79.6 mi, Sep 10, 2025
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
Maui CountyHI79.6Tropical stormSep 10, 2025
Kalawao CountyHI80.8Tropical stormSep 10, 2025

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.