Hurricane Florence (2018)

Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · August 30 – September 18, 2018

Peak wind

150 mph

241 km/h · Sep 11

Peak category

Cat 4

Saffir–Simpson

Lowest pressure

937 mb

Landfalls

North Carolina

Lifetime

19.3 d

Aug 30 – Sep 18

Distance

5,420 mi

8,720 km

ACE

39.7

storm energy

Deaths

per Wikidata

TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. During the replay the shaded rings show the storm’s wind field as analysed by NHC — 39+, 58+ and 74+ mph winds, quadrant by quadrant. Click any point or table row to jump there.

01 · The story

What happened with Florence

Hurricane Florence (2018) was a Category 4 hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic season. It formed on August 30, 2018, 30 mi SSW of Gunjur, Gambia, reached its peak of 150 mph (241 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 937 mb on September 11, 2018, and made landfall near Masonboro, North Carolina on September 14, 2018 as a Category 1 hurricane (92 mph). It rapidly intensified by 57 mph in 24 hours (to 138 mph on September 10, 2018). The storm lasted 19.3 days and travelled about 5,420 miles (8,720 km). According to Wikidata, it caused 32 deaths.

02 · Intensity

Wind and pressure, hour by hour

Maximum sustained wind (mph) — hover or drag to scrub the map

03 · Impact

Landfall and cities in the path

Landfall (UTC)	Where	Strength	Pressure
September 14, 2018 · 11:00 UTC	near Masonboro, North Carolina	Cat 1 92 mph	956 mb

Closest approach to major cities

City	Distance to center	When (UTC)	Storm strength then
Serekunda, Gambia	47 mi	Aug 30 · 06:00 UTC	TD 23 mph
Charleston, South Carolina	57 mi	Sep 15 · 20:00 UTC	TS 56 mph
Columbia, South Carolina	28 mi	Sep 16 · 08:00 UTC	TS 44 mph
Meads, Kentucky	34 mi	Sep 17 · 15:00 UTC	TD 29 mph
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	45 mi	Sep 18 · 01:00 UTC	TD 29 mph
Yonkers, New York	73 mi	Sep 18 · 10:00 UTC	TD 29 mph
Paterson, New Jersey	70 mi	Sep 18 · 10:00 UTC	TD 29 mph
Bridgeport, Connecticut	70 mi	Sep 18 · 11:00 UTC	TD 29 mph
Springfield, Massachusetts	37 mi	Sep 18 · 12:00 UTC	TD 29 mph
New Haven, Connecticut	65 mi	Sep 18 · 12:00 UTC	TD 29 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

