Track map & timeline · Atlantic · August 18–21, 1976
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Tropical Storm Dottie (1976) was a tropical storm of the 1976 Atlantic season. It formed on August 18, 1976, 122 mi SW of Venice, Florida, reached its peak of 52 mph (83 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 996 mb on August 20, 1976, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 3.5 days and travelled about 828 miles (1,332 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami, Florida | 34 mi | Aug 19 · 16:00 UTC | TS 40 mph |
| Hialeah, Florida | 26 mi | Aug 19 · 16:00 UTC | TS 40 mph |
| Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 20 mi | Aug 19 · 17:00 UTC | TS 40 mph |
| Pembroke Pines, Florida | 24 mi | Aug 19 · 17:00 UTC | TS 40 mph |
| Hollywood, Florida | 26 mi | Aug 19 · 17:00 UTC | TS 40 mph |
| Miramar, Florida | 25 mi | Aug 19 · 17:00 UTC | TS 40 mph |
| Port Saint Lucie, Florida | 20 mi | Aug 19 · 21:00 UTC | TS 43 mph |
| Savannah, Georgia | 65 mi | Aug 20 · 19:00 UTC | TS 40 mph |
| Charleston, South Carolina | direct hit | Aug 20 · 23:00 UTC | TS 40 mph |
| Columbia, South Carolina | 69 mi | Aug 21 · 12:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
Distance from the city to the storm’s center, interpolated hourly between official fixes. Damaging winds, surge and rain reach far beyond the center.
04 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18 00:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1010 mb | 26.0°N 84.0°W | 122 mi SW of Venice, Florida |
| Aug 18 06:00 | TD | 23 mph | — | 25.3°N 83.3°W | 108 mi WNW of Key West, Florida |
| Aug 18 12:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1009 mb | 24.7°N 82.7°W | 59 mi W of Key West, Florida |
| Aug 18 18:00 | TD | 23 mph | — | 24.5°N 82.5°W | 45 mi W of Key West, Florida |
| Aug 19 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 24.6°N 82.2°W | 26 mi W of Key West, Florida |
| Aug 19 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1003 mb | 24.8°N 82.0°W | 22 mi NW of Key West, Florida |
| Aug 19 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 25.0°N 81.7°W | 31 mi N of Key West, Florida |
| Aug 19 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1006 mb | 26.6°N 80.1°W | near Lake Worth Beach, Florida |
| Aug 20 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 28.2°N 80.0°W | 38 mi ENE of Palm Bay, Florida |
| Aug 20 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 996 mb | 29.6°N 80.0°W | 67 mi ENE of Daytona Beach, Florida |
| Aug 20 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 999 mb | 30.6°N 80.0°W | 86 mi ENE of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida |
| Aug 20 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 32.0°N 80.0°W | 45 mi ESE of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina |
| Aug 21 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 33.0°N 80.0°W | near Goose Creek, South Carolina |
| Aug 21 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 33.3°N 80.0°W | 22 mi NNE of Summerville, South Carolina |
| Aug 21 12:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1015 mb | 33.5°N 80.0°W | 35 mi NNE of Summerville, South Carolina |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Dottie. Its closest approach to a major city was 6 miles from Charleston, South Carolina.
At its peak on August 20, 1976, Dottie was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 52 mph (83 km/h) and a central pressure of 996 mb.
3.5 days, from August 18, 1976 to August 21, 1976. It travelled about 828 miles.
The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.
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