Hurricane Hanna (2008)

Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · August 28 – September 8, 2008

Peak wind

86 mph

139 km/h · Sep 2

Peak category

Cat 1

Saffir–Simpson

Lowest pressure

977 mb

Landfalls

Turks and Caicos Islands · South Carolina

Lifetime

11.5 d

Aug 28 – Sep 8

Distance

4,144 mi

6,668 km

ACE

10.4

storm energy

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 Hanna

Hurricane Hanna (2008) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic season. It formed on August 28, 2008, 337 mi ENE of Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 977 mb on September 2, 2008, and made landfall 3 times — first near Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands on September 2, 2008 as a Category 1 hurricane (86 mph). Later landfalls: 30 mi E of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands on September 3, 2008 as a tropical storm (58 mph); near North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on September 6, 2008 as a tropical storm (69 mph). It rapidly intensified by 35 mph in 24 hours (to 81 mph on September 1, 2008). The storm lasted 11.5 days and travelled about 4,144 miles (6,668 km).

02 · Intensity

Wind and pressure, hour by hour

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

03 · Impact

Landfalls and cities in the path

Landfall (UTC)	Where	Strength	Pressure
September 2, 2008 · 00:00 UTC	near Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands	Cat 1 86 mph	977 mb
September 3, 2008 · 19:00 UTC	30 mi E of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands	TS 58 mph	994 mb
September 6, 2008 · 07:00 UTC	near North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina	TS 69 mph	981 mb

Closest approach to major cities

City	Distance to center	When (UTC)	Storm strength then
Washington, District of Columbia	63 mi	Sep 6 · 20:00 UTC	TS 52 mph
Baltimore, Maryland	61 mi	Sep 6 · 21:00 UTC	TS 52 mph
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	27 mi	Sep 6 · 23:00 UTC	TS 52 mph
New York City, New York	24 mi	Sep 7 · 02:00 UTC	TS 52 mph
Brooklyn, New York	20 mi	Sep 7 · 02:00 UTC	TS 52 mph
Queens, New York	15 mi	Sep 7 · 02:00 UTC	TS 52 mph
Manhattan, New York	23 mi	Sep 7 · 02:00 UTC	TS 52 mph
The Bronx, New York	22 mi	Sep 7 · 02:00 UTC	TS 52 mph
Boston, Massachusetts	10 mi	Sep 7 · 07:00 UTC	TS 52 mph
South Boston, Massachusetts	direct hit	Sep 7 · 07:00 UTC	TS 52 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 49 positions