Every official fix 79 positions

Date · UTC	Status	Wind	Pressure	Position	Nearest place
Aug 30 06:00	TD low/wave	23 mph	1008 mb	12.8°N 16.9°W	30 mi SSW of Gunjur, Gambia
Aug 30 12:00	TD low/wave	29 mph	1007 mb	12.8°N 17.9°W	83 mi WSW of Gunjur, Gambia
Aug 30 18:00	TD low/wave	29 mph	1007 mb	12.8°N 19.0°W	154 mi WSW of Tanji, Gambia
Aug 31 00:00	TD low/wave	35 mph	1006 mb	13.1°N 20.2°W	open ocean
Aug 31 06:00	TD low/wave	35 mph	1006 mb	13.4°N 21.4°W	177 mi SE of Praia, Cabo Verde
Aug 31 12:00	TD low/wave	35 mph	1006 mb	13.6°N 22.6°W	110 mi SSE of Praia, Cabo Verde
Aug 31 18:00	TD	35 mph	1006 mb	13.8°N 23.8°W	81 mi SSW of Praia, Cabo Verde
Sep 1 00:00	TD	35 mph	1006 mb	14.0°N 24.9°W	68 mi SSW of São Filipe, Cabo Verde
Sep 1 06:00	TS	40 mph	1005 mb	14.3°N 26.1°W	115 mi WSW of São Filipe, Cabo Verde
Sep 1 12:00	TS	40 mph	1004 mb	14.8°N 27.2°W	181 mi W of São Filipe, Cabo Verde
Sep 1 18:00	TS	46 mph	1002 mb	15.4°N 28.3°W	open ocean
Sep 2 00:00	TS	52 mph	1000 mb	15.9°N 29.6°W	open ocean
Sep 2 06:00	TS	58 mph	999 mb	16.4°N 30.9°W	open ocean
Sep 2 12:00	TS	58 mph	998 mb	16.8°N 32.4°W	open ocean
Sep 2 18:00	TS	58 mph	998 mb	17.1°N 33.8°W	open ocean
Sep 3 00:00	TS	58 mph	997 mb	17.6°N 35.2°W	open ocean
Sep 3 06:00	TS	58 mph	997 mb	17.9°N 36.6°W	open ocean
Sep 3 12:00	TS	63 mph	996 mb	18.2°N 38.0°W	open ocean
Sep 3 18:00	TS	69 mph	993 mb	18.4°N 39.2°W	open ocean
Sep 4 00:00	Cat 1	75 mph	990 mb	18.7°N 40.2°W	open ocean
Sep 4 06:00	Cat 1	75 mph	989 mb	19.1°N 41.2°W	open ocean
Sep 4 12:00	Cat 1	81 mph	986 mb	19.5°N 42.0°W	open ocean
Sep 4 18:00	Cat 1	86 mph	982 mb	20.0°N 42.7°W	open ocean
Sep 5 00:00	Cat 2	98 mph	975 mb	20.4°N 43.4°W	open ocean
Sep 5 06:00	Cat 2	109 mph	968 mb	21.1°N 44.3°W	open ocean
Sep 5 12:00	Cat 3	121 mph	960 mb	21.7°N 45.2°W	open ocean
Sep 5 18:00	Cat 4	132 mph	950 mb	22.4°N 46.2°W	open ocean
Sep 6 00:00	Cat 4	132 mph	950 mb	23.1°N 46.9°W	open ocean
Sep 6 06:00	Cat 3	121 mph	958 mb	23.8°N 47.6°W	open ocean
Sep 6 12:00	Cat 2	104 mph	970 mb	24.4°N 48.2°W	open ocean
Sep 6 18:00	Cat 1	86 mph	980 mb	24.8°N 49.0°W	open ocean
Sep 7 00:00	TS	69 mph	990 mb	25.0°N 49.6°W	open ocean
Sep 7 06:00	TS	63 mph	992 mb	25.0°N 50.3°W	open ocean
Sep 7 12:00	TS	63 mph	993 mb	24.9°N 51.1°W	open ocean
Sep 7 18:00	TS	63 mph	993 mb	24.8°N 52.0°W	open ocean
Sep 8 00:00	TS	63 mph	993 mb	24.7°N 52.9°W	open ocean
Sep 8 06:00	TS	63 mph	993 mb	24.6°N 53.6°W	open ocean
Sep 8 12:00	TS	63 mph	992 mb	24.6°N 54.1°W	open ocean
Sep 8 18:00	TS	69 mph	989 mb	24.6°N 54.5°W	open ocean
Sep 9 00:00	TS	69 mph	989 mb	24.5°N 55.0°W	open ocean
Sep 9 06:00	TS	69 mph	988 mb	24.4°N 55.5°W	open ocean
Sep 9 12:00	Cat 1	75 mph	984 mb	24.4°N 56.1°W	open ocean
Sep 9 18:00	Cat 1	81 mph	979 mb	24.4°N 56.7°W	open ocean
Sep 10 00:00	Cat 1	92 mph	973 mb	24.5°N 57.3°W	open ocean
Sep 10 06:00	Cat 2	104 mph	967 mb	24.7°N 58.4°W	open ocean
Sep 10 12:00	Cat 3	121 mph	954 mb	24.9°N 59.5°W	open ocean
Sep 10 18:00	Cat 4	138 mph	940 mb	25.2°N 60.6°W	open ocean
Sep 11 00:00	Cat 4	132 mph	944 mb	25.6°N 61.8°W	open ocean
Sep 11 06:00	Cat 4	132 mph	950 mb	26.0°N 63.2°W	open ocean
Sep 11 12:00	Cat 4	144 mph	947 mb	26.5°N 64.7°W	open ocean
Sep 11 18:00	Cat 4	150 mph	937 mb	27.2°N 66.4°W	open ocean
Sep 12 00:00	Cat 4	138 mph	943 mb	27.9°N 68.1°W	open ocean
Sep 12 06:00	Cat 4	132 mph	945 mb	28.7°N 69.5°W	open ocean
Sep 12 12:00	Cat 4	132 mph	945 mb	29.4°N 70.7°W	open ocean
Sep 12 18:00	Cat 3	127 mph	949 mb	30.4°N 71.9°W	open ocean
Sep 13 00:00	Cat 3	121 mph	955 mb	31.5°N 73.2°W	open ocean
Sep 13 06:00	Cat 3	115 mph	955 mb	32.4°N 74.2°W	open ocean
Sep 13 12:00	Cat 2	109 mph	954 mb	33.1°N 75.1°W	161 mi SE of Havelock, North Carolina
Sep 13 18:00	Cat 2	104 mph	953 mb	33.6°N 76.0°W	102 mi SSE of Havelock, North Carolina
Sep 14 00:00	Cat 2	104 mph	952 mb	34.0°N 76.5°W	65 mi SSE of Havelock, North Carolina
Sep 14 06:00	Cat 2	98 mph	952 mb	34.2°N 77.2°W	40 mi SSE of Jacksonville, North Carolina
Sep 14 11:00	Cat 1 LANDFALL	92 mph	956 mb	34.2°N 77.8°W	near Masonboro, North Carolina
Sep 14 12:00	Cat 1	92 mph	957 mb	34.1°N 77.9°W	10 mi SSE of Wilmington, North Carolina
Sep 14 18:00	Cat 1	75 mph	969 mb	34.0°N 78.4°W	20 mi NE of North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Sep 15 00:00	TS	69 mph	978 mb	33.9°N 78.8°W	near North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Sep 15 06:00	TS	63 mph	986 mb	33.7°N 79.3°W	17 mi WSW of Conway, South Carolina
Sep 15 12:00	TS	63 mph	992 mb	33.6°N 79.5°W	29 mi W of Socastee, South Carolina
Sep 15 18:00	TS	58 mph	997 mb	33.6°N 79.8°W	38 mi SE of Sumter, South Carolina
Sep 16 00:00	TS	52 mph	998 mb	33.6°N 80.2°W	24 mi SSE of Sumter, South Carolina
Sep 16 06:00	TS	46 mph	999 mb	33.6°N 80.8°W	near Orangeburg, South Carolina
Sep 16 12:00	TS	40 mph	1002 mb	33.6°N 81.5°W	13 mi ENE of Aiken, South Carolina
Sep 16 18:00	TD	35 mph	1006 mb	34.1°N 82.1°W	near Greenwood, South Carolina
Sep 17 00:00	TD	29 mph	1007 mb	35.0°N 82.2°W	near Greer, South Carolina
Sep 17 06:00	TD	29 mph	1008 mb	36.4°N 82.6°W	10 mi SSW of Kingsport, Tennessee
Sep 17 12:00	TD extratropical	29 mph	1008 mb	37.8°N 82.2°W	45 mi SSE of Huntington, West Virginia
Sep 17 18:00	TD extratropical	29 mph	1008 mb	38.8°N 82.0°W	24 mi N of Teays Valley, West Virginia
Sep 18 00:00	TD extratropical	29 mph	1008 mb	39.5°N 80.5°W	17 mi NNW of Clarksburg, West Virginia
Sep 18 06:00	TD extratropical	29 mph	1007 mb	41.3°N 76.8°W	11 mi ENE of Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Sep 18 12:00	TD extratropical	29 mph	1006 mb	42.2°N 73.3°W	18 mi S of Pittsfield, Massachusetts

⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track

Questions

Frequently asked questions

When and where did Florence make landfall?

Florence made landfall once: near Masonboro, North Carolina on September 14, 2018 at 11:00 UTC, as a Category 1 hurricane with 92 mph winds.

What category was Florence?

At its peak on September 11, 2018, Florence was a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (241 km/h) and a central pressure of 937 mb. At its first landfall it was a Category 1 hurricane.

How long did Florence last?

19.3 days, from August 30, 2018 to September 18, 2018, including 204 hours at hurricane strength (96 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 5,420 miles.

How many people died in Florence?

Wikidata records 32 deaths for Hurricane Florence. Casualty figures for tropical cyclones vary between sources; see the linked encyclopedia article for context.

Where can I download the track data for Florence?

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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Every storm named Florence

Year	Storm	Peak	Landfall
1953	Hurricane Florence Atlantic	Cat 3 115 mph	Florida	→
1954	Tropical Storm Florence Atlantic	TS 63 mph	Veracruz, Mexico	→
1960	Tropical Storm Florence Atlantic	TS 58 mph	Turks and Caicos Islands	→
1963	Hurricane Florence Eastern Pacific	Cat 1 86 mph	—	→
1964	Tropical Storm Florence Atlantic	TS 46 mph	—
1965	Tropical Storm Florence Eastern Pacific	TS 52 mph	—
1969	Tropical Storm Florence Eastern Pacific	TS 69 mph	—
1973	Hurricane Florence Eastern Pacific	Cat 1 92 mph	—	→
1977	Hurricane Florence Eastern Pacific	Cat 2 104 mph	—	→
1988	Hurricane Florence Atlantic	Cat 1 81 mph	Louisiana	→
1994	Hurricane Florence Atlantic	Cat 2 109 mph	—	→
2000	Hurricane Florence Atlantic	Cat 1 81 mph	—	→
2006	Hurricane Florence Atlantic	Cat 1 92 mph	—	→
2012	Tropical Storm Florence Atlantic	TS 58 mph	—
2018	Hurricane Florence · this page Atlantic	Cat 4 150 mph	North Carolina

Names are recycled every six years unless a storm is so deadly or costly that the name is retired.

Strongest storms of 2018

Year	Storm	Peak	Landfall
2018	Hurricane Michael Atlantic	Cat 5 161 mph	Florida	→
2018	Hurricane Lane Eastern Pacific	Cat 5 161 mph	—	→
2018	Hurricane Walaka Central Pacific	Cat 5 161 mph	yes	→
2018	Hurricane Willa Eastern Pacific	Cat 5 161 mph	Sinaloa, Mexico	→
2018	Hurricane Hector Eastern Pacific	Cat 4 155 mph	—	→
2018	Hurricane Norman Eastern Pacific	Cat 4 150 mph	—	→
2018	Hurricane Rosa Eastern Pacific	Cat 4 150 mph	Baja California, Mexico	→
2018	Hurricane Aletta Eastern Pacific	Cat 4 138 mph	—	→

See every 2018 storm on one map →

Background reading: Hurricane Florence on Wikipedia.

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