Hurricane Kyle (2002)

Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · September 20 – October 12, 2002

Peak wind

86 mph

139 km/h · Sep 26

Peak category

Cat 1

Saffir–Simpson

Lowest pressure

980 mb

Landfalls

South Carolina

Lifetime

21.8 d

Sep 20 – Oct 12

Distance

4,163 mi

6,698 km

ACE

15.5

storm energy

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

What happened with Kyle

Hurricane Kyle (2002) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 2002 Atlantic season. It formed on September 20, 2002, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 980 mb on September 26, 2002, and made landfall 2 times — first 25 mi NE of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina on October 11, 2002 as a tropical storm (40 mph). Later landfalls: 12 mi E of Little River, South Carolina on October 11, 2002 as a tropical storm (40 mph). The storm lasted 21.8 days and travelled about 4,163 miles (6,698 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
October 11, 2002 · 17:00 UTC	25 mi NE of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina	TS 40 mph	1011 mb
October 11, 2002 · 22:00 UTC	12 mi E of Little River, South Carolina	TS 40 mph	1011 mb

Closest approach to major cities

City	Distance to center	When (UTC)	Storm strength then
Jacksonville, Florida	57 mi	Oct 11 · 06:00 UTC	TS 40 mph
Savannah, Georgia	31 mi	Oct 11 · 12:00 UTC	TS 40 mph
Charleston, South Carolina	11 mi	Oct 11 · 16:00 UTC	TS 40 mph
North Charleston, South Carolina	15 mi	Oct 11 · 16:00 UTC	TS 40 mph
Wilmington, North Carolina	direct hit	Oct 12 · 00:00 UTC	TD 35 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 90 positions

