hurricane matthew made landfall in nc on october 9.
hurricane matthew made landfall in nc on october 9.
when did hurricane matthew make landfall in nc?
october 9
around 15:00 utc on october 8, the hurricane made landfall at cape romain national wildlife refuge, near mcclellanville, south carolina, with winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) and a central pressure of , which made it the strongest to strike the united states in terms of pressure since irene in 2011, and the first hurricane to make landfall north of florida in october since hurricane hazel in 1954. convection became displaced from the center as matthew pulled away from land due to increasing wind shear, with the nhc declaring the system an extratropical cyclone about 200 mi (320 km) east of cape hatteras, north carolina, on october 9. the remnants persisted for another day, before they were absorbed by a cold front.
hurricane matthew
on september 6, irma made landfall on the islands of barbuda, saint martin, and virgin gorda at peak strength. this ties irma with cyclones monica of 2006 and winston of 2016, and typhoons zeb of 1998, megi of 2010, and yutu of 2018 as the fifth-strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall globally – in terms of sustained winds – trailing only typhoon haiyan of 2013 and typhoon meranti of 2016, which bore winds of 190 mph (305 km/h) at landfall, and the 1935 labor day hurricane and typhoon joan of 1959, which bore winds of 185 mph (295 km/h) at landfall. irma is second to the 1935 labor day hurricane as the strongest landfalling cyclone on record in the atlantic basin, and is the first hurricane to make landfall anywhere in the atlantic at category 5 status since felix in 2007. irma is the first recorded category 5 hurricane to affect the northern leeward islands, and was one of the worst storms to hit the region on record, along with hurricane donna in 1960 and hurricane luis in 1995. in addition, irma is only the second hurricane on record to make landfall in cuba at category 5 intensity, with the other being a hurricane in 1924. furthermore, when irma made landfall on barbuda, saint martin, virgin gorda, and cuba as a category 5 hurricane, it became one of only two recorded atlantic storms to make landfall in multiple nations at this strength; the other was hurricane andrew in 1992, which struck both eleuthera and the united states as a category 5 hurricane.
hurricane irma