Date · UTC	Status	Wind	Pressure	Position	Nearest place
Aug 28 00:00	TD	35 mph	1007 mb	19.4°N 57.3°W	open ocean
Aug 28 06:00	TD	35 mph	1004 mb	19.7°N 57.8°W	open ocean
Aug 28 12:00	TS	40 mph	1003 mb	20.1°N 58.6°W	open ocean
Aug 28 18:00	TS	40 mph	1003 mb	20.5°N 59.6°W	open ocean
Aug 29 00:00	TS	46 mph	1001 mb	20.8°N 60.5°W	open ocean
Aug 29 06:00	TS	52 mph	1000 mb	20.9°N 61.5°W	open ocean
Aug 29 12:00	TS	52 mph	1000 mb	21.1°N 62.4°W	open ocean
Aug 29 18:00	TS	52 mph	1000 mb	21.5°N 63.4°W	open ocean
Aug 30 00:00	TS	52 mph	1000 mb	21.7°N 64.5°W	open ocean
Aug 30 06:00	TS	52 mph	1000 mb	21.8°N 65.5°W	open ocean
Aug 30 12:00	TS	52 mph	1000 mb	21.9°N 66.2°W	open ocean
Aug 30 18:00	TS	52 mph	1000 mb	22.2°N 66.9°W	open ocean
Aug 31 00:00	TS	58 mph	999 mb	22.6°N 67.5°W	open ocean
Aug 31 06:00	TS	52 mph	999 mb	23.1°N 68.5°W	open ocean
Aug 31 12:00	TS	46 mph	999 mb	23.5°N 69.8°W	open ocean
Aug 31 18:00	TS	46 mph	997 mb	23.6°N 71.0°W	149 mi NNE of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Sep 1 00:00	TS	52 mph	997 mb	23.5°N 71.7°W	124 mi NNE of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Sep 1 06:00	TS	58 mph	996 mb	23.2°N 72.0°W	99 mi N of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Sep 1 12:00	TS	69 mph	990 mb	22.8°N 72.2°W	70 mi N of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Sep 1 18:00	Cat 1	81 mph	985 mb	22.3°N 72.4°W	37 mi NNW of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Sep 2 00:00	Cat 1 LANDFALL	86 mph	977 mb	21.8°N 72.3°W	near Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Sep 2 06:00	Cat 1	75 mph	980 mb	21.4°N 72.7°W	39 mi SW of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Sep 2 12:00	TS	69 mph	983 mb	21.0°N 73.0°W	74 mi N of Port-de-Paix, Haiti
Sep 2 18:00	TS	63 mph	985 mb	20.6°N 72.9°W	46 mi N of Port-de-Paix, Haiti
Sep 3 00:00	TS	63 mph	988 mb	20.4°N 72.6°W	35 mi NNE of Port-de-Paix, Haiti
Sep 3 06:00	TS	58 mph	991 mb	20.2°N 72.4°W	33 mi ENE of Port-de-Paix, Haiti
Sep 3 12:00	TS	52 mph	996 mb	20.6°N 71.9°W	55 mi NNW of San Fernando de Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic
Sep 3 18:00	TS	58 mph	994 mb	21.6°N 71.8°W	32 mi ESE of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Sep 3 19:00	TS LANDFALL	58 mph	994 mb	21.7°N 71.8°W	30 mi E of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Sep 4 00:00	TS	63 mph	989 mb	22.7°N 71.8°W	70 mi NNE of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Sep 4 06:00	TS	69 mph	990 mb	23.4°N 72.4°W	112 mi N of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Sep 4 12:00	TS	63 mph	989 mb	24.1°N 73.2°W	171 mi NNW of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Sep 4 18:00	TS	63 mph	989 mb	25.1°N 74.3°W	open ocean
Sep 5 00:00	TS	63 mph	987 mb	26.1°N 75.8°W	120 mi NE of Nassau, Bahamas
Sep 5 06:00	TS	63 mph	984 mb	27.2°N 77.3°W	96 mi ENE of Lucaya, Bahamas
Sep 5 12:00	TS	63 mph	980 mb	28.2°N 78.5°W	109 mi NNE of West End, Bahamas
Sep 5 18:00	TS	69 mph	980 mb	29.9°N 78.7°W	148 mi ENE of Daytona Beach, Florida
Sep 6 00:00	TS	69 mph	980 mb	31.5°N 79.3°W	96 mi SSE of Charleston, South Carolina
Sep 6 06:00	TS	69 mph	981 mb	33.4°N 78.8°W	21 mi SSE of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Sep 6 07:00	TS LANDFALL	69 mph	981 mb	33.8°N 78.7°W	near North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Sep 6 12:00	TS	52 mph	985 mb	35.7°N 78.1°W	10 mi W of Wilson, North Carolina
Sep 6 18:00	TS	52 mph	993 mb	37.8°N 76.7°W	35 mi SSW of Lexington Park, Maryland
Sep 7 00:00	TS	52 mph	994 mb	40.0°N 74.5°W	near Browns Mills, New Jersey
Sep 7 06:00	TS extratropical	52 mph	995 mb	41.9°N 71.7°W	near Smithfield, Rhode Island
Sep 7 12:00	TS extratropical	52 mph	995 mb	43.8°N 68.0°W	79 mi SSE of Bangor, Maine
Sep 7 18:00	TS extratropical	52 mph	995 mb	45.7°N 63.7°W	31 mi NW of Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
Sep 8 00:00	TS extratropical	46 mph	996 mb	47.0°N 59.1°W	69 mi NE of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
Sep 8 06:00	TS extratropical	46 mph	996 mb	47.5°N 55.4°W	100 mi S of Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Sep 8 12:00	TS extratropical	40 mph	996 mb	47.8°N 52.1°W	33 mi ENE of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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

Questions

Frequently asked questions

When and where did Hanna make landfall?

Hanna made landfall 3 times: near Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands on September 2, 2008 at 00:00 UTC, as a Category 1 hurricane with 86 mph winds; 30 mi E of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands on September 3, 2008 at 19:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 58 mph winds; near North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on September 6, 2008 at 07:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 69 mph winds.

What category was Hanna?

At its peak on September 2, 2008, Hanna was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h) and a central pressure of 977 mb. At its first landfall it was a Category 1 hurricane.

How long did Hanna last?

11.5 days, from August 28, 2008 to September 8, 2008, including 18 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 4,144 miles.

Where can I download the track data for Hanna?

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 Hanna

Year	Storm	Peak	Landfall
2002	Tropical Storm Hanna Atlantic	TS 58 mph	Mississippi	→
2008	Hurricane Hanna · this page Atlantic	Cat 1 86 mph	Turks and Caicos Islands, South Carolina
2014	Tropical Storm Hanna Atlantic	TS 40 mph	Honduras	→
2020	Hurricane Hanna Atlantic	Cat 1 92 mph	Texas	→
2026	Tropical Storm Hanna Atlantic	TS 46 mph	—

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

Strongest storms of 2008

Year	Storm	Peak	Landfall
2008	Hurricane Gustav Atlantic	Cat 4 155 mph	Pinar del Río, Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba	→
2008	Hurricane Ike Atlantic	Cat 4 144 mph	Holguín Province, Cuba, Texas	→
2008	Hurricane Paloma Atlantic	Cat 4 144 mph	Camagüey, Cuba	→
2008	Hurricane Omar Atlantic	Cat 4 132 mph	—	→
2008	Hurricane Norbert Eastern Pacific	Cat 4 132 mph	Baja California Sur, Mexico, Sonora, Mexico	→
2008	Hurricane Bertha Atlantic	Cat 3 127 mph	—	→
2008	Hurricane Hernan Eastern Pacific	Cat 3 121 mph	—	→
2008	Hurricane Elida Eastern Pacific	Cat 2 104 mph	—	→

See every 2008 storm on one map →

Background reading: Hurricane Hanna on Wikipedia.

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