Date · UTC	Status	Wind	Pressure	Position	Nearest place
Sep 20 18:00	TD	29 mph	1007 mb	28.3°N 51.8°W	open ocean
Sep 21 00:00	TD	35 mph	1007 mb	29.3°N 51.4°W	open ocean
Sep 21 06:00	TS	40 mph	1007 mb	30.4°N 51.6°W	open ocean
Sep 21 12:00	TS	40 mph	1007 mb	31.0°N 51.6°W	open ocean
Sep 21 18:00	TS	46 mph	1006 mb	31.7°N 51.3°W	open ocean
Sep 22 00:00	TS	52 mph	1004 mb	32.4°N 50.9°W	open ocean
Sep 22 06:00	TS	46 mph	1006 mb	32.8°N 50.5°W	open ocean
Sep 22 12:00	TS	46 mph	1006 mb	33.2°N 49.9°W	open ocean
Sep 22 18:00	TS	46 mph	1006 mb	33.3°N 49.5°W	open ocean
Sep 23 00:00	TS	40 mph	1007 mb	33.2°N 49.1°W	open ocean
Sep 23 06:00	TS	40 mph	1007 mb	32.7°N 49.4°W	open ocean
Sep 23 12:00	TS	40 mph	1005 mb	32.3°N 49.5°W	open ocean
Sep 23 18:00	TS	46 mph	1003 mb	31.9°N 49.6°W	open ocean
Sep 24 00:00	TS	46 mph	1003 mb	31.4°N 50.0°W	open ocean
Sep 24 06:00	TS	52 mph	1000 mb	31.0°N 50.4°W	open ocean
Sep 24 12:00	TS	58 mph	997 mb	30.6°N 50.7°W	open ocean
Sep 24 18:00	TS	63 mph	994 mb	30.3°N 51.1°W	open ocean
Sep 25 00:00	TS	63 mph	994 mb	30.0°N 52.1°W	open ocean
Sep 25 06:00	TS	63 mph	994 mb	29.7°N 53.7°W	open ocean
Sep 25 12:00	TS	69 mph	990 mb	29.3°N 54.4°W	open ocean
Sep 25 18:00	Cat 1	75 mph	987 mb	29.0°N 55.3°W	open ocean
Sep 26 00:00	Cat 1	75 mph	987 mb	28.6°N 56.6°W	open ocean
Sep 26 06:00	Cat 1	81 mph	984 mb	28.2°N 57.5°W	open ocean
Sep 26 12:00	Cat 1	86 mph	982 mb	27.9°N 58.3°W	open ocean
Sep 26 18:00	Cat 1	86 mph	981 mb	27.8°N 59.0°W	open ocean
Sep 27 00:00	Cat 1	86 mph	980 mb	27.5°N 59.5°W	open ocean
Sep 27 06:00	Cat 1	86 mph	982 mb	27.1°N 60.0°W	open ocean
Sep 27 12:00	Cat 1	86 mph	982 mb	27.0°N 60.4°W	open ocean
Sep 27 18:00	Cat 1	81 mph	984 mb	26.8°N 60.8°W	open ocean
Sep 28 00:00	Cat 1	81 mph	984 mb	26.5°N 61.4°W	open ocean
Sep 28 06:00	Cat 1	75 mph	987 mb	26.3°N 62.3°W	open ocean
Sep 28 12:00	TS	69 mph	990 mb	26.5°N 62.9°W	open ocean
Sep 28 18:00	TS	58 mph	997 mb	26.7°N 63.2°W	open ocean
Sep 29 00:00	TS	52 mph	1000 mb	27.1°N 63.7°W	open ocean
Sep 29 06:00	TS	46 mph	1002 mb	27.2°N 64.4°W	open ocean
Sep 29 12:00	TS	46 mph	1002 mb	27.7°N 64.7°W	open ocean
Sep 29 18:00	TS	46 mph	1002 mb	28.1°N 64.7°W	open ocean
Sep 30 00:00	TS	46 mph	1002 mb	28.7°N 64.6°W	open ocean
Sep 30 06:00	TS	40 mph	1003 mb	29.1°N 64.7°W	open ocean
Sep 30 12:00	TS	40 mph	1004 mb	29.0°N 65.5°W	open ocean
Sep 30 18:00	TD	35 mph	1005 mb	27.8°N 66.7°W	open ocean
Oct 1 00:00	TD	35 mph	1005 mb	28.2°N 66.8°W	open ocean
Oct 1 06:00	TD	35 mph	1008 mb	28.5°N 66.8°W	open ocean
Oct 1 12:00	TS	40 mph	1005 mb	28.5°N 67.2°W	open ocean
Oct 1 18:00	TS	46 mph	1002 mb	28.5°N 67.5°W	open ocean
Oct 2 00:00	TS	52 mph	1000 mb	28.4°N 67.7°W	open ocean
Oct 2 06:00	TS	52 mph	1000 mb	28.5°N 67.8°W	open ocean
Oct 2 12:00	TS	58 mph	997 mb	28.8°N 67.6°W	open ocean
Oct 2 18:00	TS	63 mph	994 mb	29.0°N 66.9°W	open ocean
Oct 3 00:00	TS	63 mph	994 mb	29.1°N 66.7°W	open ocean
Oct 3 06:00	TS	63 mph	994 mb	29.0°N 66.6°W	open ocean
Oct 3 12:00	TS	58 mph	1000 mb	29.0°N 67.2°W	open ocean
Oct 3 18:00	TS	52 mph	1000 mb	29.3°N 67.7°W	open ocean
Oct 4 00:00	TS	52 mph	1000 mb	29.4°N 68.0°W	open ocean
Oct 4 06:00	TS	40 mph	1000 mb	29.6°N 68.4°W	open ocean
Oct 4 12:00	TS	40 mph	1004 mb	30.1°N 69.5°W	open ocean
Oct 4 18:00	TS	40 mph	1004 mb	30.6°N 70.2°W	open ocean
Oct 5 00:00	TS	40 mph	1004 mb	31.1°N 70.9°W	open ocean
Oct 5 06:00	TD	35 mph	1006 mb	31.6°N 71.6°W	open ocean
Oct 5 12:00	TD	35 mph	1005 mb	32.3°N 71.3°W	open ocean
Oct 5 18:00	TD	35 mph	1005 mb	32.9°N 70.8°W	open ocean
Oct 6 00:00	TD	35 mph	1006 mb	33.2°N 70.1°W	open ocean
Oct 6 06:00	TD	35 mph	1008 mb	33.6°N 69.7°W	open ocean
Oct 6 12:00	TS	40 mph	1007 mb	33.3°N 69.7°W	open ocean
Oct 6 18:00	TS	40 mph	1006 mb	32.8°N 69.7°W	open ocean
Oct 7 00:00	TS	40 mph	1006 mb	32.6°N 69.7°W	open ocean
Oct 7 06:00	TS	40 mph	1006 mb	32.6°N 70.4°W	open ocean
Oct 7 12:00	TS	40 mph	1006 mb	32.6°N 70.8°W	open ocean
Oct 7 18:00	TS	40 mph	1006 mb	32.7°N 70.9°W	open ocean
Oct 8 00:00	TS	40 mph	1006 mb	32.6°N 71.0°W	open ocean
Oct 8 06:00	TS	40 mph	1006 mb	32.1°N 71.2°W	open ocean
Oct 8 12:00	TS	40 mph	1006 mb	31.4°N 71.3°W	open ocean
Oct 8 18:00	TD	35 mph	1009 mb	30.7°N 71.9°W	open ocean
Oct 9 00:00	TD	35 mph	1010 mb	29.8°N 72.4°W	open ocean
Oct 9 06:00	TD	35 mph	1009 mb	29.0°N 73.3°W	open ocean
Oct 9 12:00	TD	35 mph	1010 mb	28.7°N 74.0°W	open ocean
Oct 9 18:00	TD	29 mph	1011 mb	28.5°N 74.8°W	open ocean
Oct 10 00:00	TD	29 mph	1010 mb	28.4°N 75.8°W	open ocean
Oct 10 06:00	TD	29 mph	1010 mb	28.3°N 77.0°W	159 mi NE of Lucaya, Bahamas
Oct 10 12:00	TD	29 mph	1010 mb	28.4°N 78.1°W	130 mi NNE of West End, Bahamas
Oct 10 18:00	TD	35 mph	1010 mb	28.9°N 79.5°W	82 mi ENE of Titusville, Florida
Oct 11 00:00	TD	35 mph	1009 mb	29.8°N 80.2°W	62 mi ENE of Palm Coast, Florida
Oct 11 06:00	TS	40 mph	1008 mb	30.7°N 80.8°W	39 mi E of Fernandina Beach, Florida
Oct 11 12:00	TS	40 mph	1008 mb	31.8°N 80.7°W	21 mi SE of Wilmington Island, Georgia
Oct 11 17:00	TS LANDFALL	40 mph	1011 mb	33.0°N 79.5°W	25 mi NE of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Oct 11 18:00	TS	40 mph	1011 mb	33.2°N 79.3°W	38 mi SSW of Socastee, South Carolina
Oct 11 22:00	TS LANDFALL	40 mph	1011 mb	33.9°N 78.4°W	17 mi ENE of North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Oct 12 00:00	TD	35 mph	1012 mb	34.2°N 78.0°W	near Wilmington, North Carolina
Oct 12 06:00	TS	46 mph	1009 mb	35.4°N 75.9°W	65 mi SSE of Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Oct 12 12:00	TS	46 mph	1009 mb	36.7°N 74.1°W	104 mi E of Virginia Beach, Virginia

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

Questions

Frequently asked questions

When and where did Kyle make landfall?

Kyle made landfall 2 times: 25 mi NE of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina on October 11, 2002 at 17:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 40 mph winds; 12 mi E of Little River, South Carolina on October 11, 2002 at 22:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 40 mph winds.

What category was Kyle?

At its peak on September 26, 2002, Kyle was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h) and a central pressure of 980 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.

How long did Kyle last?

21.8 days, from September 20, 2002 to October 12, 2002, including 66 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 4,163 miles.

Where can I download the track data for Kyle?

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.

Related storms

Keep exploring

Every storm named Kyle

Year	Storm	Peak	Landfall
1996	Tropical Storm Kyle Atlantic	TS 52 mph	Honduras	→
2002	Hurricane Kyle · this page Atlantic	Cat 1 86 mph	South Carolina
2008	Hurricane Kyle Atlantic	Cat 1 86 mph	Nova Scotia, Canada	→
2020	Tropical Storm Kyle Atlantic	TS 52 mph	—

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

Strongest storms of 2002

Year	Storm	Peak	Landfall
2002	Hurricane Kenna Eastern Pacific	Cat 5 167 mph	Nayarit, Mexico	→
2002	Hurricane Elida Eastern Pacific	Cat 5 161 mph	—	→
2002	Hurricane Hernan Eastern Pacific	Cat 5 161 mph	—	→
2002	Hurricane Lili Atlantic	Cat 4 144 mph	Isla de la Juventud, Cuba, Pinar del Río, Cuba	→
2002	Hurricane Fausto Eastern Pacific	Cat 4 144 mph	—	→
2002	Hurricane Isidore Atlantic	Cat 3 127 mph	Yucatán, Mexico, Pinar del Río, Cuba	→
2002	Hurricane Ele Central Pacific	Cat 3 127 mph	—	→
2002	Hurricane Alma Eastern Pacific	Cat 3 115 mph	—	→

See every 2002 storm on one map →

Background reading: Hurricane Kyle on Wikipedia.

← Previous Atlantic stormHurricane Isidore (2002)Next Atlantic storm →Hurricane Lili (2002)

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